Illinois House Bill 3549

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-03-31 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that any person may file a petition to vacate a conviction or sentence, regardless of criminal custody status or citizenship or immigration status, as defined in the Illinois TRUST Act, if the person asserts that: (1) the conviction or sentence is legally invalid due to prejudicial error damaging the petitioner's ability to meaningfully understand, defend against, or knowingly accept the actual or potential adverse immigration consequences of a conviction or sentence; or (2) newly discovered evidence of actual innocence exists that requires vacation of the conviction or sentence as a matter of law or in the interests of justice. Provides that such a petition shall be deemed timely filed at any time notwithstanding any other provision of law. Provides that the time limitations for petitions filed in the trial court under the Post-Conviction Hearing Article of the Code do not apply to a petition filed under this provision. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a provision granting relief from a final order or judgment entered based on a plea of guilty or nolo contendere and that has potential consequences under federal immigration law applies to orders or judgments entered before, on, or after the effective date of the amendatory Act.

CRIM PRO-VACATING SENTENCE

Rep. Justin Slaughter [D]

Rep. Laura Faver Dias [D]

Rep. Edgar Gonzalez [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-03-31	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
2025-03-21	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2025-03-11	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
2025-02-18	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2025-02-18	House	First Reading
2025-02-18	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
2025-02-07	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Justin Slaughter

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
725	5	113-8	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	5	124C-1	New Code	See Bill Text
725	5	Art. 124C headin	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	2-1401	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3549&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=202027&DocName=10400HB3549&DocNum=3549&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=162239&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=