103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4482

 

Introduced 1/17/2024, by Rep. Paul Jacobs

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 5/110-5  from Ch. 38, par. 110-5

    Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. In the provision that states if a person remains in pretrial detention 48 hours after having been ordered released with pretrial conditions, the court shall hold a hearing to determine the reason for continued detention, provides that the 48-hour time limit does not apply if the person has been found to be in need of mental health treatment or services upon release. Provides that the court shall hold a hearing every 7 to 10 days of the person's pretrial detention to be reevaluated every 7 to 10 days until adequate mental health treatment or services may be obtained after the defendant's release from pretrial detention.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5amended by changing Section 110-5 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 5/110-5)  (from Ch. 38, par. 110-5)
7    Sec. 110-5. Determining the amount of bail and conditions
8of release.
9    (a) In determining which conditions of pretrial release,
10if any, will reasonably ensure the appearance of a defendant
11as required or the safety of any other person or the community
12and the likelihood of compliance by the defendant with all the
13conditions of pretrial release, the court shall, on the basis
14of available information, take into account such matters as:
15        (1) the nature and circumstances of the offense
16    charged;
17        (2) the weight of the evidence against the defendant,
18    except that the court may consider the admissibility of
19    any evidence sought to be excluded;
20        (3) the history and characteristics of the defendant,
21    including:
22            (A) the defendant's character, physical and mental
23        condition, family ties, employment, financial

 

 

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1        resources, length of residence in the community,
2        community ties, past relating to drug or alcohol
3        abuse, conduct, history criminal history, and record
4        concerning appearance at court proceedings; and
5            (B) whether, at the time of the current offense or
6        arrest, the defendant was on probation, parole, or on
7        other release pending trial, sentencing, appeal, or
8        completion of sentence for an offense under federal
9        law, or the law of this or any other state;
10        (4) the nature and seriousness of the real and present
11    threat to the safety of any person or persons or the
12    community, based on the specific articulable facts of the
13    case, that would be posed by the defendant's release, if
14    applicable, as required under paragraph (7.5) of Section 4
15    of the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act;
16        (5) the nature and seriousness of the risk of
17    obstructing or attempting to obstruct the criminal justice
18    process that would be posed by the defendant's release, if
19    applicable;
20        (6) when a person is charged with a violation of a
21    protective order, domestic battery, aggravated domestic
22    battery, kidnapping, aggravated kidnaping, unlawful
23    restraint, aggravated unlawful restraint, cyberstalking,
24    harassment by telephone, harassment through electronic
25    communications, or an attempt to commit first degree
26    murder committed against a spouse or a current or former

 

 

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1    partner in a cohabitation or dating relationship,
2    regardless of whether an order of protection has been
3    issued against the person, the court may consider the
4    following additional factors:
5            (A) whether the alleged incident involved
6        harassment or abuse, as defined in the Illinois
7        Domestic Violence Act of 1986;
8            (B) whether the person has a history of domestic
9        violence, as defined in the Illinois Domestic Violence
10        Act of 1986, or a history of other criminal acts;
11            (C) the mental health of the person;
12            (D) whether the person has a history of violating
13        the orders of any court or governmental entity;
14            (E) whether the person has been, or is,
15        potentially a threat to any other person;
16            (F) whether the person has access to deadly
17        weapons or a history of using deadly weapons;
18            (G) whether the person has a history of abusing
19        alcohol or any controlled substance;
20            (H) the severity of the alleged incident that is
21        the basis of the alleged offense, including, but not
22        limited to, the duration of the current incident, and
23        whether the alleged incident involved the use of a
24        weapon, physical injury, sexual assault,
25        strangulation, abuse during the alleged victim's
26        pregnancy, abuse of pets, or forcible entry to gain

 

 

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1        access to the alleged victim;
2            (I) whether a separation of the person from the
3        victim of abuse or a termination of the relationship
4        between the person and the victim of abuse has
5        recently occurred or is pending;
6            (J) whether the person has exhibited obsessive or
7        controlling behaviors toward the victim of abuse,
8        including, but not limited to, stalking, surveillance,
9        or isolation of the victim of abuse or the victim's
10        family member or members;
11            (K) whether the person has expressed suicidal or
12        homicidal ideations; and
13            (L) any other factors deemed by the court to have a
14        reasonable bearing upon the defendant's propensity or
15        reputation for violent, abusive, or assaultive
16        behavior, or lack of that behavior.
17        (7) in cases of stalking or aggravated stalking under
18    Section 12-7.3 or 12-7.4 of the Criminal Code of 2012, the
19    court may consider the factors listed in paragraph (6) and
20    the following additional factors:
21            (A) any evidence of the defendant's prior criminal
22        history indicative of violent, abusive or assaultive
23        behavior, or lack of that behavior; the evidence may
24        include testimony or documents received in juvenile
25        proceedings, criminal, quasi-criminal, civil
26        commitment, domestic relations, or other proceedings;

