Illinois Senate Bill 1844

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-03-31 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Allows a delinquent adjudicated in juvenile court and subsequently imprisoned for one or more felonies by the State which he or she did not commit to file a petition for certificate of innocence in the circuit court of the county in which the delinquent was adjudicated. In a provision regarding the facts that a petitioner must prove by a preponderance of evidence to obtain a certificate of innocence, when proving that the petitioner did not by his or her own conduct cause or bring about (rather than voluntarily cause or bring about) his or her own conviction, provides that a guilty plea or confession does not alone constitute bringing about one's conviction. Makes conforming changes.

CERT OF INNOCENCE-JUVENILES

Sen. Elgie Sims [D]	Sen. Cristina Castro [D]	Sen. Napoleon Harris [D]	Sen. Laura Ellman [D]
Sen. Christopher Belt [D]	Sen. Celina Villanueva [D]	Sen. Laura Fine [D]	Sen. Mary Edly-Allen [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-31	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-03-22	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 23, 2023
2023-03-22	Senate	Second Reading
2023-03-20	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
2023-03-14	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
2023-03-10	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
2023-03-10	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
2023-03-10	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2023
2023-03-10	Senate	Do Pass as Amended Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety; 010-000-000
2023-03-09	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety
2023-03-09	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
2023-03-09	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
2023-03-09	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
2023-03-07	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety
2023-03-03	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2023-03-03	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
2023-02-21	Senate	Assigned to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety
2023-02-09	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-02-09	Senate	First Reading
2023-02-09	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
735	5	2-702	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1844&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1844.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1844sam001.htm