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Bill	LAW ENFORC-PROP DISPOSE-CHARTY	Amends the Law Enforcement Disposition of Property Act. Provides that if there is property in the custody of a law enforcement agency whose ownership has been unascertained for at least 6 months, a sheriff, police chief, or principal law enforcement official, who determines that the public interest would be served, may donate the property to a registered charity or transfer the property to the local government of which the official is a part or to the State (instead of transfer the property to the local government of which the official is a part or to the State).	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1553	Illinois HB 1553 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	43	2	2011-02-15	2011-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/ebe7d904-2534-4d42-9cb3-91b60407f38c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1553&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58699&SessionID=84&GA=97	4819c9777a5a51927e77742363651310b4004c5586ba94a4e6cec3568d935504	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1553 (97th) — LAW ENFORC-PROP DISPOSE-CHARTY

Amends the Law Enforcement Disposition of Property Act. Provides that if there is property in the custody of a law enforcement agency whose ownership has been unascertained for at least 6 months, a sheriff, police chief, or principal law enforcement official, who determines that the public interest would be served, may donate the property to a registered charity or transfer the property to the local government of which the official is a part or to the State (instead of transfer the property to the local government of which the official is a part or to the State).

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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 110–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carol A. Sente — primary (person)
• Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Carol A. Sente filing
• 2011-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-22 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Carol A. Sente amendment-introduction
• 2011-02-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee
• 2011-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Cunningham
• 2011-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2011-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2011-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2011-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2011-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2011-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2011-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin
• 2011-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2011-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 2011-03-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-03-02 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
• 2011-03-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2011-03-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-14 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
• 2011-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2011-05-12 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-12 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-10 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-06-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-06-28 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-06-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0028 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ebe7d904-2534-4d42-9cb3-91b60407f38c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).