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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2764 Introduced , by Rep. Carol Ammons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-3730 ILCS 5/3-3-3.1 new730 ILCS 5/3-5-1 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in specified provisions of law, a person serving a term of imprisonment, including terms of natural life, in a Department of Corrections institution or facility is eligible for earned reentry. Provides that 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. Provides that 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. Provides that 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. Provides that hearings for earned reentry shall be administered by the Prisoner Review Board. Establishes procedures for the hearing. Removes provision that no person serving a term of natural life imprisonment may be paroled or released except through executive clemency. Provides that if any incarcerated person is released on earned reentry, his or her sentence shall be considered complete after the term of mandatory supervised release. Applies retroactively. Provides that nothing in the provision shall be construed to delay parole or mandatory supervised release consideration for petitioners who are or will be eligible for release earlier than the provision provides. Provides that nothing in the provision shall be construed as a limit, substitution, or bar on a person's right to sentencing relief, or any other manner of relief, obtained by order of a court in proceedings other than as provided in the provision. Contains a severability provision. Defines "earned reentry". Effective January 1, 2026. LRB104 08590 RLC 18642 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2764 Introduced , by Rep. Carol Ammons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-3730 ILCS 5/3-3-3.1 new730 ILCS 5/3-5-1 730 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 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in specified provisions of law, a person serving a term of imprisonment, including terms of natural life, in a Department of Corrections institution or facility is eligible for earned reentry. Provides that 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. Provides that 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. Provides that 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. Provides that hearings for earned reentry shall be administered by the Prisoner Review Board. Establishes procedures for the hearing. Removes provision that no person serving a term of natural life imprisonment may be paroled or released except through executive clemency. Provides that if any incarcerated person is released on earned reentry, his or her sentence shall be considered complete after the term of mandatory supervised release. Applies retroactively. Provides that nothing in the provision shall be construed to delay parole or mandatory supervised release consideration for petitioners who are or will be eligible for release earlier than the provision provides. Provides that nothing in the provision shall be construed as a limit, substitution, or bar on a person's right to sentencing relief, or any other manner of relief, obtained by order of a court in proceedings other than as provided in the provision. Contains a severability provision. Defines "earned reentry". Effective January 1, 2026. LRB104 08590 RLC 18642 b LRB104 08590 RLC 18642 b A BILL FOR
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7	7	Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in specified provisions of law, a person serving a term of imprisonment, including terms of natural life, in a Department of Corrections institution or facility is eligible for earned reentry. Provides that 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. Provides that 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. Provides that 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. Provides that hearings for earned reentry shall be administered by the Prisoner Review Board. Establishes procedures for the hearing. Removes provision that no person serving a term of natural life imprisonment may be paroled or released except through executive clemency. Provides that if any incarcerated person is released on earned reentry, his or her sentence shall be considered complete after the term of mandatory supervised release. Applies retroactively. Provides that nothing in the provision shall be construed to delay parole or mandatory supervised release consideration for petitioners who are or will be eligible for release earlier than the provision provides. Provides that nothing in the provision shall be construed as a limit, substitution, or bar on a person's right to sentencing relief, or any other manner of relief, obtained by order of a court in proceedings other than as provided in the provision. Contains a severability provision. Defines "earned reentry". Effective January 1, 2026.
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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. Purpose. 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	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2764 Introduced , by Rep. Carol Ammons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
39	39	730 ILCS 5/3-3-3 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-3730 ILCS 5/3-3-3.1 new730 ILCS 5/3-5-1 730 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
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43	43	Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in specified provisions of law, a person serving a term of imprisonment, including terms of natural life, in a Department of Corrections institution or facility is eligible for earned reentry. Provides that 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. Provides that 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. Provides that 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. Provides that hearings for earned reentry shall be administered by the Prisoner Review Board. Establishes procedures for the hearing. Removes provision that no person serving a term of natural life imprisonment may be paroled or released except through executive clemency. Provides that if any incarcerated person is released on earned reentry, his or her sentence shall be considered complete after the term of mandatory supervised release. Applies retroactively. Provides that nothing in the provision shall be construed to delay parole or mandatory supervised release consideration for petitioners who are or will be eligible for release earlier than the provision provides. Provides that nothing in the provision shall be construed as a limit, substitution, or bar on a person's right to sentencing relief, or any other manner of relief, obtained by order of a court in proceedings other than as provided in the provision. Contains a severability provision. Defines "earned reentry". Effective January 1, 2026.
