Bill Text: IL HB1739 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning victim impact statements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1739 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB1739-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
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6 | (725 ILCS 120/6) (from Ch. 38, par. 1406)
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7 | Sec. 6. Right to be heard at sentencing.
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8 | (a) A crime victim shall be allowed to present an oral or | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | written victim impact statement in any case in which a | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | defendant has been convicted of a violent crime or a juvenile | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | has been adjudicated delinquent for a violent crime. The court | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | shall allow a victim to make an oral impact statement if the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | the victim is present in the courtroom and requests to make an | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | oral statement. An oral statement includes the victim or a | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | representative of the victim reading the written impact | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | statement. The court may allow persons impacted by the crime | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | who are not victims under subsection (a) of Section 3 of this | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Act to present an oral or written statement. A victim and any | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | person making an oral statement shall not be put under oath or | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | subject to cross-examination. The court shall
consider any | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | impact statement presented
along with
all
other appropriate | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | factors in determining the sentence of the defendant or
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23 | disposition of such juvenile.
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1 | (a-1) In any case where a defendant has been convicted of a | ||||||
2 | violation of any statute, ordinance, or regulation relating to | ||||||
3 | the operation or use of motor vehicles, the use of streets and | ||||||
4 | highways by pedestrians or the operation of any other wheeled | ||||||
5 | or tracked vehicle, except parking violations, if the violation | ||||||
6 | resulted in great bodily harm or death, the person who suffered | ||||||
7 | great bodily harm, the injured person's representative, or the | ||||||
8 | representative of a deceased person shall be entitled to notice | ||||||
9 | of the sentencing hearing. "Representative" includes the | ||||||
10 | spouse, guardian, grandparent, or other immediate family or | ||||||
11 | household member of an injured or deceased person. The injured | ||||||
12 | person or his or her representative and a representative of the | ||||||
13 | deceased person shall have the right to address the court | ||||||
14 | regarding the impact that the defendant's criminal conduct has | ||||||
15 | had upon them. If more than one representative of an injured or | ||||||
16 | deceased person is present in the courtroom at the time of | ||||||
17 | sentencing, the court has discretion to permit one or more of | ||||||
18 | the representatives to present an oral impact statement. A | ||||||
19 | victim and any person making an oral statement shall not be put | ||||||
20 | under oath or subject to cross-examination. The court shall | ||||||
21 | consider any impact statement presented along with all other | ||||||
22 | appropriate factors in determining the sentence of the | ||||||
23 | defendant. | ||||||
24 | (a-5) A crime victim shall be allowed to present an oral | ||||||
25 | and written victim impact statement at a hearing ordered by the | ||||||
26 | court under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities |
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1 | Code to determine if the defendant is: (1) in need of mental | ||||||
2 | health services on an inpatient basis; (2) in need of mental | ||||||
3 | health services on an outpatient basis; or (3) not in need of | ||||||
4 | mental health services. The court shall allow a victim to make | ||||||
5 | an oral impact statement if the victim is present in the | ||||||
6 | courtroom and requests to make an oral statement. An oral | ||||||
7 | statement includes the victim or a representative of the victim | ||||||
8 | reading the written impact statement. The court may allow | ||||||
9 | persons impacted by the crime who are not victims under | ||||||
10 | subsection (a) of Section 3 of this Act, to present an oral or | ||||||
11 | written statement. A victim and any person making an oral | ||||||
12 | statement shall not be put under oath or subject to | ||||||
13 | cross-examination. The court may only consider the impact | ||||||
14 | statement along with all other appropriate factors in | ||||||
15 | determining the: (1) threat of serious physical harm poised by | ||||||
16 | the respondent to himself or herself, or to another person; (2) | ||||||
17 | location of inpatient or outpatient mental health services | ||||||
18 | ordered by the court, but only after complying with all other | ||||||
19 | applicable administrative, rule, and statutory requirements; | ||||||
20 | (3) maximum period of commitment for inpatient mental health | ||||||
21 | services; and (4) conditions of release for outpatient mental | ||||||
22 | health services ordered by the court. | ||||||
23 | (b) The crime victim has the right to prepare a victim | ||||||
24 | impact statement
and present it to the Office of the State's | ||||||
25 | Attorney at any time during the
proceedings. Any written victim | ||||||
26 | impact statement submitted to the Office of the State's |
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1 | Attorney shall be considered by the court during its | ||||||
2 | consideration of aggravation and mitigation in plea | ||||||
3 | proceedings under Supreme Court Rule 402.
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4 | (c) This Section shall apply to any victims during any
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5 | dispositional hearing under Section 5-705 of the Juvenile Court
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6 | Act of 1987 which takes place pursuant to an adjudication or | ||||||
7 | trial or plea of
delinquency for any such offense.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 99-413, eff. 8-20-15.)
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