Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3373 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3373 Introduced , by Rep. Carol Ammons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-3 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3.1 new 730 ILCS 5/3-5-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-5-1 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that notwithstanding to the contrary, any provision of the Code, the Post-Conviction Hearing Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, or the Habeas Corpus Article or the relief from judgments provision of the Code of Civil Procedure, a person serving terms of imprisonment, including terms of natural life, in a Department of Corrections institution or facility is eligible for earned reentry if he or she has served a term of imprisonment specified as follows: (1) for the first year following the effective date of the amendatory Act, a person is eligible for earned reentry if he or she has served a term of imprisonment of at least 35 consecutive years: (2) for the second year following the effective date of the amendatory Act, a person is eligible for earned reentry if he or she has served a term of imprisonment of at least 25 consecutive years; and (3) for the third year following the effective date of the amendatory Act and each year thereafter, a person is eligible for earned reentry if he or she has served a term of imprisonment of at least 20 consecutive years. Establishes factors that the Prisoner Review Board shall consider in determining whether a candidate should obtain earned reentry. Provides that every incarcerated person may bring legal counsel or an advocate of his or her choice to the earned reentry hearing. Provides that an incarcerated person may not be barred from any programming because his or her maximum out date is not in the near future. Provides that every incarcerated person may attend and testify at his or her earned reentry hearing in person or by video-conference or may have counsel or an advocate read a statement. Provides that hearings for earned reentry shall be administered by the Prisoner Review Board. Effective January 1, 2024. LRB103 29405 RLC 55796 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3373 Introduced , by Rep. Carol Ammons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-3 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3.1 new 730 ILCS 5/3-5-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-5-1 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-3 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3.1 new 730 ILCS 5/3-5-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-5-1 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that notwithstanding to the contrary, any provision of the Code, the Post-Conviction Hearing Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, or the Habeas Corpus Article or the relief from judgments provision of the Code of Civil Procedure, a person serving terms of imprisonment, including terms of natural life, in a Department of Corrections institution or facility is eligible for earned reentry if he or she has served a term of imprisonment specified as follows: (1) for the first year following the effective date of the amendatory Act, a person is eligible for earned reentry if he or she has served a term of imprisonment of at least 35 consecutive years: (2) for the second year following the effective date of the amendatory Act, a person is eligible for earned reentry if he or she has served a term of imprisonment of at least 25 consecutive years; and (3) for the third year following the effective date of the amendatory Act and each year thereafter, a person is eligible for earned reentry if he or she has served a term of imprisonment of at least 20 consecutive years. Establishes factors that the Prisoner Review Board shall consider in determining whether a candidate should obtain earned reentry. Provides that every incarcerated person may bring legal counsel or an advocate of his or her choice to the earned reentry hearing. Provides that an incarcerated person may not be barred from any programming because his or her maximum out date is not in the near future. Provides that every incarcerated person may attend and testify at his or her earned reentry hearing in person or by video-conference or may have counsel or an advocate read a statement. Provides that hearings for earned reentry shall be administered by the Prisoner Review Board. Effective January 1, 2024. LRB103 29405 RLC 55796 b LRB103 29405 RLC 55796 b A BILL FOR
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7	7	Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that notwithstanding to the contrary, any provision of the Code, the Post-Conviction Hearing Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, or the Habeas Corpus Article or the relief from judgments provision of the Code of Civil Procedure, a person serving terms of imprisonment, including terms of natural life, in a Department of Corrections institution or facility is eligible for earned reentry if he or she has served a term of imprisonment specified as follows: (1) for the first year following the effective date of the amendatory Act, a person is eligible for earned reentry if he or she has served a term of imprisonment of at least 35 consecutive years: (2) for the second year following the effective date of the amendatory Act, a person is eligible for earned reentry if he or she has served a term of imprisonment of at least 25 consecutive years; and (3) for the third year following the effective date of the amendatory Act and each year thereafter, a person is eligible for earned reentry if he or she has served a term of imprisonment of at least 20 consecutive years. Establishes factors that the Prisoner Review Board shall consider in determining whether a candidate should obtain earned reentry. Provides that every incarcerated person may bring legal counsel or an advocate of his or her choice to the earned reentry hearing. Provides that an incarcerated person may not be barred from any programming because his or her maximum out date is not in the near future. Provides that every incarcerated person may attend and testify at his or her earned reentry hearing in person or by video-conference or may have counsel or an advocate read a statement. Provides that hearings for earned reentry shall be administered by the Prisoner Review Board. Effective January 1, 2024.
