Bill Title: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that if a defendant suffers from a mental disability and is placed in the custody of the Department of Human Services, the defendant will not be placed in a secure setting if the defendant is charged with a misdemeanor and the Department determines that the defendant could be appropriately placed in a non-secure setting. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-6)

Status: (Passed) 2012-01-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0670 [SB0073 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	Concurrence in Senate	2011-11-08	49	0	10	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2011-10-26	116	0	0	0	116	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2011-04-15	58	0	1	0	59	Passed	Link	View

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