102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3750

 

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 3930/7.7 new
20 ILCS 3930/7.8 new
55 ILCS 5/3-6041 new
55 ILCS 5/3-6042 new
55 ILCS 5/3-6403 new
705 ILCS 105/30 new
705 ILCS 105/31 new

    Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Requires the Authority to produce a monthly Pretrial Order Report, Pretrial Bail Proceeds Report, and Pretrial Custody and Release Report. Specifies requirements for these reports. Provides that the Authority shall post each county's monthly Pretrial Order Report, Pretrial Custody and Release Report, and Pretrial Bail Proceeds Report on the Authority's website on a monthly basis and those reports shall remain on the website for at least 5 years after being posted. Amends the Counties Code and the Clerk of Courts Act to require certain reporting requirements. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning pretrial reporting.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act
5is amended by adding Sections 7.7 and 7.8 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3930/7.7 new)
7    Sec. 7.7. Pretrial Order Report.
8    (a) The Authority shall produce a monthly Pretrial Order
9Report for the circuit court of each county with aggregated
10data about the initial pretrial release hearings completed in
11each county within the previous month. The Authority shall
12collect the data needed for the Report and shall provide a data
13submission form for the clerks of the circuit courts and the
14sheriffs of each county to use for their submissions.
15    (b) The Authority shall post each county's monthly
16Pretrial Order Report, Pretrial Custody and Release Report,
17and Pretrial Bail Proceeds Report on the Authority's website
18on a monthly basis and those reports shall remain on the
19website for at least 5 years after being posted.
20    (c) The monthly Pretrial Order Report for the circuit
21court of each county shall include the total number of initial
22pretrial bond hearings conducted in that county, and of those
23hearings:

 

 

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1        (1) The number of hearings in which the court ordered
2    release on personal recognizance. Of the number of
3    hearings in which the court ordered release on personal
4    recognizance, the Report shall include the following:
5            (A) the number of hearings in which the court
6        ordered release on personal recognizance without any
7        of the other conditions under subsection (b) of
8        Section 110-10 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of
9        1963;
10            (B) the number of hearings in which the court
11        ordered release on personal recognizance with any
12        other conditions under subsection (b) of Section
13        110-10 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
14            (C) the number of hearings in which the court
15        ordered release on personal recognizance with the
16        condition under paragraph (12) of subsection (b) of
17        Section 110-10 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of
18        1963;
19            (D) the number of hearings in which the court
20        ordered release on personal recognizance with the
21        condition of electronic monitoring;
22            (E) the number of hearings in which the court
23        ordered release on personal recognizance with the
24        condition under paragraph (14) of subsection (b) of
25        Section 110-10 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of
26        1963 or a sheriff's office; and

 

 

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1            (F) the number of hearings in which the court
2        ordered release on personal recognizance with the
3        condition under paragraph (16) of subsection (b) of
4        Section 110-10 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of
5        1963.
6        (2) The number of bond hearings in which the court
7    ordered the posting of monetary bail secured by 10% of the
8    bail amount. For such cases, the Report shall include:
9            (A) a breakdown of the dollar amount of the
10        monetary bail orders by mean, median, 25th percentile,
11        and 75th percentile;
12            (B) the number of hearings in which the court
13        ordered the posting of monetary bail without any of
14        the other conditions under subsection (b) of Section
15        110-10 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
16            (C) the number of hearings in which the court
17        ordered the posting on monetary bail with any of the
18        other conditions under subsection (b) of Section
19        110-10 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
20            (D) the number of hearings in which the court
21        ordered the posting of monetary bail with the
22        condition under paragraph (12) of subsection (b) of
23        Section 110-10 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of
24        1963;
25            (E) the number of hearings in which the court
26        ordered the posting of monetary bail with the

 

 

