Illinois Senate Bill 2257

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-16 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Nelson Mandela Act. Creates the Isolated Confinement Restriction Act. Provides that, except for a committed person in protective custody who opts out of that status by providing informal, voluntary, written refusal of that status, the use of isolated confinement in correctional institutions is restricted to isolated confinement of no more than 10 consecutive days or no more than 10 days in any 180-day period. Provides that The Department of Corrections shall post on the Department's official website quarterly reports on the use of isolated confinement. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.

ISOLATED CONFINEMENT RESTRICT

Sen. Robert Peters [D]	Sen. Ann Gillespie [D]	Sen. Omar Aquino [D]	Sen. Lakesia Collins [D]
Sen. Rachel Ventura [D]	Sen. Mary Edly-Allen [D]	Sen. Javier Cervantes [D]	Sen. Mike Simmons [D]
Sen. Willie Preston [D]	Sen. Karina Villa [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-16	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
2024-03-22	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
2024-03-19	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
2024-03-05	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
2024-02-23	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
2024-02-22	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
2024-02-22	Senate	Sponsor Removed Sen. Ann Gillespie
2024-02-22	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
2024-02-16	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
2024-01-23	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
2023-03-31	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-03-23	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 31, 2023
2023-03-10	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 24, 2023
2023-02-28	Senate	Assigned to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety
2023-02-23	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
2023-02-10	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-02-10	Senate	First Reading
2023-02-10	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Robert Peters

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
730	5	3-8-7	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2257&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB2257.htm