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Bill	CRIME VICTIM-IMPACT STATEMENT	Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that if a criminal defendant has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of a violent crime and a hearing has been ordered by the court under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code to determine if the defendant is: (1) in need of mental health services on an inpatient basis; (2) in need of mental health services on an outpatient basis; or (3) not in need of mental health services, the victim or the victim's spouse, guardian, parent, grandparent, or other immediate family or household member shall have the right to present a victim's impact statement at the commitment hearing.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 42	Illinois SB 42 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	38	2	2009-01-30	2009-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/a231d3ac-8d4c-481c-b65c-c911b9e39dc3	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=42&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=40148&SessionID=76&GA=96	b44a91899a6d1c01545df5909fa2ec9ddfaa53efd599beaf09f3abfcd6e8e105	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 42 (96th) — CRIME VICTIM-IMPACT STATEMENT

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that if a criminal defendant has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of a violent crime and a hearing has been ordered by the court under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code to determine if the defendant is: (1) in need of mental health services on an inpatient basis; (2) in need of mental health services on an outpatient basis; or (3) not in need of mental health services, the victim or the victim's spouse, guardian, parent, grandparent, or other immediate family or household member shall have the right to present a victim's impact statement at the commitment hearing.

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 — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Careen M. Gordon — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Millner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-01-30 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Millner filing
• 2009-01-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-01-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-02-04 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2009-02-11 To Criminal Law Subcommittee on Constitutional Review
• 2009-02-19 Postponed - Criminal Law; Subcommittee on Constitutional Review
• 2009-02-26 Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 27, 2009
• 2009-02-26 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
• 2009-02-27 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
• 2009-03-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Millner amendment-introduction
• 2009-03-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-03-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
• 2009-03-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Criminal Law; 006-000-000
• 2009-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-03-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Millner amendment-passage
• 2009-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
• 2009-03-25 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2009-03-25 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2009-03-25 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-25 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-25 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
• 2009-03-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-14 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-23 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-23 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A. Mendoza
• 2009-04-30 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-07 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-05-07 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M. Gordon
• 2009-06-05 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-04 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-04 Effective Date January 1, 2010
• 2009-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0117 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a231d3ac-8d4c-481c-b65c-c911b9e39dc3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).