# Illinois HB2731: VICTIM CENTERED APPROACH ACT Illinois HB2731, VICTIM CENTERED APPROACH ACT, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status passed house, last action 2026-04-10 (Referred to Assignments) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2731-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB2731 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: VICTIM CENTERED APPROACH ACT - Status: passed house - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-05 - Last action: 2026-04-10, Referred to Assignments - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 11 - Subjects: immigration & human rights, assignments - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (81 yes, 40 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Creates the Victim Centered Approach Pilot Program Act. Provides that the Lake County State's Attorney shall develop a program to represent noncitizen victims of violent crimes in the filing of victim remedies before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Office administrative body. Provides that the Lake County State's Attorney shall use any funding provided to the pilot program to represent or give counsel to 50 noncitizen victims annually for the next 5 years who were victimized by violent crimes in Lake County. Provides that the to be eligible for assistance under the program, an individual must: (1) be a noncitizen victim, who has never been placed in removal proceedings; (2) have suffered a violent crime in Lake County; and (3) not be barred from the immigration remedies before the administrative body. Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in counties with a population of more than 500,000, a State's Attorney may act, without fee or appointment, as an attorney to a noncitizen victim in an immigration case only if the noncitizen victim was victimized within the county the State's Attorney serves and is located within the geographic boundaries of the county served by the State's Attorney. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Bob Morgan (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Camille Y. Lilly (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Daniel Didech (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Eva-Dina Delgado (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jehan Gordon-Booth (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Joyce Mason (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kimberly Du Buclet (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mary Edly-Allen (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Rita Mayfield (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-08 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 73 | 37 | | | 2026-03-19 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Immigration & Human Rights Committee; | pass | 8 | 3 | | ## Actions (29) - 2026-04-10: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-04-10: First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-10: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen (Senate) - 2026-04-10: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-10: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2026-04-08: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason (House) - 2026-04-08: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly (House) - 2026-04-08: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet (House) - 2026-04-08: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth (House) - 2026-04-08: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 073-037-000 (House) - 2026-04-07: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-07: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-03-20: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-03-20: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez (House) - 2026-03-20: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (House) - 2026-03-19: Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Immigration & Human Rights Committee; 008-003-000 (House) - 2026-03-19: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Immigration & Human Rights Committee; by Voice Vote (House) - 2026-03-18: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Immigration & Human Rights Committee (House) - 2026-03-16: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado (House) - 2026-02-26: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-02-26: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech (House) - 2026-02-11: Assigned to Immigration & Human Rights Committee (House) - 2025-03-21: Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-03-04: Assigned to Immigration & Human Rights Committee (House) - 2025-02-06: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-02-06: First Reading (House) - 2025-02-05: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan (House) - 2025-02-05: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield (House) - 2025-02-05: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2731eng.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2731ham001.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2731.pdf) ## Related bills - HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house) - SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate) - HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee) - HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee) - SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate) - SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2731eng.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2731ham001.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2731.pdf) ## Related - [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026) - [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026) - [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026) - [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026) - [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026) - [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2731-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).