Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB5399

LRB104 16487 RLC 29883 b

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5399

Introduced 2/10/2026, by Rep. Daniel Didech

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 5/3-12-5

from Ch. 38, par. 1003-12-5

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person committed to the Department of Corrections who is paid wages performing a work assignment must receive a rate of compensation that is not less than the minimum wage required under the Minimum Wage Law.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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

Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by changing Section 3-12-5 as follows:

(730 ILCS 5/3-12-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-12-5)

Sec. 3-12-5. Compensation. Persons performing a work assignment under subsection (a) of Section 3-12-2 may receive wages under rules and regulations of the Department. In determining rates of compensation, the Department shall consider the effort, skill and economic value of the work performed; however, in no case may the rate of compensation be less than the minimum wage required under Section 4 of the Minimum Wage Law. Compensation may be given to persons who participate in other programs of the Department. If the committed person files a lawsuit determined frivolous under Article XXII of the Code of Civil Procedure, 50% of the compensation shall be used to offset the filing fees and costs of the lawsuit as provided in that Article until all fees and costs are paid in full. All other wages shall be deposited in the individual's account under rules and regulations of the Department.

(Source: P.A. 101-235, eff. 1-1-20.)