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Bill	CD CORR-SENTENCE CREDIT	Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that 90 (rather than 60) days of sentence credit shall be awarded to any prisoner who passes high school equivalency testing while the prisoner is committed to the Department of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections may also award 90 (rather than 60) days of sentence credit to any committed person who passed high school equivalency testing while he or she was held in pre-trial detention prior to the current commitment to the Department of Corrections.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 3884	Illinois HB 3884 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2015-02-27	2015-08-03	openstates	ocd-bill/81c0a711-623e-47a9-ae6a-c831713dfb2f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3884&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=90095&SessionID=88&GA=99	8c5b04405fa87d4469690bfe09dc4130be825bf03bb66cc118dc8aa866d70f08	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3884 (99th) — CD CORR-SENTENCE CREDIT

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that 90 (rather than 60) days of sentence credit shall be awarded to any prisoner who passes high school equivalency testing while the prisoner is committed to the Department of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections may also award 90 (rather than 60) days of sentence credit to any committed person who passed high school equivalency testing while he or she was held in pre-trial detention prior to the current commitment to the Department of Corrections.

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 — 95–19 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John D. Anthony — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John D. Anthony filing
• 2015-02-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-02-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-03-12 Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee referral-committee
• 2015-03-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-03-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-04-14 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-04-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 095-019-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-04-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2015-04-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
• 2015-04-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2015-04-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brian W. Stewart
• 2015-04-16 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2015-04-16 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 21, 2015 reading-1
• 2015-04-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
• 2015-04-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-21 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-04-29 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2015-05-06 Do Pass Criminal Law; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2015
• 2015-05-06 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2015-05-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2015
• 2015-05-19 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2015-05-20 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-08-03 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-08-03 Effective Date January 1, 2016
• 2015-08-03 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0241 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/81c0a711-623e-47a9-ae6a-c831713dfb2f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).