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| Bill | COUNTY JAIL-PRISONER REMOVAL | Amends the County Jail Act. Provides that at any time, in the opinion of the Warden, the lives or health of the prisoners are endangered or the security of the penal institution is threatened (rather than just the lives or health of the prisoners are endangered), to such a degree as to render their removal necessary, the Warden may cause an individual prisoner or group of prisoners (rather than the prisoners) to be removed to some suitable place within the county, or to the jail of some convenient county, where they may be confined until they can be safely returned to the place whence they were removed. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 97th | HB 276 | Illinois HB 276 (97th) |
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enacted | 3 | 28 | 2 | 2011-01-27 | 2011-07-14 | openstates | ocd-bill/b9bf99ee-69fe-4baf-a56e-e6b976d5c81d | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=276&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=55303&SessionID=84&GA=97 | a4287989022f3eb3aa9b266677e30de9d11c9b99d593d7beee15cd61a5995b4b | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 276 (97th) — COUNTY JAIL-PRISONER REMOVAL
Amends the County Jail Act. Provides that at any time, in the opinion of the Warden, the lives or health of the prisoners are endangered or the security of the penal institution is threatened (rather than just the lives or health of the prisoners are endangered), to such a degree as to render their removal necessary, the Warden may cause an individual prisoner or group of prisoners (rather than the prisoners) to be removed to some suitable place within the county, or to the jail of some convenient county, where they may be confined until they can be safely returned to the place whence they were removed.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 103–5 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- William Cunningham — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2011-01-27 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William Cunningham
filing - 2011-01-28 First Reading
reading-1 - 2011-01-28 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2011-02-08 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
referral-committee - 2011-02-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000
committee-passage - 2011-02-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2011-02-22 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2011-02-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2011-02-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-005-000
reading-3, passage - 2011-02-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- 2011-02-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
- 2011-02-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
- 2011-03-02 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2011-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 3, 2011
reading-1 - 2011-03-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Tim Bivins
- 2011-03-02 First Reading
reading-1 - 2011-03-02 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2011-04-27 Assigned to Criminal Law
referral-committee - 2011-05-06 Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-000
committee-passage - 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2011
- 2011-05-12 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2011-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 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 - 2011-07-14 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2011-07-14 Effective Date January 1, 2012
- 2011-07-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0104
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9bf99ee-69fe-4baf-a56e-e6b976d5c81d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).