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Bill	CRIM PRO- HEARSAY EXCEP REPEAL	Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Repeals evidentiary provisions providing a hearsay exception for intentional murder of a witness and admissibility of prior statements of an unavailable witness whose absence was wrongfully procured. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 3977	Illinois HB 3977 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2015-02-27	2015-08-03	openstates	ocd-bill/f6629a74-fe5e-4c3f-8c00-36cbe6f01723	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3977&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=90192&SessionID=88&GA=99	0a7e8260b669d593d58fab406571a92f14dc96183f64d2ff7c88755a07c8ab12	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3977 (99th) — CRIM PRO- HEARSAY EXCEP REPEAL

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Repeals evidentiary provisions providing a hearsay exception for intentional murder of a witness and admissibility of prior statements of an unavailable witness whose absence was wrongfully procured. 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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jim Durkin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin filing
• 2015-02-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-02-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-03-16 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2015-03-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000 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
• 2015-04-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Sandack
• 2015-04-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-04-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2015-04-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2015-04-15 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2015-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 16, 2015 reading-1
• 2015-04-16 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
• 2015-04-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-16 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-04-22 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2015-04-29 Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2015
• 2015-05-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2015
• 2015-05-20 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 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 August 3, 2015
• 2015-08-03 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0243 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f6629a74-fe5e-4c3f-8c00-36cbe6f01723. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).