republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/sb-211.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-BAD CHECK DIVERSION"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a State's Attorney may create within his or her office a bad check diversion program for offenders who agree to voluntarily participate in the program instead of undergoing prosecution. Provides that the program may be conducted by the State's Attorney or by a private entity under contract with the State's Attorney. Provides that the bad check diversion program may require an offender to: (1) pay for, at his or her own expense, and successfully complete an educational class held by the State's Attorney or a private entity under contract with the State's Attorney; (2) make full restitution for the offense; (3) pay a per-check administrative fee. Provides that the State's Attorney, or private entity under contract with the State's Attorney, may recover, in addition to the face amount of the dishonored check or draft, a transaction fee to defray the costs and expenses incurred by a victim who received a dishonored check that was made or delivered by the offender. Provides that the transaction fee shall be paid to the victim as restitution for the offense. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 211"
citation: "Illinois SB 211 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-05"
last_action: "2003-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0d02639-8f20-4256-bffc-55040b14a04a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=211&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=1799&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "3c693eee3e0fb600b85e61f7921936639b690df26e413f59e0b97685d106e4c0"
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 211 (93rd) — CRIM CD-BAD CHECK DIVERSION

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a State's Attorney may create within his or her office a bad check diversion program for offenders who agree to voluntarily participate in the program instead of undergoing prosecution. Provides that the program may be conducted by the State's Attorney or by a private entity under contract with the State's Attorney. Provides that the bad check diversion program may require an offender to: (1) pay for, at his or her own expense, and successfully complete an educational class held by the State's Attorney or a private entity under contract with the State's Attorney; (2) make full restitution for the offense; (3) pay a per-check administrative fee. Provides that the State's Attorney, or private entity under contract with the State's Attorney, may recover, in addition to the face amount of the dishonored check or draft, a transaction fee to defray the costs and expenses incurred by a victim who received a dishonored check that was made or delivered by the offender. Provides that the transaction fee shall be paid to the victim as restitution for the offense. 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=09300SB0211&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1799&DocNum=211&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0211eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1799&DocNum=211&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0211enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1799&DocNum=211&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James F. Clayborne, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-05** Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. `filing`
- **2003-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-05** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-06** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2003-02-27** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2003-03-05** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2003-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- **2003-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled in Judiciary `amendment-failure`
- **2003-03-13** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
- **2003-03-18** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2003-03-18** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2003-03-18** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2003-03-18** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2003-03-18** Sponsor Removed Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2003-03-18** Sponsor Removed Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2003-03-18** Sponsor Removed Sen. Terry Link
- **2003-03-18** Sponsor Removed Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2003-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2003
- **2003-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- **2003-03-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Approved for Consideration Judiciary; 010-000-000
- **2003-03-25** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Clayborne `amendment-passage`
- **2003-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2003
- **2003-03-26** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2003-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Do Pass / Standard Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2003-04-14** Second Reading - Standard Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2003-05-06** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2003-05-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-29** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-29** Effective Date July 29, 2003
- **2003-07-29** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0394 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0d02639-8f20-4256-bffc-55040b14a04a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).