republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/sb-2488.md

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Bill	CRIM CD-AGGRAVATED ASSAULT	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that aggravated assault of a peace officer, community policing volunteer, private security officer, fireman, employee of a police or sheriff's department, or person who is employed by a municipality and whose duties include traffic control is also a Class 4 felony (rather than a Class A misdemeanor) when a knife with a blade of at least 3 inches in length, dagger, dirk, switchblade knife, stiletto, axe, hatchet, bludgeon, black-jack, slungshot, sand-bag, sand-club, metal knuckles, billy, or other dangerous weapon of like character is used in the commission of the assault.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 2488	Illinois SB 2488 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2009-10-22	2010-07-19	openstates	ocd-bill/6d9b1753-b42a-4909-8925-28dd615bd98c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2488&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=48752&SessionID=76&GA=96	2613e578ac9901f0c493c65afd5d030927a53eac1c07f9cb17e28c9655cf0a0d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2488 (96th) — CRIM CD-AGGRAVATED ASSAULT

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that aggravated assault of a peace officer, community policing volunteer, private security officer, fireman, employee of a police or sheriff's department, or person who is employed by a municipality and whose duties include traffic control is also a Class 4 felony (rather than a Class A misdemeanor) when a knife with a blade of at least 3 inches in length, dagger, dirk, switchblade knife, stiletto, axe, hatchet, bludgeon, black-jack, slungshot, sand-bag, sand-club, metal knuckles, billy, or other dangerous weapon of like character is used in the commission of the assault.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
• Jerry L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Keith Farnham — cosponsor (person)
• Larry K. Bomke — primary (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2009-10-22 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Larry K. Bomke filing
• 2009-10-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-10-22 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-04 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2010-02-10 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2010-02-10 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2010-02-10 Postponed - Criminal Law
• 2010-02-17 Do Pass Criminal Law; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2010
• 2010-02-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-02-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2010
• 2010-02-23 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2010-03-09 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-10 Arrived in House introduction
• 2010-03-15 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
• 2010-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-22 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2010-04-15 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-15 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-20 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-04-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2010-04-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2010-04-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2010-04-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
• 2010-05-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-19 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-19 Effective Date January 1, 2011
• 2010-07-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1109 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d9b1753-b42a-4909-8925-28dd615bd98c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).