Roll Call: IL SB1657 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly
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Bill Title: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Requires a party seeking to impeach a witness with the witness's illegal immigration status to first attempt to obtain a stipulation regarding the witness's immigration status from the party offering the witness. If a stipulation is agreed to and signed, a party may not question the witness regarding his or her illegal immigration status. Requires the stipulation to be presented to the trier-of-fact immediately after the testimony of the witness. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-08-01 - Rule 19(b) / Motion Referred to Rules Committee [SB1657 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]
Bill Title: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Requires a party seeking to impeach a witness with the witness's illegal immigration status to first attempt to obtain a stipulation regarding the witness's immigration status from the party offering the witness. If a stipulation is agreed to and signed, a party may not question the witness regarding his or her illegal immigration status. Requires the stipulation to be presented to the trier-of-fact immediately after the testimony of the witness. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-08-01 - Rule 19(b) / Motion Referred to Rules Committee [SB1657 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]
Vote: Third Reading in Senate
Vote | Tally | Democrat | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Yea | 55 | 36 | 19 |
Nay | - | - | - |
Not Voting | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Absent | - | - | - |
TOTAL | 59 | 39 | 20 |