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type: "Bill"
title: "YOUTH CONFINEMENT-RESTRICTIONS"
description: "Creates the End Youth Solitary Confinement Act. Provides that the use of room confinement at a juvenile or correctional facility for discipline, punishment, retaliation, or any reason other than as a temporary response to a juvenile's behavior that poses a serious and immediate risk of physical harm to any individual, including the juvenile, is prohibited. Provides that a covered juvenile (any person under 18 years of age incarcerated in a correctional facility, jail, or detention facility of any kind operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice, a county, or a municipality) may be placed on an administrative hold and confined when temporarily being housed in a particular juvenile detention center or for administrative or security purposes as personally determined by the chief administrative officer. Provides that whenever a covered juvenile is on an administrative hold, the Department shall provide the covered juvenile with access to the same programs and services received by covered juveniles in the general population. Provides that any restrictions on movement or access to programs and services shall be documented and justified by the chief administrative officer. Provides that if a covered juvenile poses a serious and immediate risk of physical harm to any individual, including the juvenile, before a staff member of the facility places a covered juvenile in room confinement, the staff member shall attempt to use other less restrictive options, unless attempting those options poses a threat to the safety or security of any minor or staff. Provides that if a covered juvenile is placed in room confinement because the covered juvenile poses a serious and immediate risk of physical harm to himself or herself, or to others, establishes when the covered juvenile shall be released. Defines terms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 3140"
citation: "Illinois HB 3140 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elgie R. Sims, Jr.", "Suzanne M. Ness"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa1e5f6f-e4ac-498c-bfdd-bde1d0975afa"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3140&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=148294&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "5c710c8c2849f5c69a98e3c169156caea04fbb9fe0bc92957133a276730a5b45"
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 HB 3140 (103rd) — YOUTH CONFINEMENT-RESTRICTIONS
Creates the End Youth Solitary Confinement Act. Provides that the use of room confinement at a juvenile or correctional facility for discipline, punishment, retaliation, or any reason other than as a temporary response to a juvenile's behavior that poses a serious and immediate risk of physical harm to any individual, including the juvenile, is prohibited. Provides that a covered juvenile (any person under 18 years of age incarcerated in a correctional facility, jail, or detention facility of any kind operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice, a county, or a municipality) may be placed on an administrative hold and confined when temporarily being housed in a particular juvenile detention center or for administrative or security purposes as personally determined by the chief administrative officer. Provides that whenever a covered juvenile is on an administrative hold, the Department shall provide the covered juvenile with access to the same programs and services received by covered juveniles in the general population. Provides that any restrictions on movement or access to programs and services shall be documented and justified by the chief administrative officer. Provides that if a covered juvenile poses a serious and immediate risk of physical harm to any individual, including the juvenile, before a staff member of the facility places a covered juvenile in room confinement, the staff member shall attempt to use other less restrictive options, unless attempting those options poses a threat to the safety or security of any minor or staff. Provides that if a covered juvenile is placed in room confinement because the covered juvenile poses a serious and immediate risk of physical harm to himself or herself, or to others, establishes when the covered juvenile shall be released. Defines terms.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3140.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3140eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3140ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3140ham002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3140enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **6539** (pass) · lower
- Restorative Justice, Amendment 2 — **63** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **4210** (pass) · lower
- Sp. Comm on Crim Law and Pub Safety — **63** (pass) · lower
- Restorative Justice — **63** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)
- Suzanne M. Ness — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- La Shawn K. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Ellman — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Maurice A. West, II — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Ventura — cosponsor (person)
- Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness `filing`
- **2023-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-28** Assigned to Restorative Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
- **2023-03-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2023-03-08** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2023-03-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Restorative Justice; 006-003-000
- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Restorative Justice
- **2023-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Restorative Justice
- **2023-03-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Restorative Justice; 006-003-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 065-039-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2023-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-04-12** Assigned to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
- **2023-04-27** Do Pass Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety; 006-003-000
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 4, 2023
- **2023-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 042-010-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-05-11** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2023-05-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2023-05-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2023-05-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2023-05-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
- **2023-05-11** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2023-05-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
- **2023-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-30** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0178 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa1e5f6f-e4ac-498c-bfdd-bde1d0975afa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).