republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/hb-3762.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRST DEGREE MURDER-SENTENCING"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes technical changes in the first degree murder statute. Eliminates references to imposition of the death penalty for first degree murder. Repeals provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 that refer to the execution of a death sentence and the type of drugs that can be administered to cause death. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Lists the aggravating factors for first degree murder in which the defendant may be sentenced to natural life imprisonment. Amends various statutes to remove, other than historic references, references to \"capital offense\", \"death penalty\", \"sentenced to death\", and \"sentence of death\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 3762"
citation: "Illinois HB 3762 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Will Guzzardi", "Willie Preston"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38f07ab2-84cc-499b-8306-5e5e3977d43e"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3762&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=149020&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "ec6b68bfd51f0c444c6efed7a47b03d2a7d9e645a4c09aad8d0aa9c21c6ffe2f"
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 3762 (103rd) — FIRST DEGREE MURDER-SENTENCING

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes technical changes in the first degree murder statute. Eliminates references to imposition of the death penalty for first degree murder. Repeals provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 that refer to the execution of a death sentence and the type of drugs that can be administered to cause death. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Lists the aggravating factors for first degree murder in which the defendant may be sentenced to natural life imprisonment. Amends various statutes to remove, other than historic references, references to "capital offense", "death penalty", "sentenced to death", and "sentence of death".

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3762.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3762eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3762ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3762enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **10–5** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **66–36** (pass) · lower
- Sp. Comm on Crim Law and Pub Safety — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Will Guzzardi — primary (person)
- Willie Preston — primary (person)
- Rachel Ventura — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi `filing`
- **2023-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-28** Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
- **2023-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Criminal Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 010-005-000
- **2023-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 066-036-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
- **2023-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-04-12** Assigned to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Do Pass Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety; 007-003-000
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 25, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2023
- **2023-05-04** Third Reading - Passed; 037-019-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-05-05** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2023-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0051 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38f07ab2-84cc-499b-8306-5e5e3977d43e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).