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Bill	CRIM CD-EMS-DEFINITION	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Redefines various statutes concerning bodily harm directed against emergency medical services personnel. Changes various references from "emergency medical technician" to "emergency medical services personnel" in the Bodily Harm and Deadly Weapons Article of the Code. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 2947	Illinois SB 2947 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2016-02-18	2016-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/7258fe15-df5a-45f5-8517-4d7e5dcfcc00	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2947&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96272&SessionID=88&GA=99	5777550d4c808d928525f56ae1740c4cb596e13df98abc24d5c4b3f332e3a474	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2947 (99th) — CRIM CD-EMS-DEFINITION

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Redefines various statutes concerning bodily harm directed against emergency medical services personnel. Changes various references from "emergency medical technician" to "emergency medical services personnel" in the Bodily Harm and Deadly Weapons Article of the Code. 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 — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ann M. Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Connelly — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Connelly filing
• 2016-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-03-02 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2016-03-09 To Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance
• 2016-04-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Connelly amendment-introduction
• 2016-04-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
• 2016-04-06 Reported Back To Criminal Law; 003-000-000
• 2016-04-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2016-04-06 Do Pass as Amended Criminal Law; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 7, 2016
• 2016-04-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 20, 2016
• 2016-04-21 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-21 Arrived in House introduction
• 2016-04-21 Chief House Sponsor Rep. John D. Anthony
• 2016-04-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
• 2016-05-02 Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2016-05-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2016-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-08-15 Effective Date August 15, 2016
• 2016-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0816 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7258fe15-df5a-45f5-8517-4d7e5dcfcc00. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).