Bill Text: IL SB3441 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Violent Gun Offender Sentencing Act. Contains only short title and purpose provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-07-14 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter [SB3441 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB3441-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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Violent Gun Offender Sentencing Act.
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6 | Section 5. Purpose. The General Assembly recognizes that a | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | significant amount of gun violence is committed by individuals | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | with prior criminal histories involving violence and firearms. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | This Act creates data-driven presumptive guidelines within | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | existing sentencing ranges to target the most serious penalties | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | towards offenders who have histories of violence and gun crime, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | while maintaining judicial discretion in the interest of | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | justice. The goal of these presumptive guidelines is to provide | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | additional guidance to the court, to ensure that sentences for | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | repeat, violent gun offenders reflect the seriousness of those | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | offenses.
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