republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-3029.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CD CORR-EARLY RELEASE-EMAIL"
description: "Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall immediately upon release of an inmate earlier than it otherwise would because of a grant of sentence credit for good conduct email the police department of the municipality into which the inmate is released that the inmate has been released into that municipality, or if the inmate is released into an unincorporated area or an area that does not have a police department, the Department shall email the county sheriff of the county in which the unincorporated area or municipality without a police department is located that the inmate has been released into an unincorporated area or an area that does not have a police department that is located in that county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 3029"
citation: "Illinois HB 3029 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-26"
last_action: "2013-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78bd8e62-a0a8-4623-968a-5eea1df4caba"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3029&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74881&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "3a7cecd205d40dc93120d1eac61f54b8a98c1b2aa19c7875887486463082d6e4"
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 3029 (98th) — CD CORR-EARLY RELEASE-EMAIL

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall immediately upon release of an inmate earlier than it otherwise would because of a grant of sentence credit for good conduct email the police department of the municipality into which the inmate is released that the inmate has been released into that municipality, or if the inmate is released into an unincorporated area or an area that does not have a police department, the Department shall email the county sheriff of the county in which the unincorporated area or municipality without a police department is located that the inmate has been released into an unincorporated area or an area that does not have a police department that is located in that county.

## 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=09800HB3029&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74881&DocNum=3029&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB3029eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74881&DocNum=3029&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB3029enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74881&DocNum=3029&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Naomi D. Jakobsson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson `filing`
- **2013-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-07** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- **2013-03-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-21** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-04-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-04-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-11** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2013-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 12, 2013 `reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
- **2013-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-12** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Postponed - Criminal Law
- **2013-05-08** Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2013
- **2013-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2013
- **2013-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2014
- **2013-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0267 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78bd8e62-a0a8-4623-968a-5eea1df4caba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).