HB6320 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB6320

Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

725 ILCS 5/115-10.6 rep.
725 ILCS 5/115-10.7 rep.

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Repeals evidentiary provisions providing a hearsay exception for intentional murder of a witness and admissibility of prior statements of an unavailable witness whose absence was wrongfully procured. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

(725 ILCS 5/115-10.6 rep.)

(725 ILCS 5/115-10.7 rep.)

Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is amended by repealing Sections 115-10.6 and 115-10.7.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.