republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-224.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-FAMILY MEMBER"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that, except as otherwise provided in the Code, a prosecution for any offense involving sexual conduct or sexual penetration where the victim and defendant are family members may be commenced within 10 years (rather than one year) of the victim attaining the age of 18 years. Provides that for the purposes of the offenses of criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, and aggravated criminal sexual abuse, \"family member\" includes a brother, sister, aunt, uncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, niece, nephew, cousin of the first degree, step-brother, or step-sister, and where the victim is a child under 18 years of age, an accused who has resided in the household with such child continuously for at least 6 months (rather than one year)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 224"
citation: "Illinois HB 224 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-01-15"
last_action: "2009-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32681c75-9cab-4aa6-a673-4ca71ef941d5"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=224&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40325&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "5a59d8daf1e258cdf99c78e989cbc93b2a4003eb7d856158a3af27ba6b98e982"
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 224 (96th) — CRIM CD-FAMILY MEMBER

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that, except as otherwise provided in the Code, a prosecution for any offense involving sexual conduct or sexual penetration where the victim and defendant are family members may be commenced within 10 years (rather than one year) of the victim attaining the age of 18 years. Provides that for the purposes of the offenses of criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, and aggravated criminal sexual abuse, "family member" includes a brother, sister, aunt, uncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, niece, nephew, cousin of the first degree, step-brother, or step-sister, and where the victim is a child under 18 years of age, an accused who has resided in the household with such child continuously for at least 6 months (rather than one year).

## 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=09600HB0224&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40325&DocNum=224&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0224eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40325&DocNum=224&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0224enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40325&DocNum=224&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Careen M. Gordon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-01-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Careen M. Gordon `filing`
- **2009-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-01-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-04** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-02-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-02-11** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-11** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
- **2009-02-11** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emily McAsey
- **2009-02-11** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ronald A. Wait
- **2009-02-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
- **2009-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. André M. Thapedi
- **2009-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2009-02-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-02-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker
- **2009-02-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2009-02-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-02-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 26, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-02-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
- **2009-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-27** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-30** Postponed - Criminal Law
- **2009-05-07** Do Pass Criminal Law; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2009
- **2009-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2009
- **2009-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0233 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32681c75-9cab-4aa6-a673-4ca71ef941d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).