Bill Title: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides a new definition for a moderately intellectually disabled person and a severely or profoundly intellectually disabled person in the Section pertaining to hearsay exceptions for the admission of evidence in a prosecution for a physical or sexual act perpetrated upon or against a severely or profoundly intellectually disabled person or a moderately intellectually disabled person. Defines a moderately intellectually disabled person as a person, who at the time of the commission of the offense, suffers from a mental illness in which the person's ability to exercise rational judgment is impaired. Defines a severely or profoundly intellectually disabled person, as a person, who at the time of the commission of the offense, suffers from a significant mental illness to the extent that the person's ability to exercise rational judgment is impaired.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2016-08-05 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0752 [SB3106 Detail]

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