DURKIN-BEAUBIEN-DART AND JOHNSON,TIM. 725 ILCS 5/115-21 new Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that statements made by an elderly person (a person at least 60 years of age who is suffering from disease or infirmity associated with advanced age and manifested by physical, mental, or emotional dysfunctioning to the extent that the person is incapable of avoiding or preventing the commission of the offense) must be admitted as evidence if the court determines that the statement is offered as evidence of a material fact and the statement is more probative on the point for which it is offered than other evidence that the proponent can procure through reasonable efforts. The court must conduct a hearing outside the presence of the jury and find that the time, content, and circumstances of the statement provide sufficient safeguards of reliability before the statement is admitted into evidence. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 725 ILCS 5/115-21 new Adds reference to: 725 ILCS 5/115-10.3 Deletes the title and everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 relating to the introduction of hearsay testimony. Permits certain hearsay to be admitted into evidence in a prosecution for a physical act upon an eligible adult (now the evidence is limited to prosecutions for abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation perpetrated upon or against the eligible adult who is suffering from mental incapacity or a physical infirmity that prevents the eligible adult's appearance in court). 99-01-12 H PREFILED WITH CLERK 99-01-14 H FIRST READING 99-01-14 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 99-01-27 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW 99-02-03 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BEAUBIEN 99-02-18 H JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO DART 99-02-18 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUD-CIVIL LAW H 99-02-18 H ADOPTED 99-02-18 H DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 009-000-002 HJUA 99-02-18 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE 99-02-25 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JOHNSON,TIM 99-03-16 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE 99-03-16 H HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE 99-03-26 H RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A) RULES HRUL 01-01-09 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary