Bill Text: IL HB3807 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that, except for certain types of first degree murder, the court may, in its discretion, sentence a defendant who was under 21 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense to a sentence that is less than the applicable minimum determinate sentence of imprisonment for the offense authorized by the Code. Provides that the court, at the sentencing hearing, shall consider certain mitigating factors when a person commits an offense and the person is under 21 (rather than 18) years of age at the time of the commission of the offense. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3807 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3807-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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 5-4.5-105 as follows:
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6 | (730 ILCS 5/5-4.5-105) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 5-4.5-105. SENTENCING OF INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | 21 18 AT THE TIME OF THE COMMISSION OF AN OFFENSE. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) On or after the effective date of this amendatory Act | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | of the 99th General Assembly, when a person commits an offense | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | and the person is under 21 18 years of age at the time of the | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | commission of the offense, the court, at the sentencing | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | hearing conducted under Section 5-4-1, shall consider the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | following additional factors in mitigation in determining the | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | appropriate sentence: | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | (1) the person's age, impetuosity, and level of | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | maturity at the time of the offense, including the ability | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | to consider risks and consequences of behavior, and the | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | presence of cognitive or developmental disability, or | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | both, if any; | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | (2) whether the person was subjected to outside | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | pressure, including peer pressure, familial pressure, or | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | negative influences; |
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1 | (3) the person's family, home environment, educational | ||||||
2 | and social background, including any history of parental | ||||||
3 | neglect, physical abuse, or other childhood trauma; | ||||||
4 | (4) the person's potential for rehabilitation or | ||||||
5 | evidence of rehabilitation, or both; | ||||||
6 | (5) the circumstances of the offense; | ||||||
7 | (6) the person's degree of participation and specific | ||||||
8 | role in the offense, including the level of planning by | ||||||
9 | the defendant before the offense; | ||||||
10 | (7) whether the person was able to meaningfully | ||||||
11 | participate in his or her defense; | ||||||
12 | (8) the person's prior juvenile or criminal history; | ||||||
13 | and | ||||||
14 | (9) any other information the court finds relevant and | ||||||
15 | reliable, including an expression of remorse, if | ||||||
16 | appropriate. However, if the person, on advice of counsel | ||||||
17 | chooses not to make a statement, the court shall not | ||||||
18 | consider a lack of an expression of remorse as an | ||||||
19 | aggravating factor. | ||||||
20 | (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the court may | ||||||
21 | sentence the defendant to any disposition authorized for the | ||||||
22 | class of the offense of which he or she was found guilty as | ||||||
23 | described in Article 4.5 of this Code, and may, in its | ||||||
24 | discretion, decline to impose any otherwise applicable | ||||||
25 | sentencing enhancement based upon firearm possession, | ||||||
26 | possession with personal discharge, or possession with |
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1 | personal discharge that proximately causes great bodily harm, | ||||||
2 | permanent disability, permanent disfigurement, or death to | ||||||
3 | another person. | ||||||
4 | (b-5) Except as provided in subsection (c), the court may, | ||||||
5 | in its discretion, sentence a defendant who was under 21 years | ||||||
6 | of age at the time of the commission of the offense to a | ||||||
7 | sentence that is less than the applicable minimum determinate | ||||||
8 | sentence of imprisonment for the offense authorized by this | ||||||
9 | Code. | ||||||
10 | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the | ||||||
11 | defendant is convicted of first degree murder and would | ||||||
12 | otherwise be subject to sentencing under clause (iii), (iv), | ||||||
13 | (v), or (vii) of subparagraph (c) of paragraph (1) of | ||||||
14 | subsection (a) of Section 5-8-1 of this Code based on the | ||||||
15 | category of persons identified therein, the court shall impose | ||||||
16 | a sentence of not less than 40 years of imprisonment. In | ||||||
17 | addition, the court may, in its discretion, decline to impose | ||||||
18 | the sentencing enhancements based upon the possession or use | ||||||
19 | of a firearm during the commission of the offense included in | ||||||
20 | subsection (d) of Section 5-8-1.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 99-69, eff. 1-1-16; 99-258, eff. 1-1-16; 99-875, | ||||||
22 | eff. 1-1-17 .)
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23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
24 | becoming law.
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