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1        condition of electronic monitoring under paragraph
2        (13) of subsection (b) of Section 110-10 of the Code of
3        Criminal Procedure of 1963;
4            (F) the number of hearings in which the court
5        ordered the posting of monetary bail with the
6        condition of electronic monitoring under paragraph
7        (14) of subsection (b) of Section 110-10 of the Code of
8        Criminal Procedure of 1963 or a sheriff's office;
9            (G) the number of hearings in which the court
10        ordered the posting of monetary bail with the
11        condition under paragraph (16) of subsection (b) of
12        Section 110-10 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of
13        1963;
14            (H) the number of hearings in which the court
15        ordered the posting of monetary bail to secure release
16        from electronic monitoring.
17        (3) The number of hearings in which the court ordered
18    the posting of monetary bail secured by 100% of the bail
19    amount.
20        (4) The number of hearings in which the court denied
21    bail and ordered detention.
22        (5) Anonymously by judge, the number of bail orders by
23    type:
24            (A) release on personal recognizance;
25            (B) release based on posting of monetary bail
26        secured by 10% of the bail amount;

 

 

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1            (C) release based on posting monetary bail secured
2        by 100% of the bail amount;
3            (D) release on personal recognizance with
4        electronic monitoring as a condition of release under
5        Section 110-10 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of
6        1963; and
7            (E) denied bail.
 
8    (20 ILCS 3930/7.8 new)
9    Sec. 7.8. Pretrial Custody and Release Report.
10    (a) The Authority shall produce a monthly Pretrial Custody
11and Release Report for each county with aggregated data about
12the individuals in jail custody awaiting trial or on
13electronic monitoring awaiting trial in each county within the
14previous month. The Authority shall collect data needed for
15the Report from county sheriffs and shall provide a data
16submission form for the sheriffs to use for their submissions.
17The Authority shall post each county's monthly Report on the
18Authority's website on a monthly basis and the Report shall
19remain on the website for at least 5 years after being posted.
20    (b) The monthly Pretrial Custody and Release Report shall
21record the following pretrial admissions data for defendants
22admitted into the sheriff's custody during the previous month:
23        (1) the number of defendants admitted to jail, broken
24    down by demographic variables including race or ethnicity,
25    age, and sex;

 

 

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1        (2) the number of defendants admitted whose most
2    serious current charge is a forcible felony as defined
3    under Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of 2012;
4        (3) the number of defendants admitted whose most
5    serious current charge is a felony;
6        (4) the number of defendants admitted whose most
7    serious current charge is a misdemeanor; and
8        (5) the number of defendants admitted who received a
9    monetary bail order and the number of defendants admitted
10    who were denied bail.
11    (c) The monthly Pretrial Custody and Release Report shall
12record the following jail population data as of the last day of
13the prior month:
14        (1) the total jail population, broken down by
15    demographic variables including race or ethnicity, age,
16    and sex;
17        (2) the number of individuals detained in jail
18    pretrial and the number of individuals detained in jail
19    for all other reasons;
20        (3) the number of defendants admitted whose most
21    serious current charge is a forcible felony as defined
22    under Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of 2012;
23        (4) the number of individuals detained in jail
24    pretrial whose most serious current charge is a felony;
25        (5) the number of individuals detained in jail
26    pretrial whose most serious current charge is a

 

 

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1    misdemeanor;
2        (6) the total pretrial jail population by average and
3    median length in custody;
4        (7) the total pretrial jail population by the number
5    of defendants ordered monetary bail and the number of
6    defendants denied bail; and
7        (8) the number of individuals detained in jail
8    pretrial who did not pay the monetary bail amount ordered,
9    and of those detainees, the mean, median, 25th percentile,
10    and 75th percentile of the ordered bail amounts.
11    (d) The monthly Pretrial Custody and Release Report shall
12record the following discharge data for pretrial defendants
13released from the sheriff's custody during the previous month:
14        (1) the number of pretrial defendants discharged by
15    the following disposition types:
16            (A) convicted of a felony and sent to the Illinois
17        Department of Corrections;
18            (B) convicted of a misdemeanor and released on
19        time served;
20            (C) convicted of a felony or misdemeanor and given
21        a sentence of probation, conditional discharge, or
22        supervision;
23            (D) posted a monetary bond;
24            (E) released on personal recognizance bond or
25        electronic monitoring;
26            (F) released under earned credit, as defined in

 

 

