Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB5487 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5487 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-3-8 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-8 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that upon completion of all mandatory conditions of parole or mandatory supervised release, the Department of Corrections shall file a certification with the Prisoner Review Board that the subject has completed the mandatory conditions of parole or mandatory supervised release and that discharge is appropriate. Provides that the order of discharge shall become effective upon entry of the order of the Board in cases in which the Board determined that the parolee or releasee: (1) is likely to remain at liberty without committing another offense; or (2) received a high school diploma, associate's degree, bachelor's degree, career certificate, or vocational technical certification or passed high school equivalency testing during the period of his or her parole or mandatory supervised release. Provides that if the person is on mandatory supervised release and is a low-risk and need subject person as determined by an appropriate evidence-based risk and need assessment, the order of discharge shall become effective upon entry of the order of the Board. Provides that the order of discharge in other cases shall become effective 30 days after the Department of Corrections files the certification unless the Prisoner Review Board denies early discharge. LRB103 37517 RLC 67640 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5487 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-3-8 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-8 730 ILCS 5/3-3-8 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-8 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that upon completion of all mandatory conditions of parole or mandatory supervised release, the Department of Corrections shall file a certification with the Prisoner Review Board that the subject has completed the mandatory conditions of parole or mandatory supervised release and that discharge is appropriate. Provides that the order of discharge shall become effective upon entry of the order of the Board in cases in which the Board determined that the parolee or releasee: (1) is likely to remain at liberty without committing another offense; or (2) received a high school diploma, associate's degree, bachelor's degree, career certificate, or vocational technical certification or passed high school equivalency testing during the period of his or her parole or mandatory supervised release. Provides that if the person is on mandatory supervised release and is a low-risk and need subject person as determined by an appropriate evidence-based risk and need assessment, the order of discharge shall become effective upon entry of the order of the Board. Provides that the order of discharge in other cases shall become effective 30 days after the Department of Corrections files the certification unless the Prisoner Review Board denies early discharge. LRB103 37517 RLC 67640 b LRB103 37517 RLC 67640 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5487 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	730 ILCS 5/3-3-8 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-8 730 ILCS 5/3-3-8 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-8
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5	5	Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that upon completion of all mandatory conditions of parole or mandatory supervised release, the Department of Corrections shall file a certification with the Prisoner Review Board that the subject has completed the mandatory conditions of parole or mandatory supervised release and that discharge is appropriate. Provides that the order of discharge shall become effective upon entry of the order of the Board in cases in which the Board determined that the parolee or releasee: (1) is likely to remain at liberty without committing another offense; or (2) received a high school diploma, associate's degree, bachelor's degree, career certificate, or vocational technical certification or passed high school equivalency testing during the period of his or her parole or mandatory supervised release. Provides that if the person is on mandatory supervised release and is a low-risk and need subject person as determined by an appropriate evidence-based risk and need assessment, the order of discharge shall become effective upon entry of the order of the Board. Provides that the order of discharge in other cases shall become effective 30 days after the Department of Corrections files the certification unless the Prisoner Review Board denies early discharge.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
15	15	5 changing Section 3-3-8 as follows:
16	16	6 (730 ILCS 5/3-3-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-8)
17	17	7 Sec. 3-3-8. Length of parole and mandatory supervised
18	18	8 release; discharge.
19	19	9 (a) The length of parole for a person sentenced under the
20	20	10 law in effect prior to the effective date of this amendatory
21	21	11 Act of 1977 and the length of mandatory supervised release for
22	22	12 those sentenced under the law in effect on and after such
23	23	13 effective date shall be as set out in Section 5-8-1 unless
24	24	14 sooner terminated under paragraph (b) of this Section.
25	25	15 (b) The Prisoner Review Board may enter an order releasing
26	26	16 and discharging one from parole or mandatory supervised
27	27	17 release, and his or her commitment to the Department, when it
28	28	18 determines that he or she is likely to remain at liberty
29	29	19 without committing another offense.
30	30	20 (b-1) Provided that the subject is in compliance with the
31	31	21 terms and conditions of his or her parole or mandatory
32	32	22 supervised release, the Prisoner Review Board shall reduce the
33	33	23 period of a parolee or releasee's parole or mandatory
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5487 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	730 ILCS 5/3-3-8 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-8 730 ILCS 5/3-3-8 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-8
39	39	730 ILCS 5/3-3-8 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-8
40	40	Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that upon completion of all mandatory conditions of parole or mandatory supervised release, the Department of Corrections shall file a certification with the Prisoner Review Board that the subject has completed the mandatory conditions of parole or mandatory supervised release and that discharge is appropriate. Provides that the order of discharge shall become effective upon entry of the order of the Board in cases in which the Board determined that the parolee or releasee: (1) is likely to remain at liberty without committing another offense; or (2) received a high school diploma, associate's degree, bachelor's degree, career certificate, or vocational technical certification or passed high school equivalency testing during the period of his or her parole or mandatory supervised release. Provides that if the person is on mandatory supervised release and is a low-risk and need subject person as determined by an appropriate evidence-based risk and need assessment, the order of discharge shall become effective upon entry of the order of the Board. Provides that the order of discharge in other cases shall become effective 30 days after the Department of Corrections files the certification unless the Prisoner Review Board denies early discharge.
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68	68	1 supervised release by 90 days upon the parolee or releasee
69	69	2 receiving a high school diploma, associate's degree,
70	70	3 bachelor's degree, career certificate, or vocational technical
71	71	4 certification or upon passage of high school equivalency
72	72	5 testing during the period of his or her parole or mandatory
73	73	6 supervised release. A parolee or releasee shall provide
74	74	7 documentation from the educational institution or the source
75	75	8 of the qualifying educational or vocational credential to
76	76	9 their supervising officer for verification. Each reduction in
77	77	10 the period of a subject's term of parole or mandatory
78	78	11 supervised release shall be available only to subjects who
79	79	12 have not previously earned the relevant credential for which
80	80	13 they are receiving the reduction. As used in this Section,
81	81	14 "career certificate" means a certificate awarded by an
82	82	15 institution for satisfactory completion of a prescribed
83	83	16 curriculum that is intended to prepare an individual for
84	84	17 employment in a specific field.
85	85	18 (b-2) The Prisoner Review Board may release a low-risk and
86	86	19 need subject person from mandatory supervised release as
87	87	20 determined by an appropriate evidence-based risk and need
88	88	21 assessment.
89	89	22 (b-3) Upon completion of all mandatory conditions of
90	90	23 parole or mandatory supervised release, the Department of
91	91	24 Corrections shall file a certification with the Prisoner
92	92	25 Review Board that the subject has completed the mandatory
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