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Bill	SAAP-BEST PRACTICES PROTOCOL	Amends the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act to require the Board of Governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor to establish a committee to evaluate and recommend a best practices protocol on specific issues related to investigation and prosecution of serious criminal offenses. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 5899	Illinois HB 5899 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2014-02-14	2014-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/9ff9798d-5cdc-48dc-ad04-779bddd98445	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5899&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=81204&SessionID=85&GA=98	efa8dc1f8f889d3d3d427ede1d41c79323b85a425bc42133636c79b77f8f44e9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5899 (98th) — SAAP-BEST PRACTICES PROTOCOL

Amends the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act to require the Board of Governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor to establish a committee to evaluate and recommend a best practices protocol on specific issues related to investigation and prosecution of serious criminal offenses. 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Tom Cross — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross filing
• 2014-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-27 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2014-03-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-27 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-02 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2014-04-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
• 2014-04-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2014-04-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2014-04-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-04-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Karen McConnaughay
• 2014-04-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-03 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2014-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2014
• 2014-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2014
• 2014-05-23 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 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 August 15, 2014
• 2014-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0938 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ff9798d-5cdc-48dc-ad04-779bddd98445. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).