Bill Title: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that in a prosecution for a criminal offense defined in the Sex Offense Article of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 or for criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse when the alleged victim of the offense was under 18 years of age at the time of the offense, the court may exclude from the proceedings while the victim is testifying, regardless of the alleged victim's age at the time of the victim's courtroom testimony, all persons, who, in the opinion of the court, do not have a direct interest in the case, except the media. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2022-05-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0994 [SB2942 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Concurrence in Senate	2022-04-08	58	0	1	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2022-04-01	105	0	2	3	110	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2022-02-16	49	0	10	0	59	Passed	Link	View

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