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type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-EMS-DEFINITION"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 2947"
citation: "Illinois SB 2947 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7258fe15-df5a-45f5-8517-4d7e5dcfcc00"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2947&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96272&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "5777550d4c808d928525f56ae1740c4cb596e13df98abc24d5c4b3f332e3a474"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2947&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96272&DocNum=2947&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2947eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96272&DocNum=2947&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2947enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96272&DocNum=2947&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1120** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **560** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7258fe15-df5a-45f5-8517-4d7e5dcfcc00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).