104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1338 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Dale Fowler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 20 heading new730 ILCS 5/3-20-1 new Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Creates the Tamms Minimum Security Unit Task Force. Provides for membership on the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall study the subject of a practical, efficient, and beneficial repurposing of the Tamms Minimum Security Unit and its property for the benefit of the public, including the possibility of providing mental health services, health services, public safety, law enforcement training purposes, fire services, medical training and any other option for repurposing that the Task Force deems appropriate. Provides that each member of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Provides that the Task Force shall meet 2 times per year or at the call of the Chairperson. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall provide administrative support to the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2026 with its recommendations and is dissolved on January 1, 2027. Repeals these provisions on January 1, 2028. Effective immediately. LRB104 03930 RLC 13954 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1338 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Dale Fowler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 20 heading new730 ILCS 5/3-20-1 new 730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 20 heading new 730 ILCS 5/3-20-1 new Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Creates the Tamms Minimum Security Unit Task Force. Provides for membership on the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall study the subject of a practical, efficient, and beneficial repurposing of the Tamms Minimum Security Unit and its property for the benefit of the public, including the possibility of providing mental health services, health services, public safety, law enforcement training purposes, fire services, medical training and any other option for repurposing that the Task Force deems appropriate. Provides that each member of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Provides that the Task Force shall meet 2 times per year or at the call of the Chairperson. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall provide administrative support to the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2026 with its recommendations and is dissolved on January 1, 2027. Repeals these provisions on January 1, 2028. Effective immediately. LRB104 03930 RLC 13954 b LRB104 03930 RLC 13954 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1338 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Dale Fowler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 20 heading new730 ILCS 5/3-20-1 new 730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 20 heading new 730 ILCS 5/3-20-1 new
730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 20 heading new
730 ILCS 5/3-20-1 new
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Creates the Tamms Minimum Security Unit Task Force. Provides for membership on the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall study the subject of a practical, efficient, and beneficial repurposing of the Tamms Minimum Security Unit and its property for the benefit of the public, including the possibility of providing mental health services, health services, public safety, law enforcement training purposes, fire services, medical training and any other option for repurposing that the Task Force deems appropriate. Provides that each member of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Provides that the Task Force shall meet 2 times per year or at the call of the Chairperson. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall provide administrative support to the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2026 with its recommendations and is dissolved on January 1, 2027. Repeals these provisions on January 1, 2028. Effective immediately.
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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 adding Article 20 to Chapter III as follows:
6 (730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 20 heading new)
7 ARTICLE 20. TAMMS MINIMUM SECURITY UNIT TASK FORCE
8 (730 ILCS 5/3-20-1 new)
9 Sec. 3-20-1. Tamms Minimum Security Unit Task Force.
10 (a) The Tamms Minimum Security Unit Task Force is created
11 to study the repurposing of the Tamms Minimum Security Unit.
12 (b) The Task Force shall study the subject of a practical,
13 efficient, and beneficial repurposing of the Tamms Minimum
14 Security Unit and its property for the benefit of the public,
15 including the possibility of providing mental health services,
16 health services, public safety, law enforcement training
17 purposes, fire services, medical training and any other option
18 for repurposing that the Task Force deems appropriate. The
19 membership of the Task Force shall include:
20 (1) one member to serve as chair, appointed by the
21 Lieutenant Governor;
22 (2) one member of the House of Representatives
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1338 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Dale Fowler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 20 heading new730 ILCS 5/3-20-1 new 730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 20 heading new 730 ILCS 5/3-20-1 new
730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 20 heading new
730 ILCS 5/3-20-1 new
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Creates the Tamms Minimum Security Unit Task Force. Provides for membership on the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall study the subject of a practical, efficient, and beneficial repurposing of the Tamms Minimum Security Unit and its property for the benefit of the public, including the possibility of providing mental health services, health services, public safety, law enforcement training purposes, fire services, medical training and any other option for repurposing that the Task Force deems appropriate. Provides that each member of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Provides that the Task Force shall meet 2 times per year or at the call of the Chairperson. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall provide administrative support to the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2026 with its recommendations and is dissolved on January 1, 2027. Repeals these provisions on January 1, 2028. Effective immediately.
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1 appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
2 (3) one member of the House of Representatives
3 appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
4 Representatives;
5 (4) one member of the Senate appointed by the
6 President of the Senate;
7 (5) one member of the Senate appointed by the Senate
8 Minority Leader;
9 (6) the Director of Corrections or his or her
10 designee;
11 (7) one member of a labor organization representing a
12 plurality of Department of Corrections employees nominated
13 by that labor organization and appointed by the Director
14 of Corrections;
15 (8) one member representing Shawnee Community College,
16 appointed by the President of Shawnee Community College;
17 (9) one member representing Southern Illinois
18 University, appointed by the President of Southern
19 Illinois University;
20 (10) the mayor of Tamms, Illinois; and
21 (11) one member representing Alexander County,
22 appointed by the Chairman of the Alexander County Board.
23 (c) Each member of the Task Force shall serve without
24 compensation. The Task Force shall meet 2 times per year or at
25 the call of the Chairperson. The Department of Corrections
26 shall provide administrative support to the Task Force.
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1 (d) The Task Force shall submit a report to the Governor
2 and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2026 with
3 its recommendations and is dissolved on January 1, 2027.
4 (e) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2028.
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