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Bill	CD CORR-MITIGATION-MENTAL ILL	Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the following ground shall be accorded weight in favor of withholding or minimizing a sentence of imprisonment that at the time of the offense, the defendant was suffering from a serious mental illness which, though insufficient to establish the defense of insanity, substantially affected his or her ability to understand the nature of his or her acts or to conform his or her conduct to the requirements of the law. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 6037	Illinois HB 6037 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	64	2	2016-02-11	2016-08-22	openstates	ocd-bill/8c085e97-9e57-43aa-8680-45ea18ed976e	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6037&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=95556&SessionID=88&GA=99	5a8f6b291e29489e120ceb2e1aa80375d6513bc863e1693e16b468558bbb0abb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 6037 (99th) — CD CORR-MITIGATION-MENTAL ILL

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the following ground shall be accorded weight in favor of withholding or minimizing a sentence of imprisonment that at the time of the offense, the defendant was suffering from a serious mental illness which, though insufficient to establish the defense of insanity, substantially affected his or her ability to understand the nature of his or her acts or to conform his or her conduct to the requirements of the law. 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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 94–21 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
• Chuck Weaver — cosponsor (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Karen McConnaughay — cosponsor (person)
• Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
• Pamela Reaves-Harris — primary (person)
• Scott M. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• William R. Haine — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-11 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Pamela Reaves-Harris filing
• 2016-02-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-23 Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
• 2016-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
• 2016-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2016-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
• 2016-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2016-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
• 2016-04-06 Do Pass / 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
• 2016-04-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
• 2016-04-14 Third Reading - Consideration Postponed reading-3
• 2016-04-14 Placed on Calendar - Consideration Postponed
• 2016-04-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
• 2016-04-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
• 2016-04-14 Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
• 2016-04-14 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
• 2016-04-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Scott Drury
• 2016-04-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
• 2016-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2016-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan
• 2016-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
• 2016-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2016-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
• 2016-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 094-021-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
• 2016-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
• 2016-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2016-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith R. Wheeler
• 2016-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2016-04-20 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2016-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 21, 2016 reading-1
• 2016-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2016-04-22 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2016-04-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-25 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-05-03 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2016-05-05 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire
• 2016-05-05 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2016-05-10 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2016-05-10 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2016-05-11 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Karen McConnaughay
• 2016-05-11 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 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
• 2016-05-11 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chuck Weaver
• 2016-05-11 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2016-05-12 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
• 2016-05-17 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2016
• 2016-05-20 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
• 2016-05-27 Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2016
• 2016-05-31 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2016-05-31 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-08-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-08-22 Effective Date August 22, 2016
• 2016-08-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0877 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c085e97-9e57-43aa-8680-45ea18ed976e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).