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type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM PRO-UNFIT DEFENDANTS"
description: "Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a defendant who has been found unfit to stand trial, plead, or be sentenced and who has been placed in a setting (rather than a secure setting) of the Department of Human Services shall not be permitted outside the facility's housing unit unless escorted or accompanied by personnel of the Department of Human Services or authorized by the court. Provides that placement of such defendant in a non-secure setting must be approved by specific court order. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act are declarative of existing law and shall not be construed as a new enactment. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 2504"
citation: "Illinois SB 2504 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-06"
last_action: "2010-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83282cdc-1ac9-4580-9891-49ad1e9e3e40"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2504&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=49100&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "6df282b659208b903be3cf2feb1d6d169af9c5ffd46bcbd0e4561ff090031676"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois SB 2504 (96th) — CRIM PRO-UNFIT DEFENDANTS
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a defendant who has been found unfit to stand trial, plead, or be sentenced and who has been placed in a setting (rather than a secure setting) of the Department of Human Services shall not be permitted outside the facility's housing unit unless escorted or accompanied by personnel of the Department of Human Services or authorized by the court. Provides that placement of such defendant in a non-secure setting must be approved by specific court order. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act are declarative of existing law and shall not be construed as a new enactment. Effective immediately.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2504&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49100&DocNum=2504&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2504eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49100&DocNum=2504&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2504enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49100&DocNum=2504&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- William R. Haine — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2010-01-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `filing`
- **2010-01-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-04** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-10** Do Pass Criminal Law; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 16, 2010
- **2010-02-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-02-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2010
- **2010-03-04** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Matt Murphy
- **2010-03-09** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
- **2010-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-10** 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 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-16** Effective Date July 16, 2010
- **2010-07-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1069 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83282cdc-1ac9-4580-9891-49ad1e9e3e40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).