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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB 711    </title>
<shortdesc>CRIM PRO-JOINDER</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>Senate Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Sen. Randall M. Hultgren</sponsors>
<sponsorhead2>House Sponsors</sponsorhead2><altsponsors>(Rep. Jim Durkin)</altsponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>8/23/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0384</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
<synopsistitle></synopsistitle>
<reference>725 ILCS 5/111-4</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 38, par. 111-4</aliasreference><SynopsisText>Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that 2 or more acts or transactions involving public assistance fraud, theft, retail theft, library theft, unlawful sale of household appliances, and certain other deceptive practices may be charged as a single offense in a single count of the same indictment, information, or complaint, if such acts or transactions by one or more defendants are in furtherance of a single intention and design or (rather than and) if the property, labor, or services obtained are of the same person or are of several persons having a common interest in such property, labor, or services.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/8/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Filed with Secretary by Sen. Randall M. Hultgren</action>
<statusdate>2/8/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/8/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Referred to Rules</action>
<statusdate>2/21/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law</action>
<statusdate>3/7/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Postponed - Judiciary Criminal Law</action>
<statusdate>3/14/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Do Pass Judiciary Criminal Law;  006-000-000</action>
<statusdate>3/14/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2007</action>
<statusdate>3/20/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Second Reading</action>
<statusdate>3/20/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2007</action>
<statusdate>3/30/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000</action>
<statusdate>3/30/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Arrived in House</action>
<statusdate>3/30/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading</action>
<statusdate>5/1/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin</action>
<statusdate>5/1/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>5/1/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>5/7/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee</action>
<statusdate>5/17/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee;  013-000-000</action>
<statusdate>5/17/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>5/24/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Second Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>5/24/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>5/29/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000</action>
<statusdate>5/29/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Passed Both Houses</action>
<statusdate>6/27/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Sent to the Governor</action>
<statusdate>8/23/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Governor Approved</action>
<statusdate>8/23/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Effective Date January 1, 2008</action>
<statusdate>8/23/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0384</action>
</actions>
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