Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the following ground shall be accorded weight in favor of withholding or minimizing a sentence of imprisonment that at the time of the offense, the defendant was suffering from a serious mental illness which, though insufficient to establish the defense of insanity, substantially affected his or her ability to understand the nature of his or her acts or to conform his or her conduct to the requirements of the law. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-8)

Status: (Passed) 2016-08-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0877 [HB6037 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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