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13	13	1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
14	14	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
15	15	3 represented in the General Assembly:
16	16	4 Section 1. Preamble. In recognition of the historical
17	17	5 harms of systemic racism and overly punitive sentencing, as
18	18	6 well as concerns to address mass incarceration and safely
19	19	7 reduce the prison population, this Act is needed to ensure
20	20	8 that persons are not serving excessive sentences with no
21	21	9 public benefit. By utilizing and extending existing review
22	22	10 mechanisms, this Act will reduce unnecessary incarceration,
23	23	11 reduce costs of incarceration, provide incentive to people
24	24	12 with long sentences to prepare for productive lives, make
25	25	13 prisons safer for incarcerated persons and prison staff, and
26	26	14 help bring the State in compliance with Section 11 of Article I
27	27	15 of the Illinois Constitution, which mandates that all
28	28	16 penalties aim to restore incarcerated people to useful
29	29	17 citizenship.
30	30	18 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
31	31	19 changing Sections 3-3-3 and 3-5-1 and by adding Section
32	32	20 3-3-3.1 as follows:
33	33	21 (730 ILCS 5/3-3-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-3)
34	34	22 Sec. 3-3-3. Eligibility for parole or release.
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38	38	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3373 Introduced , by Rep. Carol Ammons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
39	39	730 ILCS 5/3-3-3 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-3 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3.1 new 730 ILCS 5/3-5-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-5-1 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-3 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3.1 new 730 ILCS 5/3-5-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-5-1
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41	41	730 ILCS 5/3-3-3.1 new
42	42	730 ILCS 5/3-5-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-5-1
43	43	Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that notwithstanding to the contrary, any provision of the Code, the Post-Conviction Hearing Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, or the Habeas Corpus Article or the relief from judgments provision of the Code of Civil Procedure, a person serving terms of imprisonment, including terms of natural life, in a Department of Corrections institution or facility is eligible for earned reentry if he or she has served a term of imprisonment specified as follows: (1) for the first year following the effective date of the amendatory Act, a person is eligible for earned reentry if he or she has served a term of imprisonment of at least 35 consecutive years: (2) for the second year following the effective date of the amendatory Act, a person is eligible for earned reentry if he or she has served a term of imprisonment of at least 25 consecutive years; and (3) for the third year following the effective date of the amendatory Act and each year thereafter, a person is eligible for earned reentry if he or she has served a term of imprisonment of at least 20 consecutive years. Establishes factors that the Prisoner Review Board shall consider in determining whether a candidate should obtain earned reentry. Provides that every incarcerated person may bring legal counsel or an advocate of his or her choice to the earned reentry hearing. Provides that an incarcerated person may not be barred from any programming because his or her maximum out date is not in the near future. Provides that every incarcerated person may attend and testify at his or her earned reentry hearing in person or by video-conference or may have counsel or an advocate read a statement. Provides that hearings for earned reentry shall be administered by the Prisoner Review Board. Effective January 1, 2024.
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73	73	1 (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 3-3-3.1 and
74	74	2 except Except for those offenders who accept the fixed release
75	75	3 date established by the Prisoner Review Board under Section
76	76	4 3-3-2.1, every person serving a term of imprisonment under the
77	77	5 law in effect prior to the effective date of this amendatory
78	78	6 Act of 1977 shall be eligible for parole when he or she has
79	79	7 served:
80	80	8 (1) the minimum term of an indeterminate sentence less
81	81	9 time credit for good behavior, or 20 years less time
82	82	10 credit for good behavior, whichever is less; or
83	83	11 (2) 20 years of a life sentence less time credit for
84	84	12 good behavior; or
85	85	13 (3) 20 years or one-third of a determinate sentence,
86	86	14 whichever is less, less time credit for good behavior.
87	87	15 (b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 3-3-3.1, no No
88	88	16 person sentenced under this amendatory Act of 1977 or who
89	89	17 accepts a release date under Section 3-3-2.1 shall be eligible
90	90	18 for parole.
