Illinois Senate Bill 2521 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on April 5 2016 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-04-05 - Referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 concerning unfit defendants. Provides that if the report to the court, the State, and the defense indicates that the defendant is not fit to stand trial or to plead because of a disability, the report shall include an opinion as to the likelihood of the defendant attaining fitness within a period of time from the date of the finding of unfitness (rather than one year) if provided with a course of treatment. Provides that for a defendant charged with a felony, the period of time shall be one year. Provides that for a defendant charged with a misdemeanor, the period of time shall be no longer than the maximum term of imprisonment for the most serious offense. Provides that the facility director shall provide a report to the court on the defendant's status toward restoration of fitness every 60 days from the date of the initial court order and thereafter. Provides that not more than 30 days after admission and every 90 (rather than 60) days thereafter so long as the initial order remains in effect, the facility director shall file a treatment plan report in writing with the court and forward a copy of the treatment plan report to the clerk of the court, the State's Attorney, and the defendant's attorney, if the defendant is represented by counsel, or to a person authorized by the defendant under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act to be sent a copy of the report. Effective January 1, 2017.

CRIM PRO&CORR-UNFIT DEFENDANT

Sen. Jason Barickman [R]

Rep. Michael Zalewski [D]

2016-04-05 - Senate - Third Reading in Senate (Y: 53 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-05	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2016-04-05	House	First Reading
2016-04-05	House	Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
2016-04-05	House	Arrived in House
2016-04-05	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000
2016-03-03	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 8, 2016
2016-03-03	Senate	Second Reading
2016-03-02	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 3, 2016
2016-03-02	Senate	Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000
2016-02-24	Senate	Assigned to Criminal Law
2016-02-16	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2016-02-16	Senate	First Reading
2016-02-16	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jason A. Barickman

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
725	5	104-15	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	5	104-20	Amended Code	Citation Text
730	5	5-2-4	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2521&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/SB/09900SB2521.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/SB/09900SB2521eng.htm
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/Documents/legislation/votehistory/99/senate/09900SB2521_04052016_004000T.pdf