COUNTY JAIL-COMMUNITY-BASED House SponsorsRep. LaShawn K. Ford 1/11/2011HouseSession Sine Die 730 ILCS 125/27 new Amends the County Jail Act. Provides that in counties of more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the sheriff or his or her designee may place inmates who are pre-trial detainees or who are serving a sentence for a misdemeanor offense in community-based programs that are alternatives to incarceration. Provides that the court may place pretrial detainees or sentence convicted offenders to the sheriff's community-based alternatives to incarceration in consultation with the sheriff based on available program space. 2/11/2010HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. LaShawn K. Ford 2/11/2010HouseFirst Reading 2/11/2010HouseReferred to Rules Committee 3/2/2010HouseAssigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee 3/11/2010HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 3/11/2010HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate 3/25/2010HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate 3/25/2010HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate 3/26/2010HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1/11/2011HouseSession Sine Die