republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/sb-3028.md

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Bill	CRIM CD-ABSOLUTE LIABILITY	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person may be guilty of an offense without having, as to each element thereof, one of the mental states described in the Code if the offense is a misdemeanor which is not punishable by incarceration or by a fine exceeding $1,000 (rather than $500), or the statute defining the offense clearly indicates a legislative purpose to impose absolute liability for the conduct described.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 3028	Illinois SB 3028 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2010-02-04	2010-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/9a64a92b-0168-46c0-821b-d1114a6c436d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3028&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=50553&SessionID=76&GA=96	a42c77e3f1e8b0221244f353389a97592a24f74647afafcf55ff93defbf33f80	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3028 (96th) — CRIM CD-ABSOLUTE LIABILITY

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person may be guilty of an offense without having, as to each element thereof, one of the mental states described in the Code if the offense is a misdemeanor which is not punishable by incarceration or by a fine exceeding $1,000 (rather than $500), or the statute defining the offense clearly indicates a legislative purpose to impose absolute liability for the conduct described.

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 — 115–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 48–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• William R. Haine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-04 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine filing
• 2010-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-04 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-16 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2010-02-24 Do Pass Criminal Law; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2010
• 2010-03-09 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 10, 2010
• 2010-03-10 Third Reading - Passed; 048-004-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-11 Arrived in House introduction
• 2010-03-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emily McAsey
• 2010-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-04-08 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2010-04-22 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-28 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-04-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-22 Effective Date January 1, 2011
• 2010-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1198 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a64a92b-0168-46c0-821b-d1114a6c436d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).