91	91	19 (c) Except as otherwise provided in Section 3-3-3.1, and
92	92	20 except Except for those sentenced to a term of natural life
93	93	21 imprisonment, every person sentenced to imprisonment under
94	94	22 this amendatory Act of 1977 or given a release date under
95	95	23 Section 3-3-2.1 of this Act shall serve the full term of a
96	96	24 determinate sentence less time credit for good behavior and
97	97	25 shall then be released under the mandatory supervised release
98	98	26 provisions of paragraph (d) of Section 5-8-1 of this Code.
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109	109	1 (d) (Blank). No person serving a term of natural life
110	110	2 imprisonment may be paroled or released except through
111	111	3 executive clemency.
112	112	4 (e) Every person committed to the Department of Juvenile
113	113	5 Justice under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and confined in
114	114	6 the State correctional institutions or facilities if such
115	115	7 juvenile has not been tried as an adult shall be eligible for
116	116	8 aftercare release under Section 3-2.5-85 of this Code.
117	117	9 However, if a juvenile has been tried as an adult he or she
118	118	10 shall only be eligible for parole or mandatory supervised
119	119	11 release as an adult under this Section.
120	120	12 (Source: P.A. 98-558, eff. 1-1-14; 99-628, eff. 1-1-17.)
121	121	13 (730 ILCS 5/3-3-3.1 new)
122	122	14 Sec. 3-3-3.1. Earned reentry; earned reentry hearings;
123	123	15 sentences of 20 years or longer; life imprisonment; reentry.
124	124	16 (a) Definition. "Earned reentry" means the termination of
125	125	17 an incarcerated person's sentence that he or she is granted by
126	126	18 the Prisoner Review Board as provided in this Act; if an
127	127	19 incarcerated person is granted earned reentry, his or her
128	128	20 sentence shall be considered complete after the term of
129	129	21 mandatory supervised release.
130	130	22 (b) Notwithstanding to the contrary, any provision of this
131	131	23 Code, Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, or
132	132	24 Article X or Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure, a
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144	144	1 natural life, in a Department of Corrections institution or
145	145	2 facility is eligible for earned reentry under this Article if
146	146	3 he or she has served a term of imprisonment specified in
147	147	4 subsection (d). Hearings for earned reentry shall be
148	148	5 administered by the Prisoner Review Board.
149	149	6 (c) The Prisoner Review Board shall contact persons
150	150	7 eligible for earned reentry and conduct hearings to determine
151	151	8 whether they shall obtain earned reentry as provided by this
152	152	9 Article and the Open Parole Hearings Act unless otherwise
153	153	10 specified in this Section.
154	154	11 (d) Implementation schedule. For the first year following
155	155	12 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
156	156	13 Assembly, a person is eligible for earned reentry under this
157	157	14 Section if he or she has served a term of imprisonment of at
158	158	15 least 35 consecutive years. For the second year following the
159	159	16 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
160	160	17 Assembly, a person is eligible for earned reentry under this
161	161	18 Section if he or she has served a term of imprisonment of at
162	162	19 least 25 consecutive years. For the third year following the
163	163	20 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
164	164	21 Assembly and each year thereafter, a person is eligible for
165	165	22 earned reentry under this Section if he or she has served a
166	166	23 term of imprisonment of at least 20 consecutive years.
167	167	24 (e) Victims and victims' families shall be notified in a
168	168	25 timely manner and provided an opportunity to participate in
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180	180	1 Witnesses Act, the Open Parole Hearings Act, and this Article.
181	181	2 (f) In determining whether a candidate should obtain
182	182	3 earned reentry, the Prisoner Review Board shall consider the
183	183	4 following factors:
184	184	5 (1) a statement, oral or written, by the candidate as
185	185	6 to the reasons why he or she should obtain earned reentry;
186	186	7 (2) any of evidence of the candidate's rehabilitation
187	187	8 during the period of his or her incarceration, including
188	188	9 remorse for any criminal acts, if applicable;
189	189	10 (3) any evidence of the likelihood that the candidate
190	190	11 will not recidivate;
191	191	12 (4) any character references, letters of support from
192	192	13 family or community members, or references by staff,
193	193	14 volunteers, or incarcerated persons in the Department of
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195	195	16 (5) any evidence of the candidate's participation in
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197	197	18 modification, life skills, or reentry planning programs;
198	198	19 (6) the candidate's disciplinary record while
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200	200	21 (7) the candidate's employment history while
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202	202	23 (8) the candidate's criminal history; and
203	203	24 (9) the candidate's parole plan, including plans for
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216	216	1 (g) If the programs or employment opportunities described
217	217	2 in this Section were not available to this candidate, the
218	218	3 Board shall not penalize the candidate for failure to
219	219	4 participate in them; nor shall the board penalize a candidate
220	220	5 for choosing not to work for the Department of Corrections;
221	221	6 nor shall the Board penalize a candidate for maintaining his
222	222	7 or her claim of innocence.
