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type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-PEACE OFFICER DEFINE"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that officers, agents, or employees of the federal government commissioned by federal statute to make arrests for violations of federal criminal laws shall be considered \"peace officers\" under the Code when the commission of any offense (rather than a felony) under Illinois law is directly observed by the person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 162"
citation: "Illinois HB 162 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-12-27"
last_action: "2007-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/607ac2e6-4eaa-47eb-9d85-22704dd5b9f1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=162&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=26792&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "c0ebf3f62eb2a754d0c365ea362625bbbc222a07c9816c7c39e9e93deb768bce"
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 162 (95th) — CRIM CD-PEACE OFFICER DEFINE
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that officers, agents, or employees of the federal government commissioned by federal statute to make arrests for violations of federal criminal laws shall be considered "peace officers" under the Code when the commission of any offense (rather than a felony) under Illinois law is directly observed by the person.
## 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=09500HB0162&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26792&DocNum=162&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0162eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26792&DocNum=162&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0162enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26792&DocNum=162&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1160** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Timothy L. Schmitz — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2006-12-27** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz `filing`
- **2007-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-01-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-31** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-02-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-02-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2007-02-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-02-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-02-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-02-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2007-02-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2007-02-22** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 23, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-03-08** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
- **2007-03-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-13** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-30** Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Do Pass Judiciary Criminal Law; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2007
- **2007-05-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2007
- **2007-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-06** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0024 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/607ac2e6-4eaa-47eb-9d85-22704dd5b9f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).