republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/hb-6083.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "FOIA & WRONGFUL DEATH ACT-INFO"
description: "Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that if the court determines that a public body willfully and intentionally failed to comply with the Act, or otherwise acted in bad faith, the court shall also impose upon the public body a civil penalty of not less than $2,500 nor more than $10,000 (instead of $5,000) for each occurrence. Provides that if the public body fails to comply with the court's order after 30 days, the court shall impose an additional $1,000 penalty for each day the violation continues. Amends the Wrongful Death Act. Provides that an action under the Act shall be commenced within 2 years after the discovery of evidence indicating that a wrongful death may have occurred (instead of \"within 2 years after the death of such person\"). Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as Molly's law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 6083"
citation: "Illinois HB 6083 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 66
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-02-11"
last_action: "2016-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95bd0075-69f9-42ef-a976-5ca3f6eb9d8d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6083&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=95613&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "2e057af47a893bf8cade3a582e9e500e4c079744286de0199b7a19910a487375"
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 6083 (99th) — FOIA & WRONGFUL DEATH ACT-INFO

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that if the court determines that a public body willfully and intentionally failed to comply with the Act, or otherwise acted in bad faith, the court shall also impose upon the public body a civil penalty of not less than $2,500 nor more than $10,000 (instead of $5,000) for each occurrence. Provides that if the public body fails to comply with the court's order after 30 days, the court shall impose an additional $1,000 penalty for each day the violation continues. Amends the Wrongful Death Act. Provides that an action under the Act shall be commenced within 2 years after the discovery of evidence indicating that a wrongful death may have occurred (instead of "within 2 years after the death of such person"). Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as Molly's law.

## 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=09900HB6083&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95613&DocNum=6083&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB6083eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95613&DocNum=6083&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB6083enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95613&DocNum=6083&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Terri Bryant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Terri Bryant `filing`
- **2016-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin
- **2016-03-23** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Terri Bryant `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-03-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-31** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Terri Bryant `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-03-31** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-04** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2016-04-05** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-05** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2016-04-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-12** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sheri Jesiel
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Wheeler
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Bradley
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2016-04-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
- **2016-04-12** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jerry Costello, II
- **2016-04-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2016-04-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2016-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Cavaletto
- **2016-04-13** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2016-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-13** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David S. Luechtefeld
- **2016-04-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-13** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-14** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2016-04-27** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Christine Radogno
- **2016-04-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David S. Luechtefeld
- **2016-04-27** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2016-05-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-04** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2016
- **2016-05-18** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2016-05-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2016
- **2016-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-29** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-05-29** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2016-05-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Terri Bryant
- **2016-05-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
- **2016-05-31** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 118-000-000
- **2016-05-31** House Concurs
- **2016-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-19** Effective Date January 1, 2017
- **2016-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0587 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95bd0075-69f9-42ef-a976-5ca3f6eb9d8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).