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1        Section 110-14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of
2        1963;
3            (G) charged dismissed or any other non-conviction
4        resolution, including, but not limited to, deferred
5        prosecution;
6        (2) the average and median length of stay of pretrial
7    defendants; and
8        (3) the number of individuals discharged after
9    spending 2 days or less in jail.
10    (e) The monthly Pretrial Custody and Release Report shall
11record the following data from the sheriff's electronic
12monitoring program as of the last day of the prior month:
13        (1) the total number of individuals under the
14    sheriff's supervision on electronic monitoring;
15        (2) the demographics of the individuals on electronic
16    monitoring including breakdowns of race or ethnicity, age,
17    and sex;
18        (3) the number of individuals on electronic monitoring
19    whose most serious current charge is a felony;
20        (4) the number of individuals on electronic monitoring
21    whose most serious current charge is a misdemeanor; and
22        (5) the average and median length of time spent on
23    electronic monitoring.
24    (f) In order to determine the effectiveness of pretrial
25release policies, the monthly Pretrial Custody and Release
26Report shall include information about defendants released

 

 

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1from custody while awaiting trial. The Report shall include
2the following data for the previous month:
3        (1) the number of pretrial defendants released within
4    24 hours of the bail hearing;
5        (2) the number of pretrial defendants released during
6    the month prior to the reporting month, and of those
7    defendants:
8            (A) the number of defendants who failed to appear
9        at least one court hearing within 30 days of their
10        release;
11            (B) the number of defendants who had at least one
12        new charge within 30 days of their release with the
13        most serious new charge being a misdemeanor or traffic
14        offense;
15            (C) the number of defendants who had at least one
16        new charge within 30 days of their release with the
17        most serious new charge being a felony; and
18            (D) the number of defendants who had at least one
19        new charge within 30 days of their release with the
20        most serious new charge being a forcible felony as
21        defined under Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of
22        2012;
23        (3) the number of pretrial defendants released during
24    the month 180 days prior to the reporting month, and of
25    those defendants:
26            (A) the number of defendants who failed to appear

 

 

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1        at least one court hearing within 180 days of their
2        release;
3            (B) the number of defendants who had at least one
4        new charge within 180 days of their release with the
5        most serious new charge being a misdemeanor or traffic
6        offense;
7            (C) the number of defendants who had at least one
8        new charge within 180 days of their release with the
9        most serious new charge being a felony;
10            (D) the number of defendants who had at least one
11        new charge within 30 days of their release with the
12        most serious new charge being a forcible felony as
13        defined under Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of
14        2012; and
15        (4) the number of pretrial defendants released during
16    the month that fell one year prior to the reporting month,
17    and of those defendants:
18            (A) the number of defendants who failed to appear
19        at least one court hearing within one year of their
20        release;
21            (B) the number of defendants who had at least one
22        new charge within one year of their release with the
23        most serious new charge being a misdemeanor or traffic
24        offense;
25            (C) the number of defendants who had at least one
26        new charge within one year of their release with the

 

 

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1        most serious new charge being a felony; and
2            (D) the number of defendants who had at least one
3        new charge within 30 days of their release with the
4        most serious new charge being a forcible felony as
5        defined under Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of
6        2012.
 
7    Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by adding
8Sections 3-6041, 3-6042, 3-6403 as follows:
 
9    (55 ILCS 5/3-6041 new)
10    Sec. 3-6041. Sheriff, county clerk, county board data
11submission for Pretrial Bail Proceeds Report. Each month, the
12sheriff, or the sheriff in consultation with the clerk of the
13court of each county, shall submit to the Illinois Criminal
14Justice Information Authority a data set with information
15needed for the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
16to complete the report described in Section 7.7 of the
17Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. The sheriff, or the
18sheriff in consultation with the clerk of the court, shall
19submit the data in the form specified by the Illinois Criminal
20Justice Information Authority.
 
21    (55 ILCS 5/3-6042 new)
22    Sec. 3-6042. Bail Proceeds Report. The county board of
23each county shall, for each calendar year, prepare a report of

 

 

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1the amount of money bond collected and dispersed in the course
2of administering bail. The report shall include:
3    (1) the amount of money received from each governmental
4entity in the county that is entitled to collect or administer
5a money bond;
6    (2) the name of each governmental entity, fund, or program
7to which the county board allocates money generated by
8collecting or administering a money bond and the amount so
9allocated;
10    (3) the fee charged by the county sheriff for the taking of
11all bonds on legal process, civil and criminal; and
12    (4) any study or report used to justify an increase in the
13fee charged for the taking of all bonds on legal process, civil
14and criminal, under Section 4-5001, if the county board has
15increased the fee under the requirements of Section 4-5001.
 
