Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB0305

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB0305

Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 5/3-8-8

from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-8

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a committed person's grievances.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by changing Section 3-8-8 as follows:

(730 ILCS 5/3-8-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-8)

Sec. 3-8-8. Grievances.

(a) The The Director shall establish procedures to review the grievances of committed persons. The Director may establish one or more administrative review boards within the Department to review grievances. A committed person's right to file grievances shall not be restricted. Such procedure shall provide for the review of grievances by a person or persons other than the person or persons directly responsible for the conditions or actions against which the grievance is made.

(b) Such procedures shall provide that a record of such grievance and any decision made with respect to it shall be preserved for a period of one year.

(c) Such procedures shall allow committed persons to communicate grievances directly to the Director or some person designated by the Director outside of the institution or facility where the person is confined.

(d) All committed persons shall be informed of the grievance procedures established by the Department and they shall be available to all committed persons.

(e) Discipline shall not be imposed because of use of the grievance procedure.

(Source: P.A. 77-2097.)