223	223	8 (h) Notification. The Prisoner Review Board shall notify
224	224	9 all persons who become eligible for earned reentry subsection
225	225	10 (d) within 2 months of their becoming eligible and inform them
226	226	11 that the Prisoner Review Board will consider them for earned
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228	228	13 (i) Hearings.
229	229	14 (1) Hearings under this Section shall be conducted by
230	230	15 a panel of at least 3 members of the Board. A majority vote
231	231	16 of the members present and voting at the hearing is
232	232	17 required to grant the candidate earned reentry.
233	233	18 (2) In the first 2 years following the effective date
234	234	19 of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly,
235	235	20 hearings shall be held for each eligible person (who has
236	236	21 not deferred) within one year of the person becoming
237	237	22 eligible as specified in subsection (d). Beginning the
238	238	23 third year following the effective date of this amendatory
239	239	24 Act of the 103rd General Assembly and every year
240	240	25 thereafter, hearings shall be held for each eligible
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252	252	1 person becoming eligible as specified in subsection (d).
253	253	2 (j) Deferrals. Any person who is notified of their eligibility
254	254	3 for earned reentry under this Section may defer their
255	255	4 eligibility for 2 years by notifying the Prisoner Review
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258	258	7 (k) If earned reentry is denied under this Section, the
259	259	8 Board shall provide a written statement to the candidate that
260	260	9 shall include the reasons for the denial, what the candidate
261	261	10 must accomplish to attain earned reentry in the future; and
262	262	11 when the candidate is eligible to reapply for earned reentry,
263	263	12 which shall be no later than 2 years after the denial. The
264	264	13 candidate may seek a continuance of up to 2 additional years.
265	265	14 (l) An incarcerated person described in this Section may
266	266	15 not be barred from any programming because his or her maximum
267	267	16 out date is not in the near future.
268	268	17 (m) Every incarcerated person described in this Section
269	269	18 may bring legal counsel or an advocate of his or her choice to
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271	271	20 (n) Every incarcerated person described in this Section
272	272	21 may attend and testify at his or her earned reentry hearing in
273	273	22 person or by video-conference or may have counsel or an
274	274	23 advocate read a statement.
275	275	24 (o) Every incarcerated person described in this Section
276	276	25 shall be provided full and complete access to his or her master
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288	288	1 confidential informants, at least 60 days prior to any earned
289	289	2 reentry hearing. The incarcerated person has a right to
290	290	3 challenge any false, misleading, or otherwise inaccurate
291	291	4 information contained therein. The Department of Corrections
292	292	5 shall establish an expedited process for incarcerated persons
293	293	6 to challenge such false, misleading, or otherwise inaccurate
294	294	7 information so that it can be removed prior to any earned
295	295	8 reentry hearing. Every incarcerated person described in this
296	296	9 section may have counsel assist them in challenging inaccurate
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298	298	11 (p) This Section applies retroactively to every person
299	299	12 currently serving a term of imprisonment in a Department of
300	300	13 Corrections institution or facility, which is necessary in
301	301	14 order to serve the important objectives listed in the
302	302	15 preamble, including that of restoring incarcerated individuals
303	303	16 to useful citizenship, as required by Section 11 of Article I
304	304	17 of the Illinois Constitution.
305	305	18 (q) Nothing in this Section guarantees release. It only
306	306	19 provides the opportunity for the incarcerated person to
307	307	20 demonstrate his or her readiness to obtain earned reentry.
308	308	21 (730 ILCS 5/3-5-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-5-1)
309	309	22 Sec. 3-5-1. Master Record File.