16    (55 ILCS 5/3-6403 new)
17    Sec. 3-6403. Sheriff data submission for Pretrial Custody
18and Release Reports. Each month, the sheriff of each county
19shall submit to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information
20Authority a data set with information needed for the Illinois
21Criminal Justice Information Authority to complete the report
22described in Section 7.8 of the Illinois Criminal Justice
23Information Act. The sheriff shall submit the data in the form
24specified by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information
25Authority.
 

 

 

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1    Section 15. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by adding
2Sections 30 and 31 as follows:
 
3    (705 ILCS 105/30 new)
4    Sec. 30. Report to Illinois Criminal Justice Information
5Authority. Each month, the clerk of the circuit court of each
6county shall submit to the Illinois Criminal Justice
7Information Authority a data set with information needed for
8the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority to
9complete the reports described in Sections 7.7 and 7.8 of the
10Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Each quarter, the
11clerk of the circuit court of each county shall submit to the
12Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority a data set
13with information needed for the Illinois Criminal Justice
14Information Authority to complete the Pretrial Bail Proceeds
15Report. The clerk of the circuit court shall submit the data in
16the form specified by the Illinois Criminal Justice
17Information Authority.
 
18    (705 ILCS 105/31 new)
19    Sec. 31. Clerk of court data submission for Pretrial Bail
20Proceeds Report. Each quarter, the clerk of the circuit court
21of each county shall submit to the Illinois Criminal Justice
22Information Authority a data set with information needed for
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1complete the report described in Section 7.7 of the Illinois
2Criminal Justice Information Act. The clerk of the circuit
3court shall submit the data in the form specified by the
4Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. The report
5shall include:
6    (1) the total amount of an individual money bond received
7by the clerk;
8    (2) the total amount of a money bond received by the clerk;
9    (3) the total amount of an individual money bond
10forfeited;
11    (4) the total amount of a money bond forfeited;
12    (5) the total amount of an individual money bond refunded;
13    (6) the total amount of a money bond refunded;
14    (7) the total amount of money collected as a bail bond cost
15as defined by subsection (f) of Section 110-7 of the Code of
16Criminal Procedure of 1963;
17    (8) the total amount of a money bond collected by an
18officer of the peace, under Section 110-9 of the Code of
19Criminal Procedure of 1963 and Supreme Court Rules 529 and
20530, and deposited with the clerk of the circuit court;
21    (9) the total amount of money taken from a bond deposit for
22fines, fees, restitution, or court costs other than a bail
23bond cost under subsection (f) of Section 110-7 of the Code of
24Criminal Procedure of 1963;
25        (A) this amount shall be separated by the type of fee,
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1    listed in subsection (f) of Section 110-7 of the Code of
2    Criminal Procedure of 1963; and
3        (B) the clerk shall list separately the total amount
4    of fees or fines taken from a money bond associated with a
5    case finished as "not charged";
6    (10) the amount paid as reimbursement to a defendant's
7attorney of record under subsection (f) of Section 110-7 of
8the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
9    (11) the total amount of money paid by a person posting
10bond as any other fee, fine, restitution, or court cost not
11described by subsection (f) of Section 110-7 of the Code of
12Criminal Procedure of 1963 or Section 4-5001 of the Counties
13Code. The report shall list separately the total amount of
14money paid by a person posting a money bond as a fee to a
15credit card processing merchant pursuant to a contractual
16agreement between the clerk of the circuit court or county
17board and a credit card processing merchant; and
18    (12) the total amount of money disbursed by the clerk of
19the circuit court to each governmental entity or fund that is
20entitled to receive fees, fines, restitution, or
21reimbursements from a money bond deposit. These entities
22include, but are not be limited to:
23        (A) the Office of the State's Attorney;
24        (B) the State Treasurer;
25        (C) the county general fund;
26        (D) a probation services; or

 

 

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1        (E) a special fund, such as the Violent Crime Victims
2    Assistance Fund or the Trauma Center Fund.
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.