CIV PRO-PROCESS SERVERS Senate SponsorsSen. Jacqueline Y. Collins House Sponsors(Rep. William Cunningham) 8/16/2011SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0427 720 ILCS 5/32-5.2-6 new735 ILCS 5/2-202from Ch. 110, par. 2-202Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of false personation of a peace officer while serving process. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she, not being a peace officer, knowingly wears a coat, hat, or other clothing while serving process that reasonably creates the impression that the person is a peace officer. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. With respect to the requirement that a person who is a licensed or registered private detective or a registered employee of a private detective agency must supply the sheriff of any county in which the person serves process with a copy of the person's license or certificate, deletes language providing that the failure of a person to supply a copy of the license or certificate to the sheriff does not impair the validity of process served by the person. In a provision that allows a court to appoint a certified private detective agency as a special process server, deletes language allowing any employee of the private detective agency to serve the process under the appointment.Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to:720 ILCS 5/32-5.2-6 newReplaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that in counties with a population of less than 2,000,000, process may be served by a registered employee of a private detective agency. Provides that a detective or detective agency shall send a copy of his, her, or its individual detective license or detective agency certificate to the county sheriff in each county in which the detective or detective agency serves process. Provides that a detective agency shall maintain a list of its registered employees by category: a Permanent Employee Registration Card holder; a person whose application for a Permanent Employee Registration Card is pending; a current peace officer; and a licensed private detective. Provides that a detective agency shall send this list to any sheriff who requests the list. 2/10/2011SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins 2/10/2011SenateFirst Reading 2/10/2011SenateReferred to Assignments 3/2/2011SenateAssigned to Criminal Law 3/9/2011SenateTo Criminal Law Subcommittee on Special Issues 3/17/2011SenateReported Back To Criminal Law; 003-000-000 3/17/2011SenateDo Pass Criminal Law; 008-000-000 3/17/2011SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 29, 2011 4/8/2011SenateSecond Reading 4/8/2011SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2011 4/11/2011SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins 4/11/2011SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments 4/12/2011SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law 4/13/2011SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Criminal Law; 007-000-000 4/14/2011SenateRecalled to Second Reading 4/14/2011SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; J. Collins 4/14/2011SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading 4/14/2011SenateThird Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 4/15/2011HouseArrived in House 4/15/2011HousePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading 4/15/2011HouseChief House Sponsor Rep. William Cunningham 4/15/2011HouseFirst Reading 4/15/2011HouseReferred to Rules Committee 4/25/2011HouseAssigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee 5/12/2011HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 5/12/2011HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate 5/16/2011HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate 5/16/2011HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate 5/19/2011HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 5/19/2011SenatePassed Both Houses 6/17/2011SenateSent to the Governor 8/16/2011SenateGovernor Approved 8/16/2011SenateEffective Date January 1, 2012 8/16/2011SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0427