Bill Status of HB 5947   96th General Assembly

Short Description:  CRIME VICTIMS-MURDERER

House Sponsors
Rep. Robert F. Flider-Dennis M. Reboletti-Careen M. Gordon

Senate Sponsors
(Sen. Randall M. Hultgren-Kyle McCarter)


Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  1/11/2011HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
725 ILCS 120/3from Ch. 38, par. 1403
725 ILCS 120/4.5
730 ILCS 5/3-3-13from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-13

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Defines "crime victim" to include the spouse, parent, child, or sibling, or any combination of such persons, of a person killed as a result of a violent crime perpetrated against the person killed. Provides that the office of the State's Attorney shall, at the request of the spouse, parent, child, or sibling of a person killed as the result of a homicide, file a complaint and apply to the circuit court for a temporary restraining order, and such circuit court shall upon hearing grant a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction, without bond, restraining the perpetrator of the homicide from contacting, regardless of the purpose of the contact, the spouse, parent, child, or sibling of the person killed as the result of a homicide. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that any written or electronically transmitted recommendation by the Board to the Governor or his or her agent or employee concerning a petition for a pardon, commutation, or reprieve shall be made available to the public within 24 hours after transmission.

House Committee Amendment No. 1
Deletes reference to:
730 ILCS 5/3-3-13

Deletes provision that the Prisoner Review Board shall inform a victim or any other concerned citizen, upon written request, of the prisoner's transfer from a facility of the Department of Corrections. Deletes provision that the Department of Corrections shall inform the Prisoner Review Board of the transfer of a prisoner from a facility of the Department. Deletes amendatory changes to the Unified Code of Corrections.

House Floor Amendment No. 2
Deletes reference to:
725 ILCS 120/3
730 ILCS 5/3-3-13

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that at the request of the spouse, parent, child, sibling, or any combination of such persons of a person killed as a result of a homicide, the court, at sentencing, or the Prisoner Review Board, at the parole hearing, shall issue a no contact order against the defendant which shall be effective while the defendant is in custody.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/10/2010HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Robert F. Flider
  2/10/2010HouseFirst Reading
  2/10/2010HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/16/2010HouseAssigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
  3/11/2010HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
  3/11/2010HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote
  3/11/2010HouseDo Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000
  3/11/2010HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  3/17/2010HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
  3/17/2010HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  3/19/2010HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert F. Flider
  3/19/2010HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
  3/19/2010HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
  3/19/2010HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M. Gordon
  3/22/2010HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
  3/22/2010HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 005-000-000
  3/23/2010HouseRecalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
  3/23/2010HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote
  3/23/2010HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  3/25/2010HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000
  4/6/2010SenateArrive in Senate
  4/6/2010SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading April 13, 2010
  4/14/2010SenateChief Senate Sponsor Sen. Randall M. Hultgren
  4/15/2010SenateFirst Reading
  4/15/2010SenateReferred to Assignments
  4/15/2010SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kyle McCarter
  1/11/2011HouseSession Sine Die

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