310	310	23 (a) The Department of Corrections and the Department of
311	311	24 Juvenile Justice shall maintain a master record file on each
312	312	25 person committed to it, which shall contain the following
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324	324	2 (1) all information from the committing court;
325	325	3 (1.5) ethnic and racial background data collected in
326	326	4 accordance with Section 4.5 of the Criminal Identification
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328	328	6 (2) reception summary;
329	329	7 (3) evaluation and assignment reports and
330	330	8 recommendations;
331	331	9 (4) reports as to program assignment and progress;
332	332	10 (5) reports of disciplinary infractions and
333	333	11 disposition, including tickets and Administrative Review
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335	335	13 (6) any parole or aftercare release plan;
336	336	14 (7) any parole or aftercare release reports;
337	337	15 (8) the date and circumstances of final discharge;
338	338	16 (9) criminal history;
339	339	17 (10) current and past gang affiliations and ranks;
340	340	18 (11) information regarding associations and family
341	341	19 relationships;
342	342	20 (12) any grievances filed and responses to those
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344	344	22 (13) other information that the respective Department
345	345	23 determines is relevant to the secure confinement and
346	346	24 rehabilitation of the committed person.
347	347	25 (b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 3-3-3.1, all
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359	359	1 authorized personnel of the respective Department or by
360	360	2 disclosure in accordance with a court order or subpoena.
361	361	3 Personnel of other correctional, welfare or law enforcement
362	362	4 agencies may have access to files under rules and regulations
363	363	5 of the respective Department. The respective Department shall
364	364	6 keep a record of all outside personnel who have access to
365	365	7 files, the files reviewed, any file material copied, and the
366	366	8 purpose of access. If the respective Department or the
367	367	9 Prisoner Review Board makes a determination under this Code
368	368	10 which affects the length of the period of confinement or
369	369	11 commitment, the committed person and his counsel shall be
370	370	12 advised of factual information relied upon by the respective
371	371	13 Department or Board to make the determination, provided that
372	372	14 the Department or Board shall not be required to advise a
373	373	15 person committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice any
374	374	16 such information which in the opinion of the Department of
375	375	17 Juvenile Justice or Board would be detrimental to his
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377	377	19 (c) The master file shall be maintained at a place
378	378	20 convenient to its use by personnel of the respective
379	379	21 Department in charge of the person. When custody of a person is
380	380	22 transferred from the Department to another department or
381	381	23 agency, a summary of the file shall be forwarded to the
382	382	24 receiving agency with such other information required by law
383	383	25 or requested by the agency under rules and regulations of the
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395	395	1 (d) The master file of a person no longer in the custody of
396	396	2 the respective Department shall be placed on inactive status
397	397	3 and its use shall be restricted subject to rules and
398	398	4 regulations of the Department.
399	399	5 (e) All public agencies may make available to the
400	400	6 respective Department on request any factual data not
401	401	7 otherwise privileged as a matter of law in their possession in
402	402	8 respect to individuals committed to the respective Department.
403	403	9 (f) A committed person may request a summary of the
404	404	10 committed person's master record file once per year and the
405	405	11 committed person's attorney may request one summary of the
406	406	12 committed person's master record file once per year. The
407	407	13 Department shall create a form for requesting this summary,
408	408	14 and shall make that form available to committed persons and to
409	409	15 the public on its website. Upon receipt of the request form,
410	410	16 the Department shall provide the summary within 15 days. The
411	411	17 summary must contain, unless otherwise prohibited by law:
412	412	18 (1) the person's name, ethnic, racial, and other
413	413	19 identifying information;
414	414	20 (2) all digitally available information from the
415	415	21 committing court;
416	416	22 (3) all information in the Offender 360 system on the
417	417	23 person's criminal history;
418	418	24 (4) the person's complete assignment history in the
419	419	25 Department of Corrections;
420	420	26 (5) the person's disciplinary card;
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431	431	1 (6) additional records about up to 3 specific
432	432	2 disciplinary incidents as identified by the requester;
433	433	3 (7) any available records about up to 5 specific
434	434	4 grievances filed by the person, as identified by the
435	435	5 requester; and
436	436	6 (8) the records of all grievances filed on or after
437	437	7 January 1, 2023.
438	438	8 Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection (f) to
439	439	9 the contrary, a committed person's master record file is not
440	440	10 subject to disclosure and copying under the Freedom of
441	441	11 Information Act.
442	442	12 (Source: P.A. 102-776, eff. 1-1-23; 102-784, eff. 5-13-22;
443	443	13 revised 12-14-22.)
444	444	14 Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
445	445	15 severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
446	446	16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
447	447	17 1, 2024.
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