republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/hb-6291.md

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Bill	JUV COURT-PROBATION	Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the period of probation or conditional discharge of a juvenile shall be a period of at least 5 years, or until the minor has attained the age of 21, whichever is less, only if the juvenile is found to be guilty of first degree murder, and not if the juvenile is found to be guilty of a Class X felony or a forcible felony.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 6291	Illinois HB 6291 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	50	2	2016-02-11	2016-08-22	openstates	ocd-bill/84720fdc-e8df-4c52-85cf-f6d30ebe1307	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6291&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=95842&SessionID=88&GA=99	619e6bf55f25ae72bfc3b930f8b0da3fe04427eb8a4436707373b8e8cfb6c863	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 6291 (99th) — JUV COURT-PROBATION

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the period of probation or conditional discharge of a juvenile shall be a period of at least 5 years, or until the minor has attained the age of 21, whichever is less, only if the juvenile is found to be guilty of first degree murder, and not if the juvenile is found to be guilty of a Class X felony or a forcible felony.

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 — 65–48 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 40–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elaine Nekritz — primary (person)
• Karen McConnaughay — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-11 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz filing
• 2016-02-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-02-23 Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-03-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-15 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz amendment-introduction
• 2016-04-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-19 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
• 2016-04-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 011-003-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-04-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2016-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-22 Third Reading - Consideration Postponed reading-3
• 2016-04-22 Placed on Calendar - Consideration Postponed
• 2016-04-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
• 2016-04-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2016-04-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
• 2016-04-22 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-03 Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 004-000-000
• 2016-05-03 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2016
• 2016-05-03 Placed on Calendar - Consideration Postponed
• 2016-05-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2016-05-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2016-05-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
• 2016-05-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2016-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 065-048-001 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2016-05-26 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2016-05-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2016-05-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
• 2016-05-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-05-26 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-05-26 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2016-05-27 Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2016
• 2016-05-30 Waive Posting Notice
• 2016-05-30 Do Pass Judiciary; 009-003-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
• 2016-05-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 31, 2016
• 2016-05-31 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Karen McConnaughay
• 2016-05-31 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2016-05-31 Third Reading - Passed; 040-015-000 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 January 1, 2017
• 2016-08-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0879 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/84720fdc-e8df-4c52-85cf-f6d30ebe1307. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).