Illinois House Bill 255 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-04-16 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Police and Community Relations Improvement Act. Provides that in the case of a law enforcement officer-involved death, the chief judge of the circuit court of the circuit in which the law enforcement officer-involved death occurred shall appoint a special prosecutor to review the report of the investigators assigned to investigate an officer-involved death and to prosecute the officer involved in the death, if the special prosecutor determines that there is a basis for the prosecution. Amends the Counties Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.

SPECIAL PROSECUTOR-APPOINTMENT

Rep. Kambium Buckner [D]

Rep. Carol Ammons [D]

Rep. Edgar Gonzalez [D]

Rep. Curtis Tarver [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
2021-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2021-02-23	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
2021-02-22	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
2021-02-05	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr.
2021-01-29	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2021-01-29	House	First Reading
2021-01-25	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kambium Buckner

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
50	727	1-10	Amended Code	Citation Text
55	5	3-9008	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=255&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/10200HB0255.htm