Illinois House Bill 5665 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that the trial court, upon petition by the defendant after 30 days from sentencing if certain conditions are met, may order resentencing if the penalties for the offense are reduced or altered since the defendant's conviction in a manner that includes, but is not limited to: (1) reducing the minimum or maximum sentence for the offense; (2) granting the court more discretion over the range of penalties available for the offense; or (3) changing the penalties associated with the offense or conduct underlying the offense in any way. Provides that the petition shall not be granted if the State's Attorney or other prosecuting attorney files a response objecting to the petition and the defendant's request for resentencing.

CRIM PRO-RESENTENCE

Rep. Justin Slaughter [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-18	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2020-02-18	House	First Reading
2020-02-14	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Justin Slaughter

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
725	5	116-2.2	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5665&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB5665.htm