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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.)
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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 anything to the contrary in any
131	131	23 provision of this Code, Article 122 of the Code of Criminal
132	132	24 Procedure of 1963, or Article X or Section 2-1401 of the Code
133	133	25 of Civil Procedure, a person serving terms of imprisonment,
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144	144	1 including terms of natural life, in a Department of
145	145	2 Corrections institution or facility is eligible for earned
146	146	3 reentry under this Section if he or she has served terms of
147	147	4 imprisonment specified in subsection (d). Hearings for earned
148	148	5 reentry shall be 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 Section 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 104th 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 104th 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 104th General
164	164	21 Assembly and each year thereafter, a person is eligible for
165	165	22 earned reentry under this Act if he or she has served a term of
166	166	23 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 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 under
225	225	10 subsection (d) within 2 months of their becoming eligible and
226	226	11 inform them that the Prisoner Review Board will consider them
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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
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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 104th 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 the person's
254	254	3 eligibility for earned reentry under this Section may defer
255	255	4 the person's eligibility for 2 years by notifying the Prisoner
256	256	5 Review Board within 3 months of receiving notification of
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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
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288	288	1 confidential informants, at least 60 days prior to any earned
289	289	2 reentry hearing.
290	290	3 (p) This Section applies retroactively to every person
291	291	4 currently serving a term of imprisonment in a Department of
292	292	5 Corrections institution or facility, which is necessary in
293	293	6 order to serve the important objectives listed in the
294	294	7 preamble, including that of restoring incarcerated individuals
295	295	8 to useful citizenship, as required by Section 11 of Article 1
296	296	9 of the Illinois Constitution.
297	297	10 (q) Nothing in this Section guarantees release. It only
298	298	11 provides the opportunity for the incarcerated person to
299	299	12 demonstrate his or her readiness to obtain earned reentry.
300	300	13 (r) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to delay
301	301	14 parole or mandatory supervised release consideration for
302	302	15 petitioners who are or will be eligible for release earlier
303	303	16 than this Section provides. Nothing in this Section shall be
304	304	17 construed as a limit, substitution, or bar on a person's right
305	305	18 to sentencing relief, or any other manner of relief, obtained
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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
327	327	5 Act and Section 2-5 of the No Representation Without
328	328	6 Population Act;
329	329	7 (1.6) the committed person's last known complete
330	330	8 street address prior to incarceration or legal residence
331	331	9 collected in accordance with Section 2-5 of the No
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333	333	11 (2) reception summary;
334	334	12 (3) evaluation and assignment reports and
335	335	13 recommendations;
336	336	14 (4) reports as to program assignment and progress;
337	337	15 (5) reports of disciplinary infractions and
338	338	16 disposition, including tickets and Administrative Review
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340	340	18 (6) any parole or aftercare release plan;
341	341	19 (7) any parole or aftercare release reports;
342	342	20 (8) the date and circumstances of final discharge;
343	343	21 (9) criminal history;
344	344	22 (10) current and past gang affiliations and ranks;
345	345	23 (11) information regarding associations and family
346	346	24 relationships;
347	347	25 (12) any grievances filed and responses to those
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359	359	1 (13) other information that the respective Department
360	360	2 determines is relevant to the secure confinement and
361	361	3 rehabilitation of the committed person;
362	362	4 (14) the last known address provided by the person
363	363	5 committed; and
364	364	6 (15) all medical and dental records.
365	365	7 (b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 3-3-3.1, all
366	366	8 All files shall be confidential and access shall be limited to
367	367	9 authorized personnel of the respective Department or by
368	368	10 disclosure in accordance with a court order or subpoena.
