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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM PRO SEARCH WARRANTS"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 4594"
citation: "Illinois HB 4594 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-04"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb193843-2ff5-4a93-9553-4210a0d609ba"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4594&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79146&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "81131b0051cc92a8ee482221413fbb4dca3dd21bc8c56ef7e80cc738a11725aa"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4594&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79146&DocNum=4594&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4594eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79146&DocNum=4594&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4594enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79146&DocNum=4594&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb193843-2ff5-4a93-9553-4210a0d609ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).