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type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM SENTENCING IMPACT NOTE"
description: "Creates the Criminal Sentencing Impact Note Act. Provides that every bill, the purpose or effect of which is to have a disparate impact on the criminal offender population and its racial and ethnic composition, shall have prepared for it a brief explanatory statement or note that shall include a reliable estimate of the anticipated impact on the racial and ethnic composition of the criminal offender population. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall prepare the statement or note. Sets forth the contents of the statement or note addressing the disparate impact. Defines \"criminal offender population\". Contains other related provisions regarding the vote on the necessity of the note, comment or opinion regarding the merits of the legislation included in the note, and appearance of State officials and employees in support or opposition of measure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 1437"
citation: "Illinois HB 1437 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-05"
last_action: "2016-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f49612d6-092b-41eb-bd1b-055b6384d602"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1437&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=86151&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "66a3ddd99681a4de0b39a005e5575b1d06b45aab58ac3af3bb1c5cb2865232bb"
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 1437 (99th) — CRIM SENTENCING IMPACT NOTE
Creates the Criminal Sentencing Impact Note Act. Provides that every bill, the purpose or effect of which is to have a disparate impact on the criminal offender population and its racial and ethnic composition, shall have prepared for it a brief explanatory statement or note that shall include a reliable estimate of the anticipated impact on the racial and ethnic composition of the criminal offender population. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall prepare the statement or note. Sets forth the contents of the statement or note addressing the disparate impact. Defines "criminal offender population". Contains other related provisions regarding the vote on the necessity of the note, comment or opinion regarding the merits of the legislation included in the note, and appearance of State officials and employees in support or opposition of measure.
## 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=09900HB1437&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=86151&DocNum=1437&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB1437eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=86151&DocNum=1437&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB1437enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=86151&DocNum=1437&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jack D. Franks — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks `filing`
- **2015-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-24** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-27** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-04** Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
- **2016-02-26** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-02-26** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2016-03-23** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
- **2016-04-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Criminal Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-06** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Judiciary - Criminal Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-06** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-12** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2016-04-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2016-04-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2016-04-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
- **2016-04-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2016-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
- **2016-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
- **2016-04-14** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2016-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 18, 2016 `reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2016-04-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-27** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-03** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2016-05-04** Postponed - Criminal Law
- **2016-05-05** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2016-05-11** Do Pass Criminal Law; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2016
- **2016-05-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2016
- **2016-05-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2016-05-26** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-29** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-29** Effective Date January 1, 2017
- **2016-07-29** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0666 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f49612d6-092b-41eb-bd1b-055b6384d602`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).