Date	Chamber	Action
1/7/2025	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

705 ILCS 505/8

from Ch. 37, par. 439.8

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Court of Claims Act. Deletes language regarding the amount a court shall award to a person for time unjustly served in prison when the person imprisoned received a pardon on the ground of innocence of the crime for which he or she was imprisoned or he or she received a certificate of innocence. Provides instead that the court shall award $50,000 per year during which the person was wrongfully imprisoned and shall prorate that amount for a fraction of a year that the person was wrongfully imprisoned, including the number of years the person was awaiting trial. Provides that the court shall award attorney's fees in an amount not to exceed 25% of the award granted. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply to all claims pending or filed on or after the effective date. Effective immediately.

House Committee Amendment No. 2

	Deletes reference to:
	705 ILCS 505/8	from Ch. 37, par. 439.8

	Adds reference to:
	735 ILCS 5/2-702

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a petition for a certificate of innocence shall state facts in sufficient detail to permit the court to find that the petitioner is likely to succeed at trial in proving that the petitioner is innocent of the alleged offenses for which he or she was convicted (rather than innocent of the offenses charged in the indictment or information) or that his or her acts or omissions for which he or she was convicted (instead of for those charged in the indictment or information) did not constitute a felony or misdemeanor against the State of Illinois. Provides that in order to obtain a certificate of innocence, the petitioner must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the petitioner is innocent of the alleged offenses for which he or she was convicted (rather than offenses charged in the indictment or information) or that his or her acts or omissions for which he or she was convicted (instead of those charged in the indictment or information) did not constitute a felony or misdemeanor against the State of Illinois. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply to petitions filed on and after September 22, 2008.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
12/19/2022	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
1/12/2023	House	First Reading
1/12/2023	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/21/2023	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
3/3/2023	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
3/3/2023	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/7/2023	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
3/7/2023	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
3/7/2023	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
3/8/2023	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
3/9/2023	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Judiciary - Criminal Committee; by Voice Vote
3/9/2023	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 015-000-000
3/9/2023	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled
3/10/2023	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/16/2023	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/16/2023	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/23/2023	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000
3/23/2023	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
3/23/2023	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
3/23/2023	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
3/23/2023	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
3/23/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
3/23/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
3/23/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
3/23/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
3/23/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lakesia Collins
3/23/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
3/23/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
3/23/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cyril Nichols
3/23/2023	Senate	Arrive in Senate
3/23/2023	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
3/23/2023	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
3/23/2023	Senate	First Reading
3/23/2023	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/12/2023	Senate	Assigned to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety
4/20/2023	Senate	Do Pass Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety; 009-000-000
4/20/2023	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 25, 2023
5/3/2023	Senate	Second Reading
5/3/2023	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 4, 2023
5/11/2023	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 25, 2023
5/12/2023	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 19, 2023
5/19/2023	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 25, 2023
6/26/2023	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
11/8/2023	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
11/8/2023	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
11/9/2023	Senate	Approved for Consideration Assignments
11/9/2023	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
11/13/2023	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
11/13/2023	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
12/10/2023	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
1/12/2024	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
1/16/2024	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
1/16/2024	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
1/29/2024	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
5/20/2024	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
1/7/2025	House	Session Sine Die

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