Bill Text: IL HB2574 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that, in a county with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, if a law enforcement agency, peace officer, or member of the public presents evidence to the Office of the State's Attorney that there is probable cause that a person has committed an offense within that county and the State's Attorney or Assistant State's Attorney, after evaluating the evidence presented to the State's Attorney or Assistant State's Attorney, refuses to file a complaint, seek an indictment, present the evidence to a grand jury for investigation of the case, or sign an information charging the person with an offense, the State's Attorney or Assistant State's Attorney must provide a written statement to the local law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction where the alleged offense occurred of the reasons why the State's Attorney or Assistant State's Attorney did not seek prosecution of the case.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2574 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2574-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2574 Introduced , by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
725 ILCS 5/111-1.5 new
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that, in a county with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, if a law enforcement agency, peace officer, or member of the public presents evidence to the Office of the State's Attorney that there is probable cause that a person has committed an offense within that county and the State's Attorney or Assistant State's Attorney, after evaluating the evidence presented to the State's Attorney or Assistant State's Attorney, refuses to file a complaint, seek an indictment, present the evidence to a grand jury for investigation of the case, or sign an information charging the person with an offense, the State's Attorney or Assistant State's Attorney must provide a written statement to the local law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction where the alleged offense occurred of the reasons why the State's Attorney or Assistant State's Attorney did not seek prosecution of the case.
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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 adding Section 111-1.5 as follows:
(725 ILCS 5/111-1.5 new)
Sec. 111-1.5. State's Attorney; counties exceeding
3,000,000; nonprosecution of case. In a county with more than
3,000,000 inhabitants, if a law enforcement agency, peace
officer, or member of the public presents evidence to the
Office of the State's Attorney that there is probable cause
that a person has committed an offense within that county and
the State's Attorney or Assistant State's Attorney, after
evaluating the evidence presented to the State's Attorney or
Assistant State's Attorney, refuses to file a complaint, seek
an indictment, present the evidence to a grand jury for
investigation of the case, or sign an information charging the
person with an offense, the State's Attorney or Assistant
State's Attorney must provide a written statement to the local
law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction where the alleged
offense occurred of the reasons why the State's Attorney or
Assistant State's Attorney did not seek prosecution of the
case.