Bill Text: IL HB1491 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "imprisonment".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1491 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB1491-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB1491 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
730 ILCS 5/5-1-10 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-1-10
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "imprisonment".
LRB100 03342 RLC 13347 b
A BILL FOR
HB1491 LRB100 03342 RLC 13347 b
AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
changing Section 5-1-10 as follows:
(730 ILCS 5/5-1-10) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-1-10)
Sec. 5-1-10. Imprisonment. "Imprisonment" means
incarceration in a correctional institution under a sentence of
imprisonment and and does not include "periodic imprisonment"
under Article 7. "Imprisonment" also includes electronic home
detention served by an offender after (i) the offender has been
committed to the custody of the sheriff to serve the sentence
and (ii) the sheriff has placed the offender in an electronic
home detention program in accordance with Article 8A of Chapter
V of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 98-161, eff. 1-1-14.)