Illinois Senate Bill 3233 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that notwithstanding to the contrary any provision of the Code, the Post-Conviction Hearing Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, the Habeas Corpus Article of the Code of Civil Procedure, or the relief from judgments provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, a person serving a term of imprisonment in a Department of Corrections institution or facility is eligible for Earned Discretionary Release and a parole hearing if he or she has served the greater of: (1) a term of imprisonment of at least 20 years; (2) 25% of his or her sentence; or (3) the minimum term of imprisonment for the most serious offense for which the person was convicted. Provides that a person serving a term of natural life imprisonment is eligible for Earned Discretionary Release and a parole hearing after serving a term of imprisonment of at least 20 years. Provides that each committed person eligible for Earned Discretionary Release on the effective date of the amendatory Act shall receive a risk assessment within one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Deletes provision that no person serving a term of natural life imprisonment may be paroled or released except through executive clemency. Contains a severability provision.

CD CORR-EARNED DISCRET RELEASE

Sen. Celina Villanueva [D]

Sen. Robert Peters [D]

Sen. Jacqueline Collins [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2020-09-22	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
2020-04-12	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2020-02-27	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
2020-02-25	Senate	Assigned to Criminal Law
2020-02-11	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2020-02-11	Senate	First Reading
2020-02-11	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Celina Villanueva

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
730	5	3-3-3	Amended Code	Citation Text
730	5	3-3-3.1	New Code	See Bill Text
730	5	3-5-1	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3233&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB3233.htm