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Bill	DEPT CORR-REFERENCES	Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and the Unified Code of Corrections. Eliminates references to the Adult Division of the Department of Corrections. Changes those references to the Department of Corrections. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 2944	Illinois SB 2944 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	36	3	2012-02-01	2012-08-24	openstates	ocd-bill/29c9eda0-0858-427d-ae25-89db93133d5f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2944&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=63823&SessionID=84&GA=97	619d129139caf154da8fa291aeb76927468c832ba478bb5a75bdd95066344785	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2944 (97th) — DEPT CORR-REFERENCES

Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and the Unified Code of Corrections. Eliminates references to the Adult Division of the Department of Corrections. Changes those references to the Department of Corrections. 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

• Concurrence — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John G. Mulroe — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-01 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe filing
• 2012-02-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-01 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-17 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2012-02-23 Do Pass Criminal Law; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 24, 2012
• 2012-02-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-02-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 28, 2012
• 2012-03-22 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-22 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-22 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
• 2012-03-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-10 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Esther Golar amendment-introduction
• 2012-04-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
• 2012-04-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2012-04-26 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-10 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
• 2012-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 15, 2012
• 2012-05-16 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. John G. Mulroe filing
• 2012-05-16 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-05-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2012-05-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Criminal Law; 006-000-000
• 2012-05-30 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
• 2012-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-24 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-24 Effective Date August 24, 2012
• 2012-08-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1083 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/29c9eda0-0858-427d-ae25-89db93133d5f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).