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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2172
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2172 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
5 by adding Section 115-20."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
9 amended by adding Section 115-20 as follows:
10 (725 ILCS 5/115-20 new)
11 Sec. 115-20. Confession, admission or inculpatory
12 statement sufficient to convict. In a prosecution for a
13 criminal offense, the confession or admission of the
14 defendant or an inculpatory statement of the defendant is
15 sufficient evidence for conviction if there is either
16 corroborating evidence or if the court finds the confession,
17 admission, or inculpatory statement to be trustworthy.
18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.".