Illinois House Bill 701 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. In the provision that permits the court to impose an extended term sentence when a defendant is convicted of any felony, after having been previously convicted in Illinois or any other jurisdiction of the same or similar class felony or greater class felony, when such conviction has occurred within 10 years after the previous conviction, and such charges are separately brought and tried and arise out of different series of acts, excludes the defendant's voluntary absence from the court's jurisdiction during pending criminal proceedings from such 10 year period (under present law only time spent in custody is excluded). Effective immediately.

CD CORR-EXTENDED TERM

Rep. Dennis Reboletti [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-13		Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2009-02-11		Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
2009-02-06		Referred to Rules Committee
2009-02-06		First Reading
2009-02-05		Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=701&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=76&GA=96
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/09600HB0701.htm