republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/sb-3503.md

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Bill	CRIM CD-CONTRABAND-PENAL	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that for the purposes of the offenses of bringing contraband into a penal institution, possessing contraband in a penal institution, unauthorized bringing of contraband into a penal institution by an employee, unauthorized possession of contraband in a penal institution by an employee, and unauthorized delivery of contraband in a penal institution by an employee, the term "item of contraband" includes poppers. Defines a popper as a device that, when placed in a locking mechanism of a cell door, can override, block or in any way defeat the locking mechanism of a cell door allowing the inmate to exit the unlocked cell. Establishes penalties.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 3503	Illinois SB 3503 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2010-02-10	2010-07-19	openstates	ocd-bill/1d8d3135-a8ca-499a-9727-024dd2bd2d4b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3503&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=51423&SessionID=76&GA=96	d87c226a2a66c2d5f1e9813eb94c9fbae6a6f24f504ca23b07554c1a1e04e311	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3503 (96th) — CRIM CD-CONTRABAND-PENAL

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that for the purposes of the offenses of bringing contraband into a penal institution, possessing contraband in a penal institution, unauthorized bringing of contraband into a penal institution by an employee, unauthorized possession of contraband in a penal institution by an employee, and unauthorized delivery of contraband in a penal institution by an employee, the term "item of contraband" includes poppers. Defines a popper as a device that, when placed in a locking mechanism of a cell door, can override, block or in any way defeat the locking mechanism of a cell door allowing the inmate to exit the unlocked cell. Establishes penalties.

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 — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mike Jacobs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-10 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs filing
• 2010-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-10 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-24 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2010-02-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs amendment-introduction
• 2010-02-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-03-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
• 2010-03-03 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2010-03-04 Do Pass as Amended Criminal Law; 006-000-000 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 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2010-03-10 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-11 Arrived in House introduction
• 2010-03-11 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
• 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
• 2010-04-15 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 006-000-000 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
• 2010-04-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-21 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 . . . . . . . . . 96-1112 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d8d3135-a8ca-499a-9727-024dd2bd2d4b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).