Illinois House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 3 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: N/A - 0% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-05-05 - Tabled Pursuant to Rule 46
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Proposes to amend the Bill of Rights Article of the Illinois Constitution relating to crime victim rights. Provides that a crime victim shall have the right to: (1) notice and to a hearing before a court ruling on an accused's request for access to any of the victim's records, information, or communications which are privileged or confidential by law; (2) be heard in person or in any other reasonable manner convenient to the victim at any proceeding in which a right of the victim is at issue; (3) be heard in person or in any other reasonable manner convenient to the victim at any plea, sentencing, reduction or change in sentence, or other proceeding in which a right of the victim is at issue; (4) timely disposition of the case following the arrest of the accused, including related post-conviction and post-judgment proceedings; (5) be heard in person or in any other reasonable manner convenient to the victim at any proceeding in which a right of the victim is at issue; (6) have the safety of the victim and the victim's family considered in denying or fixing the amount of bail and release conditions for the accused and in deciding any parole or post-judgment release decision; and (7) be informed of the conviction, the sentence, any post-judgment decision, any reduction of the sentence, the imprisonment, and the release of the accused. Effective upon being declared adopted.

ILCON-CRIME VICTIMS

Rep. Louis Lang [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-05-05	House	Tabled Pursuant to Rule 46
2011-07-23	House	Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2011-02-15	House	Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
2011-01-12	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2011-01-12	House	Read in Full a First Time
2010-12-28	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HJRCA&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HJRCA/09700HC0003.htm