Bill Text: IL HB0912 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 concerning bail. Provides that the incarceration credit does not apply to a person incarcerated for a felony offense who committed the offense when he or she was released on bond, on pretrial release, in pretrial detention, or serving a sentence of incarceration for a separate offense. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0912 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB0912-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB0912 Introduced , by Rep. Patrick Windhorst SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
725 ILCS 5/110-14 from Ch. 38, par. 110-14
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 concerning bail. Provides that the incarceration credit does not apply to a person incarcerated for a felony offense who committed the offense when he or she was released on bond, on pretrial release, in pretrial detention, or serving a sentence of incarceration for a separate offense. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
amended by changing Section 110-14 as follows:
(725 ILCS 5/110-14) (from Ch. 38, par. 110-14)
Sec. 110-14. Credit for incarceration on bailable offense;
credit against monetary bail for certain offenses.
(a) Any person incarcerated on a bailable offense who does
not supply bail and against whom a fine is levied on conviction
of the offense shall be allowed a credit of $5 for each day so
incarcerated upon application of the defendant. However, in no
case shall the amount so allowed or credited exceed the amount
of the fine.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a person incarcerated
for sexual assault as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection
(a) of Section 5-9-1.7 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
(b-5) Subsection (a) does not apply to a person
incarcerated for a felony offense who committed the offense
when he or she was released on bond, on pretrial release, in
pretrial detention, or serving a sentence of incarceration for
a separate offense.
(c) A person subject to bail on a Category B offense shall

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have $30 deducted from his or her 10% cash bond amount every
day the person is incarcerated. The sheriff shall calculate and
apply this $30 per day reduction and send notice to the circuit
clerk if a defendant's 10% cash bond amount is reduced to $0,
at which point the defendant shall be released upon his or her
own recognizance.
(d) The court may deny the incarceration credit in
subsection (c) of this Section if the person has failed to
appear as required before the court and is incarcerated based
on a warrant for failure to appear on the same original
criminal offense.
(Source: P.A. 100-1, eff. 1-1-18; 100-929, eff. 1-1-19.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.