103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3505

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Laura Ellman

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 5/107-9  from Ch. 38, par. 107-9
725 ILCS 5/109-2  from Ch. 38, par. 109-2

    Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that the warrant of arrest or summons shall command that the person against whom the complaint was made to be arrested and brought before the court issuing the warrant at a certain day, time, and courtroom number, or the nearest or most accessible court in the same county, or appear before the court at a certain time and place. Provides that if a person has a warrant in another county for an offense and the county where the warrant is outstanding fails to transport the person to the county where the warrant was issued for a hearing no later than 5 calendar days after the end of any detention issued on the charge in the arresting county, the county where the warrant is outstanding shall mark the warrant as served (rather than quash the warrant) and order the person released on the case for which the warrant was issued. Provides that if the issuing county fails to take any action within 5 calendar days, the defendant shall be released from custody on the warrant, and the circuit judge or associate circuit judge in the county of arrest shall set conditions of release and shall admit the defendant to pretrial release and shall schedule for his or her appearance before the court named in the warrant based upon the court day, time, and courtroom number listed on the warrant.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5amended by changing Sections 107-9 and 109-2 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 5/107-9)  (from Ch. 38, par. 107-9)
7    Sec. 107-9. Issuance of arrest warrant upon complaint.
8    (a) When a complaint is presented to a court charging that
9an offense has been committed, it shall examine upon oath or
10affirmation the complainant or any witnesses.
11    (b) The complaint shall be in writing and shall:
12        (1) State the name of the accused if known, and if not
13    known the accused may be designated by any name or
14    description by which he can be identified with reasonable
15    certainty;
16        (2) State the offense with which the accused is
17    charged;
18        (3) State the time and place of the offense as
19    definitely as can be done by the complainant; and
20        (4) Be subscribed and sworn to by the complainant.
21    (b-5) If an arrest warrant or summons is sought and the
22request is made by electronic means that has a simultaneous
23video and audio transmission between the requester and a

 

 

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1judge, the judge may issue an arrest warrant or summons based
2upon a sworn complaint or sworn testimony communicated in the
3transmission.
4    (c) A warrant or summons may be issued by the court for the
5arrest or appearance of the person complained against if it
6appears from the contents of the complaint and the examination
7of the complainant or other witnesses, if any, that the person
8against whom the complaint was made has committed an offense.
9    (d) The warrant of arrest or summons shall:
10        (1) Be in writing;
11        (2) Specify the name, sex and birth date of the person
12    to be arrested or summoned or, if his name, sex or birth
13    date is unknown, shall designate such person by any name
14    or description by which the person can be identified with
15    reasonable certainty;
16        (3) Set forth the nature of the offense;
17        (4) State the date when issued and the municipality or
18    county where issued;
19        (5) Be signed by the judge of the court with the title
20    of the judge's office; and
21        (6) Command that the person against whom the complaint
22    was made to be arrested and brought before the court
23    issuing the warrant at a certain day, time, and courtroom
24    number, or the nearest or most accessible court in the
25    same county, or appear before the court at a certain time
26    and place;

 

 

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1        (7) Specify the conditions of pretrial release, if
2    any; and
3        (8) Specify any geographical limitation placed on the
4    execution of the warrant, if any, but such limitation
5    shall not be expressed in mileage.
6    (e) The summons may be served in the same manner as the
7summons in a civil action, except that a police officer may
8serve a summons for a violation of an ordinance occurring
9within the municipality of the police officer.
10    (f) If the person summoned fails to appear by the date
11required or cannot be located to serve the summons, a warrant
12may be issued by the court for the arrest of the person
13complained against.
14    (g) A warrant of arrest issued under this Section shall
15incorporate the information included in the summons, and shall
16comply with the following:
17        (1) The arrest warrant shall specify any geographic
18    limitation placed on the execution of the warrant, but
19    such limitation shall not be expressed in mileage.
20        (2) The arrest warrant shall be directed to all peace
21    officers in the State. It shall be executed by the peace
22    officer, or by a private person specially named therein,
23    at any location within the geographic limitation for
24    execution placed on the warrant. If no geographic
25    limitation is placed on the warrant, then it may be
26    executed anywhere in the State.

