Bill Title: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides if the court is of the opinion that the defendant will appear as required either before or after conviction and the defendant will not pose a danger to any person or the community and that the defendant will comply with all conditions of bond the defendant must be released on his or her recognizance (rather than may be released on his or her recognizance). Requires the court to consider several release factors in reaching its opinion on release of the defendant on his or her recognizance and before considering monetary bail.

Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-10-10 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [HB2919 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

---

PolitiCorps Conversations

Start PolitiCorps Debate

Title	PolitiCorps	Access	Comments	Views	Last Post
There are no visible public or private PolitiCorps discussions concerning the 2015 Illinois HB2919 at this time.