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Bill	CRIM PRO-COMPLAINTS	Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that when a peace officer discovers the commission of a misdemeanor and is the complaining witness, the signing of the complaint by the peace officer is sufficient to charge the defendant with the commission of the offense without the need for the complaint to be sworn to. Provides that the peace officer signing the complaint is subject to the penalty for perjury for false certification.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 3304	Illinois SB 3304 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2010-02-09	2010-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/1ce84321-1eaf-4037-b06f-af452390548e	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3304&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=51130&SessionID=76&GA=96	9888e2bd5ff40fe1819852d4d9ea80e7eb27d2ae0c24b43f749fb9e34c91f363	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3304 (96th) — CRIM PRO-COMPLAINTS

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that when a peace officer discovers the commission of a misdemeanor and is the complaining witness, the signing of the complaint by the peace officer is sufficient to charge the defendant with the commission of the offense without the need for the complaint to be sworn to. Provides that the peace officer signing the complaint is subject to the penalty for perjury for false certification.

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 — 54–1 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jim Sacia — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Millner — primary (person)
• Ronald A. Wait — cosponsor (person)
• William B. Black — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-09 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Millner filing
• 2010-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-24 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2010-03-04 Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 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; 054-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-11 Arrived in House introduction
• 2010-03-11 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 2010-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-22 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2010-04-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
• 2010-04-22 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 006-001-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
• 2010-04-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ronald A. Wait
• 2010-04-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-22 Effective Date January 1, 2011
• 2010-07-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1206 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ce84321-1eaf-4037-b06f-af452390548e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).