Bill Title: Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Crime Victims' Rights Compliance Officer Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the curriculum established by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall include training in techniques designed to promote effective communication with crime victims and ways to comprehensively explain to victims and witnesses their rights under the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act and the Violent Crime Victim's Assistance Act. Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Creates the Office of the Crime Victims' Rights Compliance Officer. Provides that the Crime Victims' Rights Compliance Officer shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of at least 3 persons, prepared and submitted by the Violent Crimes Advisory Commission, to serve a 3-year term at the pleasure of the Governor. Establishes the duties of the Crime Victims' Rights Compliance Officer. Provides that any person who willfully or maliciously commits a violation of the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000. Provides that such action may only be pursued by the Crime Victims' Rights Compliance Officer. Provides that if after the Crime Victims' Rights Compliance Officer receives and investigates a complaint of a violation of the Act and concludes that a willful and malicious violation has occurred, he or she shall generate a report detailing his or her findings of fact, conclusions as to the specific legal violations, and recommended sanctions. Establishes court procedures for pursuing the sanctions.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-4)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2013-01-11 - Sent to the Governor [HB1237 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Dena Carli [D]	Primary	Inactive	Inactive	HD-001	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rita Mayfield [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-558-1012	HD-060	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative LaShawn Ford [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-5962	HD-008	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jim Sacia [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-089	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Louis Lang [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-016	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Esther Golar [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-006	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kelly Cassidy [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8088	HD-014	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Eddie Winters [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-010	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Maria Berrios [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-039	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Elizabeth Hernandez [D]	Cosponsor	Email	217-782-8173	HD-002	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Cynthia Soto [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-004	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Elgie Sims [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-3201	SD-017	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Antonio Munoz [D]	Primary	Inactive	Inactive	SD-001	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Millner [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-028	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Noland [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-022	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kwame Raoul [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-013	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Terry Link [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-030	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kirk Dillard [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-024	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mattie Hunter [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-5966	SD-003	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jacqueline Collins [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-016	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart