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type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM-ASSAULT, BATTERY-SECURITY"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that an assault, battery, aggravated battery with a firearm, or aggravated battery with a machine gun or a firearm equipped with any device or attachment designed or used for silencing the report of a firearm committed against a private security officer engaged in the execution of his or her official duties, or to prevent the officer from performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation for the officer performing his or her official duties, constitutes aggravated assault, aggravated battery, aggravated battery with a firearm, or aggravated battery with a machine gun or a firearm equipped with any device or attachment designed or used for silencing the report of a firearm with the same penalties as if the offense had been committed against a peace officer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 251"
citation: "Illinois HB 251 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-11"
last_action: "2007-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85ace511-d916-4fd0-b657-dbd6889ccdd7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=251&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=26988&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "53f58d093f663c4ad815ca5b918c03517d5f778a14db4ec1886bcc647f32fa05"
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 251 (95th) — CRIM-ASSAULT, BATTERY-SECURITY
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that an assault, battery, aggravated battery with a firearm, or aggravated battery with a machine gun or a firearm equipped with any device or attachment designed or used for silencing the report of a firearm committed against a private security officer engaged in the execution of his or her official duties, or to prevent the officer from performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation for the officer performing his or her official duties, constitutes aggravated assault, aggravated battery, aggravated battery with a firearm, or aggravated battery with a machine gun or a firearm equipped with any device or attachment designed or used for silencing the report of a firearm with the same penalties as if the offense had been committed against a peace officer.
## 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=09500HB0251&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26988&DocNum=251&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0251eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26988&DocNum=251&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0251enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26988&DocNum=251&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **540** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1090** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jack D. Franks — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-01-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks `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** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Tryon
- **2007-02-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-02-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 21, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-03-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2007-03-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-30** Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Do Pass Judiciary Criminal Law; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2007
- **2007-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-17** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0236 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85ace511-d916-4fd0-b657-dbd6889ccdd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).