Illinois 99th Regular Session Status: Enacted 4 D cosponsors

HB 3475 — CD CORR-CERT GOOD CONDUCT

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0381

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 10 sponsors

    0 primary, 10 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (4 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections concerning certificates of good conduct. Provides that "eligible offender" does not include a person who has been convicted of arson, aggravated arson, kidnapping, aggravated kidnaping, aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination thereof, or aggravated domestic battery. Eliminates the exclusion from "eligible offender" of a person who has been convicted of committing or attempting to commit a Class X felony or a forcible felony. Eliminates the exclusion from "eligible offender" of a person convicted of attempting to commit any of the specified offenses. Provides that if the most serious crime of which the individual was convicted is a felony (currently, a Class 1, 2, 3, or 4 felony), the minimum period of good conduct shall be 2 years.

Bill Text

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4 added · 4 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Bill HB 3475 made minor changes, specifically incorporating new line references while removing previous references. This change might not significantly alter the content of the bill itself but ensures that the legislative text is up-to-date and accurately reflects current discussions. Such updates are important for clarity and to ensure that all stakeholders are referring to the same version of the document.

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HB3475 Engrossed LRB099 10157 RLC 30380 b AN ACT concerning criminal law.
HB3475 Enrolled LRB099 10157 RLC 30380 b AN ACT concerning criminal law.
"Forcible felony" means first degree murder, second degree murder, aggravated arson, arson, aggravated kidnapping, HB3475 Engrossed - 2 - LRB099 10157 RLC 30380 b kidnapping, aggravated battery that resulted in great bodily harm or permanent disability, and any other felony which involved the use of physical force or violence against any individual that resulted in great bodily harm or permanent disability.
"Forcible felony" means first degree murder, second degree murder, aggravated arson, arson, aggravated kidnapping, HB3475 Enrolled - 2 - LRB099 10157 RLC 30380 b kidnapping, aggravated battery that resulted in great bodily harm or permanent disability, and any other felony which involved the use of physical force or violence against any individual that resulted in great bodily harm or permanent disability.
HB3475 Engrossed - 3 - LRB099 10157 RLC 30380 b (b) The Circuit Court shall have the power to issue a certificate of good conduct to any person previously convicted of a crime in any other jurisdiction, when the Court is satisfied that:
HB3475 Enrolled - 3 - LRB099 10157 RLC 30380 b (b) The Circuit Court shall have the power to issue a certificate of good conduct to any person previously convicted of a crime in any other jurisdiction, when the Court is satisfied that:
The minimum period of good conduct by the individual shall be measured either from the date of the payment of any fine imposed upon him or her, or from the date of his or her release from custody by parole, mandatory supervised release or commutation or termination of HB3475 Engrossed - 4 - LRB099 10157 RLC 30380 b his or her sentence.
The minimum period of good conduct by the individual shall be measured either from the date of the payment of any fine imposed upon him or her, or from the date of his or her release from custody by parole, mandatory supervised release or commutation or termination of HB3475 Enrolled - 4 - LRB099 10157 RLC 30380 b his or her sentence.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0381

  2. Effective Date January 1, 2016

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. Third Reading - Passed; 041-014-000

  7. Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2015

  8. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2015

  9. Second Reading

  10. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado

  11. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2015

  12. Do Pass Criminal Law; 010-001-000

  13. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush

  14. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link

  15. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson

  16. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

  17. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter

  18. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon

  19. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt

  20. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

  21. Assigned to Criminal Law

  22. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Daniel Biss

  23. Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  24. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans

  25. Referred to Assignments

  26. First Reading

  27. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Daniel Biss

  28. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  29. Arrive in Senate

  30. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones

  31. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

  32. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

  33. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth

  34. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons

  35. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-023-000

  36. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  37. Second Reading - Short Debate

  38. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz

  39. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant

  40. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  41. Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 015-000-000

  42. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner

  43. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

  44. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

  45. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

  46. Re-assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee

  47. Assigned to Restorative Justice Committee

  48. Referred to Rules Committee

  49. First Reading

  50. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Rita Mayfield

Sponsors

  • Rita Mayfield · Cosponsor
  • Heather A. Steans · Cosponsor
  • Daniel Biss · Cosponsor
  • Don Harmon · Cosponsor
  • Mattie Hunter · Cosponsor
  • Pamela J. Althoff · Cosponsor
  • Toi W. Hutchinson · Cosponsor
  • Terry Link · Cosponsor
  • Melinda Bush · Cosponsor
  • Eva-Dina Delgado · Cosponsor

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0 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 173 not signed on · 12 voted No

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (173)

