republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-4594.md

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Bill	CRIM PRO SEARCH WARRANTS	Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. In provision on obtaining a search warrant by oral testimony, deletes use of telephone, fax, or other appropriate means to communicate sworn testimony supporting a search warrant request on a terrorism or terrorism-related offense to a judge when the circumstances make it reasonable to dispense with a sworn affidavit. Replaces the deleted provision with a general provision applicable to any offense allowing a search warrant request to be made by electronic means that has a simultaneous video and audio transmission between the requestor and a judge. The judge may issue a search warrant based upon sworn testimony communicated in the transmission. Deletes provision that made search warrant upon oral testimony subsection inoperative on January 1, 2005 and the savings clause for admissibility of evidence obtained by a search warrant issued under the subsection prior to it becoming inoperative. Adds provision requiring the Chief Judge of the circuit court or presiding judge issuing a search warrant to create a standard practice for the filing or other retention of documents or recordings produced under the search warrant.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 4594	Illinois HB 4594 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2014-02-04	2014-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/eb193843-2ff5-4a93-9553-4210a0d609ba	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4594&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79146&SessionID=85&GA=98	81131b0051cc92a8ee482221413fbb4dca3dd21bc8c56ef7e80cc738a11725aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4594 (98th) — CRIM PRO SEARCH WARRANTS

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. In provision on obtaining a search warrant by oral testimony, deletes use of telephone, fax, or other appropriate means to communicate sworn testimony supporting a search warrant request on a terrorism or terrorism-related offense to a judge when the circumstances make it reasonable to dispense with a sworn affidavit. Replaces the deleted provision with a general provision applicable to any offense allowing a search warrant request to be made by electronic means that has a simultaneous video and audio transmission between the requestor and a judge. The judge may issue a search warrant based upon sworn testimony communicated in the transmission. Deletes provision that made search warrant upon oral testimony subsection inoperative on January 1, 2005 and the savings clause for admissibility of evidence obtained by a search warrant issued under the subsection prior to it becoming inoperative. Adds provision requiring the Chief Judge of the circuit court or presiding judge issuing a search warrant to create a standard practice for the filing or other retention of documents or recordings produced under the search warrant.

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 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 107–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michael J. Zalewski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski filing
• 2014-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-04 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-20 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2014-03-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski amendment-introduction
• 2014-03-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2014-03-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2014-03-26 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-27 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-04-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-04 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-04-16 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
• 2014-04-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-22 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2014-04-29 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2014
• 2014-04-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2014
• 2014-05-23 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-15 Effective Date January 1, 2015
• 2014-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0905 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eb193843-2ff5-4a93-9553-4210a0d609ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).