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Bill	CRIM CD-WEAPONS-FELON-IMPRISON	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that unlawful use or possession of a weapon by a felon who is not confined to a penal institution or who is on parole or mandatory supervised release is an offense for which the person shall receive a mandatory sentence of imprisonment.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 1589	Illinois SB 1589 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2011-02-09	2011-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/0b90ed1f-ea2f-4eb4-9786-414c3818dc13	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1589&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=57489&SessionID=84&GA=97	785da102131e9cd9a3bb458f1b20c1ad3395052ea12609109d31e6e294ed55a6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1589 (97th) — CRIM CD-WEAPONS-FELON-IMPRISON

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that unlawful use or possession of a weapon by a felon who is not confined to a penal institution or who is on parole or mandatory supervised release is an offense for which the person shall receive a mandatory sentence of imprisonment.

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 — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Antonio Muñoz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-09 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Antonio Muñoz filing
• 2011-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-02-23 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2011-03-02 Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-001 committee-passage
• 2011-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 3, 2011
• 2011-03-03 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
• 2011-03-08 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2011-04-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2011
• 2011-04-14 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2011-04-14 Third Reading - Passed; 057-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-14 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-14 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2011-04-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-21 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-28 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-04-28 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
• 2011-04-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
• 2011-05-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-05 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-004 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-05 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-03 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-02 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-08-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0237 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b90ed1f-ea2f-4eb4-9786-414c3818dc13. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).