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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB5487 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 730 ILCS 5/3-3-8 | from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-8 |
| Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that upon completion of all mandatory conditions of parole or mandatory supervised release, the Department of Corrections shall file a certification with the Prisoner Review Board that the subject has completed the mandatory conditions of parole or mandatory supervised release and that discharge is appropriate. Provides that the order of discharge shall become effective upon entry of the order of the Board in cases in which the Board determined that the parolee or releasee: (1) is likely to remain at liberty without committing another offense; or (2) received a high school diploma, associate's degree, bachelor's degree, career certificate, or vocational technical certification or passed high school equivalency testing during the period of his or her parole or mandatory supervised release. Provides that if the person is on mandatory supervised release and is a low-risk and need subject person as determined by an appropriate evidence-based risk and need assessment, the order of discharge shall become effective upon entry of the order of the Board. Provides that the order of discharge in other cases shall become effective 30 days after the Department of Corrections files the certification unless the Prisoner Review Board denies early discharge. |
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| | HB5487 | | LRB103 37517 RLC 67640 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law. |
2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
3 | | represented in the General Assembly: |
4 | | Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by |
5 | | changing Section 3-3-8 as follows: |
6 | | (730 ILCS 5/3-3-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-8) |
7 | | Sec. 3-3-8. Length of parole and mandatory supervised |
8 | | release; discharge. |
9 | | (a) The length of parole for a person sentenced under the |
10 | | law in effect prior to the effective date of this amendatory |
11 | | Act of 1977 and the length of mandatory supervised release for |
12 | | those sentenced under the law in effect on and after such |
13 | | effective date shall be as set out in Section 5-8-1 unless |
14 | | sooner terminated under paragraph (b) of this Section. |
15 | | (b) The Prisoner Review Board may enter an order releasing |
16 | | and discharging one from parole or mandatory supervised |
17 | | release, and his or her commitment to the Department, when it |
18 | | determines that he or she is likely to remain at liberty |
19 | | without committing another offense. |
20 | | (b-1) Provided that the subject is in compliance with the |
21 | | terms and conditions of his or her parole or mandatory |
22 | | supervised release, the Prisoner Review Board shall reduce the |
23 | | period of a parolee or releasee's parole or mandatory |