republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/sb-1938.md

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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	SB 1938	Illinois SB 1938 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	24	2	2015-02-20	2015-07-24	openstates	ocd-bill/5dd6bbb4-a8a8-4785-b6cb-86c044d651ea	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1938&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88813&SessionID=88&GA=99	9172e3c072147831d0401196d68e1b4c5a026db17907163a8bd94cb8ec3122d3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1938 (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

• Third Reading — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Tim Bivins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Tim Bivins filing
• 2015-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-02-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-03-11 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2015-03-18 Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 19, 2015
• 2015-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2015
• 2015-04-15 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-04-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2015-04-16 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Brian W. Stewart
• 2015-04-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-04-20 Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee referral-committee
• 2015-04-28 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-04-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-07-24 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-07-24 Effective Date January 1, 2016
• 2015-07-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0140 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5dd6bbb4-a8a8-4785-b6cb-86c044d651ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).