369	369	11 Personnel of other correctional, welfare or law enforcement
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371	371	13 of the respective Department. The respective Department shall
372	372	14 keep a record of all outside personnel who have access to
373	373	15 files, the files reviewed, any file material copied, and the
374	374	16 purpose of access. If the respective Department or the
375	375	17 Prisoner Review Board makes a determination under this Code
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377	377	19 commitment, the committed person and his counsel shall be
378	378	20 advised of factual information relied upon by the respective
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380	380	22 the Department or Board shall not be required to advise a
381	381	23 person committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice any
382	382	24 such information which in the opinion of the Department of
383	383	25 Juvenile Justice or Board would be detrimental to his
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395	395	1 (c) The master file shall be maintained at a place
396	396	2 convenient to its use by personnel of the respective
397	397	3 Department in charge of the person. When custody of a person is
398	398	4 transferred from the Department to another department or
399	399	5 agency, a summary of the file shall be forwarded to the
400	400	6 receiving agency with such other information required by law
401	401	7 or requested by the agency under rules and regulations of the
402	402	8 respective Department.
403	403	9 (d) The master file of a person no longer in the custody of
404	404	10 the respective Department shall be placed on inactive status
405	405	11 and its use shall be restricted subject to rules and
406	406	12 regulations of the Department.
407	407	13 (e) All public agencies may make available to the
408	408	14 respective Department on request any factual data not
409	409	15 otherwise privileged as a matter of law in their possession in
410	410	16 respect to individuals committed to the respective Department.
411	411	17 (f) A committed person may request a summary of the
412	412	18 committed person's master record file once per year and the
413	413	19 committed person's attorney may request one summary of the
414	414	20 committed person's master record file once per year. The
415	415	21 Department shall create a form for requesting this summary,
416	416	22 and shall make that form available to committed persons and to
417	417	23 the public on its website. Upon receipt of the request form,
418	418	24 the Department shall provide the summary within 15 days. The
419	419	25 summary must contain, unless otherwise prohibited by law:
420	420	26 (1) the person's name, ethnic, racial, last known
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431	431	1 street address prior to incarceration or legal residence,
432	432	2 and other identifying information;
433	433	3 (2) all digitally available information from the
434	434	4 committing court;
435	435	5 (3) all information in the Offender 360 system on the
436	436	6 person's criminal history;
437	437	7 (4) the person's complete assignment history in the
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439	439	9 (5) the person's disciplinary card;
440	440	10 (6) additional records about up to 3 specific
441	441	11 disciplinary incidents as identified by the requester;
442	442	12 (7) any available records about up to 5 specific
443	443	13 grievances filed by the person, as identified by the
444	444	14 requester; and
445	445	15 (8) the records of all grievances filed on or after
446	446	16 January 1, 2023.
447	447	17 Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection (f) to
448	448	18 the contrary, a committed person's master record file is not
449	449	19 subject to disclosure and copying under the Freedom of
450	450	20 Information Act.
451	451	21 (g) Subject to appropriation, on or before July 1, 2025,
452	452	22 the Department of Corrections shall digitalize all newly
453	453	23 committed persons' master record files who become incarcerated
454	454	24 and all other new information that the Department maintains
455	455	25 concerning its correctional institutions, facilities, and
456	456	26 individuals incarcerated.
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467	467	1 (h) Subject to appropriation, on or before July 1, 2027,
468	468	2 the Department of Corrections shall digitalize all medical and
469	469	3 dental records in the master record files and all other
470	470	4 information that the Department maintains concerning its
471	471	5 correctional institutions and facilities in relation to
472	472	6 medical records, dental records, and medical and dental needs
473	473	7 of committed persons.
474	474	8 (i) Subject to appropriation, on or before July 1, 2029,
475	475	9 the Department of Corrections shall digitalize all information
476	476	10 in the master record files and all other information that the
477	477	11 Department maintains concerning its correctional institutions
478	478	12 and facilities.
479	479	13 (j) The Department of Corrections shall adopt rules to
480	480	14 implement subsections (g), (h), and (i) if appropriations are
481	481	15 available to implement these provisions.
482	482	16 (k) Subject to appropriation, the Department of
483	483	17 Corrections, in consultation with the Department of Innovation
484	484	18 and Technology, shall conduct a study on the best way to
485	485	19 digitize all Department of Corrections records and the impact
486	486	20 of that digitizing on State agencies, including the impact on
487	487	21 the Department of Innovation and Technology. The study shall
488	488	22 be completed on or before January 1, 2024.
489	489	23 (Source: P.A. 102-776, eff. 1-1-23; 102-784, eff. 5-13-22;
490	490	24 103-18, eff. 1-1-24; 103-71, eff. 6-9-23; 103-154, eff.
491	491	25 6-30-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)
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502	502	1 Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
503	503	2 severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
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