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Bill	CRIM PRO-UNFIT DEFENDANT	Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that the clerk of the circuit court shall transmit to the Department of Human Services, agency or institution, if any, to which an unfit defendant is remanded for treatment the complete copy of any fitness report prepared or other report prepared by a forensic examiner for the court. Provides that if the court finds that the defendant is still unfit after being recommended as fit by the supervisor of the defendant's treatment, the court shall attach a copy of any written report that identifies the factors in the finding that the defendant continues to be unfit, prepared by a licensed physician, clinical psychologist, or psychiatrist, to the court order remanding the person for further treatment.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 4044	Illinois HB 4044 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	40	3	2015-02-27	2015-08-21	openstates	ocd-bill/4933a845-0450-43d8-84ac-6b980c1be07b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4044&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=90262&SessionID=88&GA=99	cb97301b9cba5a61844c1cfacb3865c9225a026d0aad75ae6b1be9c383f32df1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4044 (99th) — CRIM PRO-UNFIT DEFENDANT

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that the clerk of the circuit court shall transmit to the Department of Human Services, agency or institution, if any, to which an unfit defendant is remanded for treatment the complete copy of any fitness report prepared or other report prepared by a forensic examiner for the court. Provides that if the court finds that the defendant is still unfit after being recommended as fit by the supervisor of the defendant's treatment, the court shall attach a copy of any written report that identifies the factors in the finding that the defendant continues to be unfit, prepared by a licensed physician, clinical psychologist, or psychiatrist, to the court order remanding the person for further treatment.

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

• Concurrence — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• William Davis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock filing
• 2015-02-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-02-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-03-16 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
• 2015-04-22 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-04-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-04-23 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2015-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 28, 2015 reading-1
• 2015-04-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Tim Bivins
• 2015-04-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-28 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-05-07 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2015-05-07 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2015-05-08 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter amendment-introduction
• 2015-05-08 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-05-12 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
• 2015-05-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2015-05-13 Do Pass as Amended Criminal Law; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 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; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-20 Arrived in House introduction
• 2015-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2015-05-20 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. William Davis
• 2015-05-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2015-05-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. William Davis
• 2015-05-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-05-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000
• 2015-05-30 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2015-05-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 109-000-000
• 2015-05-31 House Concurs
• 2015-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-08-21 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-08-21 Effective Date January 1, 2016
• 2015-08-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0435 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4933a845-0450-43d8-84ac-6b980c1be07b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).