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Bill	CRIM PRO-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE	Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that in a criminal prosecution in which the defendant is accused of first degree murder or second degree murder when the commission of the offense involves domestic violence, evidence of the defendant's commission of another offense or offenses of domestic violence is admissible, and may be considered for its bearing on any matter to which it is relevant. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 5264	Illinois HB 5264 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	37	2	2012-02-08	2012-08-20	openstates	ocd-bill/51217eaf-4853-4215-97e0-122314c73292	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5264&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=65433&SessionID=84&GA=97	05e32de1c8afe94dad3cd09d87a93fd2a6097d2790f9f26a02c5b5c488694013	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5264 (97th) — CRIM PRO-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that in a criminal prosecution in which the defendant is accused of first degree murder or second degree murder when the commission of the offense involves domestic violence, evidence of the defendant's commission of another offense or offenses of domestic violence is admissible, and may be considered for its bearing on any matter to which it is relevant. 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 — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Arthur Turner — primary (person)
• Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Arthur Turner filing
• 2012-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-27 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emily McAsey
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
• 2012-03-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 23, 2012 reading-1
• 2012-03-22 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2012-03-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-05-10 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2012-05-14 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 25, 2012
• 2012-05-16 Do Pass Criminal Law; 005-000-001 committee-passage
• 2012-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 17, 2012
• 2012-05-23 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 24, 2012
• 2012-05-24 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2012-05-24 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-24 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2012-05-24 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-20 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-20 Effective Date August 20, 2012
• 2012-08-20 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1036 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/51217eaf-4853-4215-97e0-122314c73292. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).