# Illinois HB4138: SEARCH WARR-ELECTRONIC-RETURN Illinois HB4138, SEARCH WARR-ELECTRONIC-RETURN, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status passed house, last action 2026-06-01 (Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John F. Curran) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4138-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB4138 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: SEARCH WARR-ELECTRONIC-RETURN - Status: passed house - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-09-25 - Last action: 2026-06-01, Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John F. Curran - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 7 - Subjects: judiciary - criminal, assignments - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (133 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Search and Seizure Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that telecommunications carriers shall return all electronic instruments, articles, or things within 36 hours if the search warrant was issued pursuant to an investigation of a forcible felony. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: John F. Curran (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Lisa Davis (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Patrick Sheehan (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Patrick Windhorst (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Rick Ryan (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Sally J. Turner (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-17 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 104 | 0 | | | 2026-04-15 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Criminal Committee; | pass | 15 | 0 | | | 2026-02-24 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; | pass | 14 | 0 | | ## Actions (32) - 2026-06-01: Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John F. Curran (Senate) - 2026-04-30: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-04-21: First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2026-04-17: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled (House) - 2026-04-17: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000 (House) - 2026-04-17: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-17: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted (House) - 2026-04-16: State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested - Withdrawn by Rep. Sonya M. Harper (House) - 2026-04-15: State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Sonya M. Harper (House) - 2026-04-15: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 015-000-000 (House) - 2026-04-14: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee (House) - 2026-04-14: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-04-14: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patrick Windhorst (House) - 2026-04-10: Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-10: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-03-18: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee (House) - 2026-03-03: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-03-03: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patrick Windhorst (House) - 2026-02-26: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Sheehan (House) - 2026-02-26: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rick Ryan (House) - 2026-02-26: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar (House) - 2026-02-26: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis (House) - 2026-02-25: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-02-24: Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 014-000-000 (House) - 2026-02-11: Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee (House) - 2025-10-15: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-10-15: First Reading (House) - 2025-09-25: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patrick Windhorst (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4138eng.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4138ham001.pdf) - House Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4138ham002.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4138.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/10400HB4138eng.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4138ham001.pdf) - [House Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4138ham002.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4138.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-HB4138-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).