Illinois Senate Bill 2919 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the Chief Judge of each judicial circuit may establish a Justice for Juveniles Program, which would require that juveniles arrested or detained for eligible offenses be represented by legal counsel throughout the entire custodial interrogation of the juvenile. Provides that if a Chief Judge establishes a Justice for Juveniles Program, any oral, written, or sign language statement of a juvenile made without the presence of legal counsel during a custodial interrogation on or after the effective date of the Program shall be inadmissible as evidence against the juvenile in a proceeding under this Act or in a proceeding under the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the Justice for Juveniles Program shall be implemented in addition to the representation for minor requirements under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Defines "eligible offense" and "juvenile".

JUV CT-LEGAL COUNSEL

Sen. Patricia Van Pelt [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2020-04-12	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2020-02-26	Senate	Assigned to Criminal Law
2020-02-04	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2020-02-04	Senate	First Reading
2020-02-04	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Patricia Van Pelt

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
705	405	5-175	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2919&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB2919.htm