173 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 41 Yea · 14 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 30903
Republican 0400
Democrat 11101
Total 411404
% of votes cast 69%24%0%7%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Manar — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Barickman — Nay
Bertino-Tarrant — Not Voting
Biss — Yea
Bivins — Nay
McCann — Yea
Mulroe — Yea
Link — Yea
Forby — Yea
Haine — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Bennett — Yea
Harris — Yea
LaHood — Nay
Landek — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Luechtefeld — Nay
Sullivan — Yea
Martinez — Yea
McCarter — Nay
Cullerton, T. — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
McConnaughay — Yea
Muñoz — Yea
Oberweis — Nay
Radogno — Nay
Brady — Not Voting
Silverstein — Yea
Steans — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Bush — Not Voting
Clayborne — Yea
Connelly — Yea
Duffy — Nay
Hutchinson — Yea
Noland — Yea
Nybo — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Nay
Van Pelt — Yea
Bill Cunningham Democrat Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Julie A. Morrison Democrat Not Voting
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Nay
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Michael E. Hastings Democrat Yea
Steve Stadelman Democrat Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Nay
Dave Syverson Republican Nay
Neil Anderson Republican Nay
Sue Rezin Republican Nay

Third Reading

Passed 87 Yea · 23 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 611607
Democrat 21601
Republican 5100
Total 872308
% of votes cast 74%19%0%7%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Sandack — Yea
Acevedo — Not Voting
Andersson — Yea
Anthony — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Batinick — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Bourne — Nay
Breen — Yea
Brown — Yea
Butler — Yea
McSweeney — Nay
Moffitt — Yea
Jesiel — Nay
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McDermed — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Smiddy — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Soto — Yea
Tabares — Yea
Thapedi — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Turner — Yea
Bennett — Yea
Harris, David — Yea
Harris, Greg — Yea
Bradley — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Brady — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Burke, Daniel — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Wheeler, Barbara — Yea
Cavaletto — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Frese — Yea
Golar — Yea
Hays — Yea
Ives — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Kay — Yea
Wheeler, Keith — Yea
Madigan — Not Voting
Williams — Yea
McAsey — Nay
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Burke, Kelly — Nay
Sente — Nay
Stewart — Not Voting
Jones — Not Voting
Mitchell, Christian — Not Voting
Unes — Not Voting
Wallace — Nay
Wehrli — Nay
Willis — Nay
Winger — Yea
Yingling — Nay
Zalewski — Yea
Cloonen — Nay
Conroy — Nay
Costello — Nay
Demmer — Yea
Drury — Nay
Dunkin — Not Voting
Durkin — Yea
Franks — Nay
Hurley — Nay
Nekritz — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Reaves-Harris — Yea
Reis — Yea
Riley — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Anna Moeller Democrat Nay
Anthony DeLuca Democrat Yea
Camille Y. Lilly Democrat Yea
Carol Ammons Democrat Yea
Elgie R. Sims, Jr. Democrat Yea
Emanuel "Chris" Welch Democrat Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Not Voting
Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
Jehan Gordon-Booth Democrat Yea
Julie A. Morrison Democrat Yea
Kelly M. Cassidy Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Laura Fine Democrat Yea
Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. Democrat Yea
Marcus C. Evans, Jr. Democrat Yea
Martin J. Moylan Democrat Nay
Michelle Mussman Democrat Nay
Natalie A. Manley Democrat Nay
Rita Mayfield Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Robert F. Martwick Democrat Yea
Robyn Gabel Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
Stephanie A. Kifowit Democrat Nay
Sue Scherer Democrat Nay
Will Guzzardi Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Charles Meier Republican Yea
Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer Republican Nay
Joe C. Sosnowski Republican Yea
John M. Cabello Republican Yea
Norine K. Hammond Republican Yea
Terri Bryant Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 3475 do?
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections concerning certificates of good conduct. Provides that "eligible offender" does not include a person who has been convicted of arson, aggravated arson, kidnapping, aggravated kidnaping, aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination thereof, or aggravated domestic battery. Eliminates the exclusion from "eligible offender" of a person who has been convicted of committing or attempting to commit a Class X felony or a forcible felony. Eliminates the exclusion from "eligible offender" of a person convicted of attempting to commit any of the specified offenses. Provides that if the most serious crime of which the individual was convicted is a felony (currently, a Class 1, 2, 3, or 4 felony), the minimum period of good conduct shall be 2 years.
Who sponsors HB 3475?
HB 3475 is sponsored by Rita Mayfield (Democrat), Heather A. Steans, Daniel Biss, Don Harmon (Democrat), Mattie Hunter (Democrat), Pamela J. Althoff, Toi W. Hutchinson, Terry Link, Melinda Bush, and Eva-Dina Delgado (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 3475?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2015. Enacted.
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