Bill Text: IL HB1142 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Proceeding Interpreter Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the appointment of an interpreter.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1142 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB1142-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB1142 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
725 ILCS 140/1 from Ch. 38, par. 165-11
Amends the Criminal Proceeding Interpreter Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the appointment of an interpreter.
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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 Criminal Proceeding Interpreter Act is
amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
(725 ILCS 140/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 165-11)
Sec. 1. Whenever any person accused of committing a felony
or misdemeanor is to be tried in any court of this State, the
the court shall upon its own motion or that of defense or
prosecution determine whether the accused is capable of
understanding the English language and is capable of
expressing himself in the English language so as to be
understood directly by counsel, court or jury. If the court
finds the accused incapable of so understanding or so
expressing himself, the court shall appoint an interpreter for
the accused whom he can understand and who can understand him.
In compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1990, the right to communications access through a sign
language interpreter or other means shall extend to a person
with a disability who is accused of a violation of any penal
statute of this State.
(Source: P.A. 88-201.)