104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2293 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-2-5 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the organization of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice. LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2293 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-2-5 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5 730 ILCS 5/3-2-5 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the organization of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice. LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2293 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-2-5 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5 730 ILCS 5/3-2-5 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5 730 ILCS 5/3-2-5 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the organization of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice. LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b A BILL FOR HB2293LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b HB2293 LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b HB2293 LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b 1 AN ACT concerning criminal law. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by 5 changing Section 3-2-5 as follows: 6 (730 ILCS 5/3-2-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5) 7 Sec. 3-2-5. Organization of the Department of Corrections 8 and the Department of Juvenile Justice. 9 (a) There shall be a Department of Corrections which shall 10 be administered by a Director and and an Assistant Director 11 appointed by the Governor under the Civil Administrative Code 12 of Illinois. The Assistant Director shall be under the 13 direction of the Director. The Department of Corrections shall 14 be responsible for all persons committed or transferred to the 15 Department under Sections 3-10-7 or 5-8-6 of this Code. 16 (b) There shall be a Department of Juvenile Justice which 17 shall be administered by a Director appointed by the Governor 18 under the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. The 19 Department of Juvenile Justice shall be responsible for all 20 persons under 18 years of age when sentenced to imprisonment 21 and committed to the Department under subsection (c) of 22 Section 5-8-6 of this Code, Section 5-10 of the Juvenile Court 23 Act, or Section 5-750 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2293 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-2-5 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5 730 ILCS 5/3-2-5 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5 730 ILCS 5/3-2-5 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the organization of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice. LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b A BILL FOR 730 ILCS 5/3-2-5 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5 LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b HB2293 LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b HB2293- 2 -LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b HB2293 - 2 - LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b HB2293 - 2 - LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b 1 Persons under 18 years of age committed to the Department of 2 Juvenile Justice pursuant to this Code shall be sight and 3 sound separate from adult offenders committed to the 4 Department of Corrections. 5 (c) The Department shall create a gang intelligence unit 6 under the supervision of the Director. The unit shall be 7 specifically designed to gather information regarding the 8 inmate gang population, monitor the activities of gangs, and 9 prevent the furtherance of gang activities through the 10 development and implementation of policies aimed at deterring 11 gang activity. The Director shall appoint a Corrections 12 Intelligence Coordinator. 13 All information collected and maintained by the unit shall 14 be highly confidential, and access to that information shall 15 be restricted by the Department. The information shall be used 16 to control and limit the activities of gangs within 17 correctional institutions under the jurisdiction of the 18 Illinois Department of Corrections and may be shared with 19 other law enforcement agencies in order to curb gang 20 activities outside of correctional institutions under the 21 jurisdiction of the Department and to assist in the 22 investigations and prosecutions of gang activity. The 23 Department shall establish and promulgate rules governing the 24 release of information to outside law enforcement agencies. 25 Due to the highly sensitive nature of the information, the 26 information is exempt from requests for disclosure under the HB2293 - 2 - LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b HB2293- 3 -LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b HB2293 - 3 - LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b HB2293 - 3 - LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b HB2293 - 3 - LRB104 11764 RLC 21853 b