Bill Text: IL HB3694 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that grand jury proceedings involving the investigation of the excessive use of force by a peace officer and the discharge of a firearm by a peace officer that result in death or any bodily harm are open to the public. Defines "excessive use of force" and "peace officer". Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-12 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty [HB3694 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3694-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 112-6 as follows:
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| 6 | (725 ILCS 5/112-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 112-6)
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| 7 | Sec. 112-6.
Secrecy of proceedings.) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b-5) of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | this Section, only Only the State's Attorney, his
or her | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | reporter, and any other person authorized by the court or by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | law
may attend the sessions of the Grand Jury. Except as | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | otherwise provided in subsection (b-5) of this Section, only | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Only the
grand jurors shall be present during the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | deliberations and vote of the
Grand Jury. If no reporter is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | assigned by the State's Attorney to attend
the sessions of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Grand Jury, the court shall appoint such reporter.
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| 17 | (b) Matters other than the deliberations and vote of any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | grand juror
shall not be disclosed by the State's Attorney, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | except as otherwise
provided for in subsections (b-5) and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | subsection (c). The court may direct that a Bill of
Indictment | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | be kept secret until the defendant is in custody or has given
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| 22 | bail and in either event the clerk shall seal the Bill of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Indictment and no
person shall disclose the finding of the | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Bill of Indictment except when
necessary for the issuance and | ||||||
| 2 | execution of a warrant.
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| 3 | (b-5) Grand Jury proceedings involving the investigation | ||||||
| 4 | of the excessive use of force by a peace officer and the | ||||||
| 5 | discharge of a firearm by a peace officer that result in death | ||||||
| 6 | or any bodily harm are open to the public. | ||||||
| 7 | (c) (1) Disclosure otherwise prohibited by this Section of | ||||||
| 8 | matters
occurring before the Grand Jury, other than its | ||||||
| 9 | deliberations and the vote
of any grand juror, may be made to:
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| 10 | a. a State's Attorney for use in the performance of such | ||||||
| 11 | State's
Attorney's duty; and
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| 12 | b. such government personnel as are deemed necessary by | ||||||
| 13 | the State's
Attorney in the performance of such State's | ||||||
| 14 | Attorney's duty to enforce
State criminal law.
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| 15 | (2) Any person to whom matters are disclosed under | ||||||
| 16 | paragraph (1) of this
subsection (c) shall not use the Grand | ||||||
| 17 | Jury material for any purpose other
than assisting the State's | ||||||
| 18 | Attorney in the performance of such State's
Attorney's duty to | ||||||
| 19 | enforce State criminal law. The State's Attorney shall
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| 20 | promptly provide the court, before which was impaneled the | ||||||
| 21 | Grand Jury whose
material has been disclosed, with the names | ||||||
| 22 | of the persons to whom such
disclosure has been made.
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| 23 | (3) Disclosure otherwise prohibited by this Section of | ||||||
| 24 | matters occurring
before the Grand Jury may also be made when | ||||||
| 25 | the court, preliminary to or in
connection with a judicial | ||||||
| 26 | proceeding, directs such in the interests of
justice or when a | ||||||
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| 1 | law so directs.
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| 2 | (d) Any grand juror or officer of the court who discloses, | ||||||
| 3 | other than to
his attorney, matters occurring before the Grand | ||||||
| 4 | Jury other than in
accordance with the provisions of this | ||||||
| 5 | Section subsection or Section 112-7 shall be
punished as a | ||||||
| 6 | contempt of court, subject to proceedings in accordance to | ||||||
| 7 | law. | ||||||
| 8 | (e) In this Section: | ||||||
| 9 | "Excessive use of force" means force that is not | ||||||
| 10 | justified under Article 7 of the Criminal Code of 2012. | ||||||
| 11 | "Peace officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in | ||||||
| 12 | Section 2-13 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
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| 13 | (Source: P.A. 85-690.)
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| 14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 15 | becoming law.
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