republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/90th/hb-3279.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "VIOLENT CRIMES ADVISORY COMM"
description: "VIOLENT CRIMES ADVISORY COMM"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 3279"
citation: "Illinois HB 3279 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1998-02-17T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4aabc371-cb7d-4046-9e36-9f94cb6f0544"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "65ca458f3f7f462c4257976663cb80ff27e25e1e00b9f38426b607a6c3bdb2a8"
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 3279 (90th) — VIOLENT CRIMES ADVISORY COMM

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB3279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB3279LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BERGMAN — cosponsor (person)
- BOST — cosponsor (person)
- DILLARD — cosponsor (person)
- KARPIEL — cosponsor (person)
- KLINGLER — cosponsor (person)
- LINDNER — cosponsor (person)
- LUECHTEFELD — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS,J — cosponsor (person)
- RIGHTER — cosponsor (person)
- WINKEL — cosponsor (person)
- WIRSING — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1998-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1998-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL `referral-committee`
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 015-000-000 HJUB
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BOST
- **1998-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WINKEL
- **1998-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MYERS
- **1998-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RIGHTER
- **1998-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WIRSING
- **1998-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR POE
- **1998-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KLINGLER
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BERGMAN
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 117-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR KARPIEL
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 010-000-000 SJUD
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 98-04-30
- **1998-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1998-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-KARPIEL
- **1998-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1998-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MYERS,J
- **1998-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR LUECHTEFELD
- **1998-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BURZYNSKI
- **1998-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOMKE
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KEHOE
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-KARPIEL
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SJUD
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 98-05-07
- **1998-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR DILLARD
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-KARPIEL
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED SJUD/009-000-000
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-KARPIEL
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 055-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1998-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/LINDNER
- **1998-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1998-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1998-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION - COMPLIANCE 01/HRUL
- **1998-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1998-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/116-000-000
- **1998-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1998-06-18T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-08-14
- **1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0762

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4aabc371-cb7d-4046-9e36-9f94cb6f0544`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).