CRIM PRO-POST-CONVICT PETITION

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a petitioner for post-conviction relief who was convicted of a felony offense committed when that person was under 21 years of age who seeks leave to file a successive post-conviction petition claiming that his or her sentence violates the proportionate penalties clause of the Illinois Constitution does not have to demonstrate cause. Effective immediately.

Every action

68 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. May 31, 2026HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 063-042-000
2. May 31, 2026SenatePassed Both Houses
3. Jun 1, 2026HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
4. Jun 1, 2026HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
5. Jun 29, 2026SenateSent to the Governor
6. Jul 10, 2026SenateGovernor Approved
7. Jul 10, 2026SenateEffective Date July 10, 2026
8. Jul 10, 2026SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0564

Roll calls

4 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 2 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee and other votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 31 cosponsors: 31 Democrats.

• Adriane L. JohnsonD Primary sponsor · District 30
• Lilian JiménezD Floor sponsor · District 4