 

 

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1    (h) The arrest warrant or summons may be issued
2electronically or electromagnetically by use of electronic
3mail or a facsimile transmission machine and any such arrest
4warrant or summons shall have the same validity as a written
5arrest warrant or summons.
6(Source: P.A. 101-239, eff. 1-1-20; 101-652, eff. 1-1-23;
7102-1104, eff. 1-1-23.)
 
8    (725 ILCS 5/109-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 109-2)
9    Sec. 109-2. Person arrested in another county.
10    (a) Any person arrested in a county other than the one in
11which a warrant for his arrest was issued shall be taken
12without unnecessary delay before the nearest and most
13accessible judge in the county where the arrest was made or, if
14no additional delay is created, before the nearest and most
15accessible judge in the county from which the warrant was
16issued. The judge may hold a hearing to determine if the
17defendant is the same person as named in the warrant.
18    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), any
19person arrested in a county other than the one in which a
20warrant for his arrest was issued, may waive the right to be
21taken before a judge in the county where the arrest was made.
22If a person so arrested waives such right, the arresting
23agency shall surrender such person to a law enforcement agency
24of the county that issued the warrant without unnecessary
25delay. The provisions of Section 109-1 shall then apply to the

 

 

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1person so arrested.
2    (c) If a person is taken before a judge in any county and a
3warrant for arrest issued by another Illinois county exists
4for that person, the court in the arresting county shall hold
5for that person a detention hearing under Section 110-6.1, or
6other hearing under Section 110-5 or Section 110-6.
7    (d) After the court in the arresting county has determined
8whether the person shall be released or detained on the
9arresting offense, the court shall then order the sheriff to
10immediately contact the sheriff in any county where any
11warrant is outstanding and notify them of the arrest of the
12individual.
13    (e) If a person has a warrant in another county for an
14offense, then, no later than 5 calendar days after the end of
15any detention issued on the charge in the arresting county,
16the county where the warrant is outstanding shall do one of the
17following:
18        (1) transport the person to the county where the
19    warrant was issued for a hearing under Section 110-6 or
20    110-6.1 in the matter for which the warrant was issued; or
21        (2) mark quash the warrant as served and order the
22    person released on the case for which the warrant was
23    issued only when the county that issued the warrant fails
24    to transport the defendant in the timeline as proscribed.
25    (f) If the issuing county fails to take any action under
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1released from custody on the warrant, and the circuit judge or
2associate circuit judge in the county of arrest shall set
3conditions of release under Section 110-5 and shall admit the
4defendant to pretrial release and shall schedule for his or
5her appearance before the court named in the warrant based
6upon the court day, time, and courtroom number listed on the
7warrant. Upon releasing the defendant, the circuit judge or
8associate circuit judge shall certify such a fact on the
9warrant and deliver the warrant and the acknowledgment by the
10defendant of his or her receiving the conditions of pretrial
11release to the officer having charge of the defendant from
12arrest and without delay deliver such warrant and such
13acknowledgment by the defendant of his or her receiving the
14conditions to the court before which the defendant is required
15to appear.
16    (g) If a person has a warrant in another county, in lieu of
17transporting the person to the issuing county as outlined in
18subsection (e), the issuing county may hold the hearing by way
19of a two-way audio-visual communication system if the accused
20waives the right to be physically present in court, the court
21determines that the physical health and safety of any person
22necessary to the proceedings would be endangered by appearing
23in court, or the chief judge of the circuit orders use of that
24system due to operational challenges in conducting the hearing
25in person. Such operational challenges must be documented and
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1address the challenges through reasonable efforts must be
2presented and approved by the Administrative Office of the
3Illinois Courts every 6 months.
4    (h) If more than 2 Illinois county warrants exist, the
5judge in the county of arrest shall order that the process
6described in subsections (d) through (f) occur in each county
7in whatever order the judge finds most appropriate. Each judge
8in each subsequent county shall then follow the rules in this
9Section.
10    (i) This Section applies only to warrants issued by
11Illinois state, county, or municipal courts.
12    (j) When an issuing agency is contacted by an out-of-state
13agency of a person arrested for any offense, or when an
14arresting agency is contacted by or contacts an out-of-state
15issuing agency, the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act shall
16govern.
17(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1104, eff. 1-1-23.)