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A new law sponsored by Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-118) that was introduced with the purpose of amending the Criminal Code of 2012 went into effect on Jan. 1, 2020, according to the official Illinois General Assembly website.

The legislation was introduced in bill HB2133 on Feb. 2, 2017, when Rep. Jim Durkin (R-82) filed it with the House clerk.

According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Criminal Code of 2012".

After debate, the House passed the bill and it arrived in the Senate on March 20, 2019, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 16, 2019. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on July 19, 2019. The law is scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020.

Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.

The following table shows the full history of actions on HB2133.

Date	Chamber	Action
2/2/2017	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin
2/3/2017	House	First Reading
2/3/2017	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/22/2017	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
3/29/2017	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000
3/29/2017	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate ***
4/26/2017	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/26/2017	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate ***
4/28/2017	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/8/2019	House	Session Sine Die
2/6/2019	House	First Reading
2/6/2019	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/6/2019	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Keith R. Wheeler
2/19/2019	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
3/5/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/5/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Keith R. Wheeler
3/12/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Criminal Committee; by Voice Vote
3/12/2019	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 017-000-000
3/12/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
3/13/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor
3/13/2019	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/19/2019	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/19/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor
3/19/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst
3/19/2019	House	Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor
3/19/2019	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/20/2019	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000
3/20/2019	Senate	Arrive in Senate
3/20/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 21, 2019
3/21/2019	Senate	First Reading
3/21/2019	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Brian W. Stewart
3/21/2019	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/24/2019	Senate	Assigned to Criminal Law
5/2/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019
5/2/2019	Senate	Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000
5/14/2019	Senate	Second Reading
5/14/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019
5/16/2019	House	Passed Both Houses
5/16/2019	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000
6/14/2019	House	Sent to the Governor
7/19/2019	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0087
7/19/2019	House	Effective Date January 1, 2020
7/19/2019	House	Governor Approved
2/16/2021	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin
2/17/2021	House	First Reading
2/17/2021	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/2/2021	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
3/11/2021	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 014-000-000
3/17/2021	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate **
4/23/2021	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee