Illinois Senate Bill 2073

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-03-31 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Provides that, except for parole review of persons under the age of 21 at the time of the commission of an offense, no person serving a term of natural life imprisonment may be paroled or released except through executive clemency. Provides that for all parole proceedings, the Prisoner Review Board, no less than 15 days in advance of a person's scheduled parole hearing, shall send by certified mail notice of the parole hearing's place, date, and approximate time to: (1) the State's Attorney of the county where a person eligible for parole was convicted; (2) the victim of the crime for which the person eligible for parole was convicted, if not deceased; and (3) the victim's family. Provides that these provisions are in addition to the provisions that apply to notifications to State's Attorneys' offices, victims, and victims' families under other laws of the State. Provides that not less than 12 months prior to the parole review hearing, the Prisoner Review Board shall by certified mail provide notification to the State's Attorney of the county from which the person was committed and by certified mail written notification to the victim or family of the victim of the scheduled hearing place, date, and approximate time. Changes the effective date of the Act from immediate to July 1, 2024.

CD CORR-PAROLE REVIEW-RETROACT

Sen. Seth Lewis [R]	Sen. Kimberly Lightford [D]	Sen. Javier Cervantes [D]	Sen. Willie Preston [D]
Sen. Ann Gillespie [D]	Sen. Rachel Ventura [D]	Sen. Karina Villa [D]	Sen. Adriane Johnson [D]
Sen. Mary Edly-Allen [D]	Sen. David Koehler [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-31	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-03-21	Senate	Sponsor Removed Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
2023-03-21	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2023
2023-03-21	Senate	Second Reading
2023-03-10	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
2023-03-10	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2023
2023-03-10	Senate	Do Pass as Amended Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety; 007-003-000
2023-03-09	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety
2023-03-09	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
2023-03-09	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
2023-03-09	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
2023-03-08	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
2023-03-07	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
2023-03-07	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
2023-03-07	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
2023-03-07	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety
2023-03-03	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2023-03-03	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Seth Lewis
2023-02-23	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
2023-02-22	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
2023-02-21	Senate	Assigned to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety
2023-02-09	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-02-09	Senate	First Reading
2023-02-09	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Seth Lewis

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
730	5	5-4.5-115	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2073&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB2073.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB2073sam001.htm