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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	OPEN PAROLE HEARING-VICTIM	Amends the Open Parole Hearings Act. Defines "victim" to include any person legally related to the victim by blood, marriage, adoption, or guardianship, or any friend of the victim, or any concerned citizen. Provides that victim impact statements either oral, written, video-taped, tape recorded or made by other electronic means (rather than only written statements) shall not be considered public documents under provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1928	Illinois HB 1928 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	30	3	2011-02-17	2011-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/8f50c248-7232-4186-afc2-760d00e33451	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1928&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=59130&SessionID=84&GA=97	385d87bd2d0e0f9c221b51479aa547eefd9ce8291c34ee747c0036e65d10ce55	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1928 (97th) — OPEN PAROLE HEARING-VICTIM

Amends the Open Parole Hearings Act. Defines "victim" to include any person legally related to the victim by blood, marriage, adoption, or guardianship, or any friend of the victim, or any concerned citizen. Provides that victim impact statements either oral, written, video-taped, tape recorded or made by other electronic means (rather than only written statements) shall not be considered public documents under provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. Effective immediately.

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 — 91–13 (pass) · lower
• Motion — 38–73 (fail) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Susana A. Mendoza — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-17 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emily McAsey filing
• 2011-02-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-17 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-23 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-05 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Susana A. Mendoza
• 2011-04-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emily McAsey
• 2011-04-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
• 2011-04-05 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 091-013-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-05 Motion Filed to Reconsider Vote Rep. Arthur Turner
• 2011-04-14 Motion to Reconsider Vote - Lost 038-073-000
• 2011-05-03 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-05-03 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2011-05-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-05-03 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-05-06 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2011-05-13 Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2011
• 2011-05-16 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2011
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-11 Effective Date August 11, 2011
• 2011-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0299 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f50c248-7232-4186-afc2-760d00e33451. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).