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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 5947   </title>
<shortdesc>CRIME VICTIMS-MURDERER</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Robert F. Flider-Dennis M. Reboletti-Careen M. Gordon</sponsors>
<sponsorhead2>Senate Sponsors</sponsorhead2><altsponsors>(Sen. Randall M. Hultgren-Kyle McCarter)</altsponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/11/2011</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>725 ILCS 120/3</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 38, par. 1403</aliasreference><reference>725 ILCS 120/4.5</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>730 ILCS 5/3-3-13</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-13</aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Defines "crime victim" to include the spouse, parent, child, or sibling, or any combination of such persons, of a person killed as a result of a violent crime perpetrated against the person killed. Provides that the office of the State's Attorney shall, at the request of the spouse, parent, child, or sibling of a person killed as the result of a homicide, file a complaint and apply to the circuit court for a temporary restraining order, and such circuit court shall upon hearing grant a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction, without bond, restraining the perpetrator of the homicide from contacting, regardless of the purpose of the contact, the spouse, parent, child, or sibling of the person killed as the result of a homicide. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that any written or electronically transmitted recommendation by the Board to the Governor or his or her agent or employee concerning a petition for a pardon, commutation, or reprieve shall be made available to the public within 24 hours after transmission.</SynopsisText><synopsistitle>House Committee Amendment No. 1</synopsistitle>
<reftype>Deletes reference to:</reftype><reference>730 ILCS 5/3-3-13</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>Deletes provision that the Prisoner Review Board shall inform a victim or any other concerned citizen, upon written request, of the prisoner's transfer from a facility of the Department of Corrections. Deletes provision that the Department of Corrections shall inform the Prisoner Review Board of the transfer of a prisoner from a facility of the Department. Deletes amendatory changes to the Unified Code of Corrections.</SynopsisText><synopsistitle>House Floor Amendment No. 2</synopsistitle>
<reftype>Deletes reference to:</reftype><reference>725 ILCS 120/3</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>730 ILCS 5/3-3-13</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that at the request of the spouse, parent, child, sibling, or any combination of such persons of a person killed as a result of a homicide, the court, at sentencing, or the Prisoner Review Board, at the parole hearing, shall issue a no contact order against the defendant which shall be effective while the defendant is in custody.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
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<statusdate>2/10/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert F. Flider</action>
<statusdate>2/10/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/10/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/16/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/11/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/11/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee;  by Voice Vote</action>
<statusdate>3/11/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee;  007-000-000</action>
<statusdate>3/11/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>3/17/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Second Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>3/17/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>3/19/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert F. Flider</action>
<statusdate>3/19/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/19/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti</action>
<statusdate>3/19/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M. Gordon</action>
<statusdate>3/22/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/22/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee;  005-000-000</action>
<statusdate>3/23/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>3/23/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote</action>
<statusdate>3/23/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>3/25/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000</action>
<statusdate>4/6/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Arrive in Senate</action>
<statusdate>4/6/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 13, 2010</action>
<statusdate>4/14/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Randall M. Hultgren</action>
<statusdate>4/15/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>4/15/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Referred to Assignments</action>
<statusdate>4/15/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kyle McCarter</action>
<statusdate>1/11/2011</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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