republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/sb-2885.md

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Bill	CRIM PRO-REVERSAL REFUND	Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that if a defendant is convicted in a criminal prosecution whose conviction is reversed by a finding of factual innocence and the defendant has paid any costs, a fine, or fees in the case, a refund of those costs shall be determined by the judge and paid by the clerk of the court. Provides that the timing of the refund payment shall be determined by the clerk of the court based upon the availability of funds in the subject fund account.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 2885	Illinois SB 2885 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2016-02-18	2016-08-22	openstates	ocd-bill/cf689e3a-af8c-4f33-ad10-01b6e84156e2	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2885&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96205&SessionID=88&GA=99	f4caecde0e6c8e2c03a81f99f5c4ddd4c4b481b03ae82fadc8354685b3ceb15b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2885 (99th) — CRIM PRO-REVERSAL REFUND

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that if a defendant is convicted in a criminal prosecution whose conviction is reversed by a finding of factual innocence and the defendant has paid any costs, a fine, or fees in the case, a refund of those costs shall be determined by the judge and paid by the clerk of the court. Provides that the timing of the refund payment shall be determined by the clerk of the court based upon the availability of funds in the subject fund account.

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 — 106–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein filing
• 2016-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-03-02 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2016-04-06 Do Pass Judiciary; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 7, 2016
• 2016-04-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 21, 2016
• 2016-04-20 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2016-04-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2016-04-21 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-21 Arrived in House introduction
• 2016-04-25 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2016-05-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-05-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-03 Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-27 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 . . . . . . . . . 99-0883 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf689e3a-af8c-4f33-ad10-01b6e84156e2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).