Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Filed: 4/8/2021

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2989

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2989, AS AMENDED,
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
6changing Section 5-4.5-105 as follows:
 
7    (730 ILCS 5/5-4.5-105)
8    Sec. 5-4.5-105. SENTENCING OF INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF
921 18 AT THE TIME OF THE COMMISSION OF AN OFFENSE.
10    (a) On or after January 1, 2016 (the effective date of
11Public Act 99-69) this amendatory Act of the 99th General
12Assembly and before the effective date of this amendatory Act
13of the 102nd General Assembly, when a person commits an
14offense and the person is under 18 years of age at the time of
15the commission of the offense, the court, at the sentencing
16hearing conducted under Section 5-4-1, shall consider the

 

 

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1following additional factors in mitigation in determining the
2appropriate sentence:
3        (1) the person's age, impetuosity, and level of
4    maturity at the time of the offense, including the ability
5    to consider risks and consequences of behavior, and the
6    presence of cognitive or developmental disability, or
7    both, if any;
8        (2) whether the person was subjected to outside
9    pressure, including peer pressure, familial pressure, or
10    negative influences;
11        (3) the person's family, home environment, educational
12    and social background, including any history of parental
13    neglect, physical abuse, or other childhood trauma;
14        (4) the person's potential for rehabilitation or
15    evidence of rehabilitation, or both;
16        (5) the circumstances of the offense;
17        (6) the person's degree of participation and specific
18    role in the offense, including the level of planning by
19    the defendant before the offense;
20        (7) whether the person was able to meaningfully
21    participate in his or her defense;
22        (8) the person's prior juvenile or criminal history;
23    and
24        (9) any other information the court finds relevant and
25    reliable, including an expression of remorse, if
26    appropriate. However, if the person, on advice of counsel

 

 

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1    chooses not to make a statement, the court shall not
2    consider a lack of an expression of remorse as an
3    aggravating factor.
4    (a-5) On or after the effective date of this amendatory
5Act of the 102nd General Assembly, when a person commits an
6offense and the person is under 21 years of age at the time of
7the commission of the offense, the court, at the sentencing
8hearing conducted under Section 5-4-1, shall consider the
9following additional factors in mitigation in determining the
10appropriate sentence:
11        (1) the person's age, impetuosity, and level of
12    maturity at the time of the offense, including the ability
13    to consider risks and consequences of behavior, and the
14    presence of cognitive or developmental disability, or
15    both, if any;
16        (2) whether the person was subjected to outside
17    pressure, including peer pressure, familial pressure, or
18    negative influences;
19        (3) the person's family, home environment, educational
20    and social background, including any history of parental
21    neglect, physical abuse, or other childhood trauma;
22        (4) the person's potential for rehabilitation or
23    evidence of rehabilitation, or both;
24        (5) the circumstances of the offense;
25        (6) the person's degree of participation and specific
26    role in the offense, including the level of planning by

 

 

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1    the defendant before the offense;
2        (7) whether the person was able to meaningfully
3    participate in his or her defense;
4        (8) the person's prior juvenile or criminal history;
5    and
6        (9) any other information the court finds relevant and
7    reliable, including an expression of remorse, if
8    appropriate. However, if the person, on advice of counsel
9    chooses not to make a statement, the court shall not
10    consider a lack of an expression of remorse as an
11    aggravating factor.
12    (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the court may
13sentence the defendant to any disposition authorized for the
14class of the offense of which he or she was found guilty as
15described in Article 4.5 of this Code, and may, in its
16discretion, decline to impose any otherwise applicable
17sentencing enhancement based upon firearm possession,
18possession with personal discharge, or possession with
19personal discharge that proximately causes great bodily harm,
20permanent disability, permanent disfigurement, or death to
21another person.
22    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the
23defendant is convicted of first degree murder and would
24otherwise be subject to sentencing under clause (iii), (iv),
25(v), or (vii) of subparagraph (c) of paragraph (1) of
26subsection (a) of Section 5-8-1 of this Code based on the

 

 

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1category of persons identified therein, the court shall impose
2a sentence of not less than 40 years of imprisonment. In
3addition, the court may, in its discretion, decline to impose
4the sentencing enhancements based upon the possession or use
5of a firearm during the commission of the offense included in
6subsection (d) of Section 5-8-1.
7(Source: P.A. 99-69, eff. 1-1-16; 99-258, eff. 1-1-16; 99-875,
8eff. 1-1-17.)".