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Bill	CRIM CD-DAMAGE&DEFACEMENT	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides for enhanced penalties for criminal damage to property and criminal defacement of property if the property damaged or defaced are individual graves, gravestones, or markers or property which memorializes or honors a person or group, including police officers, fire fighters, veterans, or historic figures.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 2231	Illinois SB 2231 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	60	2	2013-02-15	2013-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/e6b03330-1c56-46ad-884f-0c396dc0709b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2231&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=73813&SessionID=85&GA=98	03ac7937e75ccc83c35917038ccad852f2e7a677fc9a39020efd6d9d608fa608	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2231 (98th) — CRIM CD-DAMAGE&DEFACEMENT

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides for enhanced penalties for criminal damage to property and criminal defacement of property if the property damaged or defaced are individual graves, gravestones, or markers or property which memorializes or honors a person or group, including police officers, fire fighters, veterans, or historic figures.

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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ed Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jeanne M Ives — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Willis — cosponsor (person)
• Kwame Raoul — primary (person)
• Martin J. Moylan — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)
• Silvana Tabares — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kwame Raoul filing
• 2013-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-03-05 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2013-03-06 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
• 2013-03-12 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2013-03-13 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2013-03-13 To Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance
• 2013-03-13 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2013-03-20 Reported Back To Criminal Law; 003-000-000
• 2013-03-21 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
• 2013-03-22 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 19, 2013
• 2013-04-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kwame Raoul amendment-introduction
• 2013-04-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-11 Postponed - Criminal Law
• 2013-04-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kwame Raoul amendment-introduction
• 2013-04-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
• 2013-04-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
• 2013-04-17 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Criminal Law
• 2013-04-17 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2013-04-17 Do Pass as Amended Criminal Law; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-04-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 18, 2013
• 2013-04-18 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
• 2013-04-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2013
• 2013-04-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-23 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2013-04-23 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
• 2013-04-23 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2013-04-24 Arrived in House introduction
• 2013-04-24 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
• 2013-04-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-29 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-29 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2013-05-02 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
• 2013-05-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
• 2013-05-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
• 2013-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
• 2013-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
• 2013-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeanne M Ives
• 2013-05-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
• 2013-05-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
• 2013-05-10 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jil Tracy
• 2013-05-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katherine Cloonen
• 2013-05-10 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
• 2013-05-10 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jil Tracy
• 2013-05-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
• 2013-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2013-05-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-12 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-12 Effective Date January 1, 2014
• 2013-08-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0315 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e6b03330-1c56-46ad-884f-0c396dc0709b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).