Bill Text: IL HB5487 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-19 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5487 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5487-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5487 Introduced , 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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A BILL FOR
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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 3-3-8 as follows:
(730 ILCS 5/3-3-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-8)
Sec. 3-3-8. Length of parole and mandatory supervised
release; discharge.
(a) The length of parole for a person sentenced under the
law in effect prior to the effective date of this amendatory
Act of 1977 and the length of mandatory supervised release for
those sentenced under the law in effect on and after such
effective date shall be as set out in Section 5-8-1 unless
sooner terminated under paragraph (b) of this Section.
(b) The Prisoner Review Board may enter an order releasing
and discharging one from parole or mandatory supervised
release, and his or her commitment to the Department, when it
determines that he or she is likely to remain at liberty
without committing another offense.
(b-1) Provided that the subject is in compliance with the
terms and conditions of his or her parole or mandatory
supervised release, the Prisoner Review Board shall reduce the
period of a parolee or releasee's parole or mandatory

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supervised release by 90 days upon the parolee or releasee
receiving a high school diploma, associate's degree,
bachelor's degree, career certificate, or vocational technical
certification or upon passage of high school equivalency
testing during the period of his or her parole or mandatory
supervised release. A parolee or releasee shall provide
documentation from the educational institution or the source
of the qualifying educational or vocational credential to
their supervising officer for verification. Each reduction in
the period of a subject's term of parole or mandatory
supervised release shall be available only to subjects who
have not previously earned the relevant credential for which
they are receiving the reduction. As used in this Section,
"career certificate" means a certificate awarded by an
institution for satisfactory completion of a prescribed
curriculum that is intended to prepare an individual for
employment in a specific field.
(b-2) The Prisoner Review Board may release a low-risk and
need subject person from mandatory supervised release as
determined by an appropriate evidence-based risk and need
assessment.
(b-3) 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

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