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| Bill | CRIM CD&CORR-SENTENCE<18 | Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Eliminates mandatory sentences of natural life imprisonment for persons convicted of offenses committed before they attain 18 years of age. Provides that on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, when a person was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of an offense, the court, at the sentencing hearing, shall consider specified factors in determining the appropriate sentence and be given greater discretion in determining an appropriate sentence. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 99th | HB 2471 | Illinois HB 2471 (99th) |
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enacted | 3 | 60 | 2 | 2015-02-17 | 2015-07-20 | openstates | ocd-bill/a79916a8-b843-494c-b010-fc424c63e90d | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2471&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=87718&SessionID=88&GA=99 | 3501c08e25da35fb4935cefbf63e2a2ef445b59a8e348c1697f339568d408921 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 2471 (99th) — CRIM CD&CORR-SENTENCE<18
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Eliminates mandatory sentences of natural life imprisonment for persons convicted of offenses committed before they attain 18 years of age. Provides that on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, when a person was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of an offense, the court, at the sentencing hearing, shall consider specified factors in determining the appropriate sentence and be given greater discretion in determining an appropriate sentence.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 66–45 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Antonio Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Flynn Currie — primary (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2015-02-17 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
filing - 2015-02-17 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Scott Drury
- 2015-02-18 First Reading
reading-1 - 2015-02-18 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2015-03-10 Assigned to Restorative Justice Committee
referral-committee - 2015-03-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- 2015-03-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- 2015-03-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- 2015-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- 2015-03-19 Do Pass / Short Debate Restorative Justice Committee; 006-004-000
committee-passage - 2015-03-19 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2015-03-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- 2015-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
- 2015-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Christian L. Mitchell
- 2015-04-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
- 2015-04-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- 2015-04-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- 2015-04-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- 2015-04-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- 2015-04-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
- 2015-04-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
- 2015-04-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- 2015-04-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
amendment-introduction - 2015-04-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2015-04-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Restorative Justice Committee
- 2015-04-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- 2015-04-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Restorative Justice Committee; 006-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2015-04-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Sandack
- 2015-04-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Sandack
- 2015-04-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan
- 2015-04-22 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Sandack
- 2015-04-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Wheeler
- 2015-04-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
- 2015-04-22 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2015-04-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage - 2015-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2015-04-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 066-045-000
reading-3, passage - 2015-04-23 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2015-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2015-04-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- 2015-04-24 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
- 2015-04-28 First Reading
reading-1 - 2015-04-28 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2015-04-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
- 2015-04-29 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
- 2015-04-29 Approved for Consideration Assignments
- 2015-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2015
- 2015-04-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- 2015-05-07 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- 2015-05-13 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- 2015-05-14 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2015-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2015
- 2015-05-14 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- 2015-05-19 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
- 2015-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2015-05-19 Passed Both Houses
- 2015-06-17 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2015-07-20 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2015-07-20 Effective Date January 1, 2016
- 2015-07-20 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0069
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a79916a8-b843-494c-b010-fc424c63e90d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).