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type: "Bill"
title: "OPEN PAROLE HEARING-VICTIM"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1928"
citation: "Illinois HB 1928 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f50c248-7232-4186-afc2-760d00e33451"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1928&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=59130&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "385d87bd2d0e0f9c221b51479aa547eefd9ce8291c34ee747c0036e65d10ce55"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1928&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=59130&DocNum=1928&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1928eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=59130&DocNum=1928&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1928enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=59130&DocNum=1928&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **9113** (pass) · lower
- Motion — **3873** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — **570** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f50c248-7232-4186-afc2-760d00e33451`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).