Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Eliminates mandatory sentences of natural life imprisonment for persons convicted of offenses committed before they attain 18 years of age. Provides that on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, when a person was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of an offense, the court, at the sentencing hearing, shall consider specified factors in determining the appropriate sentence and be given greater discretion in determining an appropriate sentence.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-5)

Status: (Passed) 2015-07-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0069 [HB2471 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2015-05-19	53	0	6	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2015-04-23	66	45	4	0	115	Passed	Link	View

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