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type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM PRO-UNFIT DEFENDANT"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 1938"
citation: "Illinois SB 1938 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-20"
last_action: "2015-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dd6bbb4-a8a8-4785-b6cb-86c044d651ea"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1938&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88813&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "9172e3c072147831d0401196d68e1b4c5a026db17907163a8bd94cb8ec3122d3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1938&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88813&DocNum=1938&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1938eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88813&DocNum=1938&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1938enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88813&DocNum=1938&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1030** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **560** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5dd6bbb4-a8a8-4785-b6cb-86c044d651ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).