 

 

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1            (B) any evidence of the defendant's psychological,
2        psychiatric, or other similar social history that
3        tends to indicate a violent, abusive, or assaultive
4        nature, or lack of any such history;
5            (C) the nature of the threat that is the basis of
6        the charge against the defendant;
7            (D) any statements made by, or attributed to, the
8        defendant, together with the circumstances surrounding
9        them;
10            (E) the age and physical condition of any person
11        allegedly assaulted by the defendant;
12            (F) whether the defendant is known to possess or
13        have access to any weapon or weapons; and
14            (G) any other factors deemed by the court to have a
15        reasonable bearing upon the defendant's propensity or
16        reputation for violent, abusive, or assaultive
17        behavior, or lack of that behavior.
18    (b) The court may use a regularly validated risk
19assessment tool to aid its determination of appropriate
20conditions of release as provided under Section 110-6.4. If a
21risk assessment tool is used, the defendant's counsel shall be
22provided with the information and scoring system of the risk
23assessment tool used to arrive at the determination. The
24defendant retains the right to challenge the validity of a
25risk assessment tool used by the court and to present evidence
26relevant to the defendant's challenge.

 

 

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1    (c) The court shall impose any conditions that are
2mandatory under subsection (a) of Section 110-10. The court
3may impose any conditions that are permissible under
4subsection (b) of Section 110-10. The conditions of release
5imposed shall be the least restrictive conditions or
6combination of conditions necessary to reasonably ensure the
7appearance of the defendant as required or the safety of any
8other person or persons or the community.
9    (d) When a person is charged with a violation of a
10protective order, the court may order the defendant placed
11under electronic surveillance as a condition of pretrial
12release, as provided in Section 5-8A-7 of the Unified Code of
13Corrections, based on the information collected under
14paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of this Section, the results
15of any assessment conducted, or other circumstances of the
16violation.
17    (e) If a person remains in pretrial detention 48 hours
18after having been ordered released with pretrial conditions,
19the court shall hold a hearing to determine the reason for
20continued detention. If the reason for continued detention is
21due to the unavailability or the defendant's ineligibility for
22one or more pretrial conditions previously ordered by the
23court or directed by a pretrial services agency, the court
24shall reopen the conditions of release hearing to determine
25what available pretrial conditions exist that will reasonably
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1of any other person, and the likelihood of compliance by the
2defendant with all the conditions of pretrial release. The
3inability of the defendant to pay for a condition of release or
4any other ineligibility for a condition of pretrial release
5shall not be used as a justification for the pretrial
6detention of that defendant. The 48-hour time limit does not
7apply if the person has been found to be in need of mental
8health treatment or services upon release. The court shall
9hold a hearing every 7 to 10 days of the person's pretrial
10detention to be reevaluated every 7 to 10 days until adequate
11mental health treatment or services may be obtained after the
12defendant's release from pretrial detention.
13    (f) Prior to the defendant's first appearance, and with
14sufficient time for meaningful attorney-client contact to
15gather information in order to advocate effectively for the
16defendant's pretrial release, the court shall appoint the
17public defender or a licensed attorney at law of this State to
18represent the defendant for purposes of that hearing, unless
19the defendant has obtained licensed counsel. Defense counsel
20shall have access to the same documentary information relied
21upon by the prosecution and presented to the court.
22    (f-5) At each subsequent appearance of the defendant
23before the court, the judge must find that the current
24conditions imposed are necessary to reasonably ensure the
25appearance of the defendant as required, the safety of any
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1conditions of pretrial release. The court is not required to
2be presented with new information or a change in circumstance
3to remove pretrial conditions.
4    (g) Electronic monitoring, GPS monitoring, or home
5confinement can only be imposed as a condition of pretrial
6release if a no less restrictive condition of release or
7combination of less restrictive condition of release would
8reasonably ensure the appearance of the defendant for later
9hearings or protect an identifiable person or persons from
10imminent threat of serious physical harm.
11    (h) If the court imposes electronic monitoring, GPS
12monitoring, or home confinement, the court shall set forth in
13the record the basis for its finding. A defendant shall be
14given custodial credit for each day he or she was subjected to
15home confinement, at the same rate described in subsection (b)
16of Section 5-4.5-100 of the Unified Code of Corrections. The
17court may give custodial credit to a defendant for each day the
18defendant was subjected to GPS monitoring without home
19confinement or electronic monitoring without home confinement.
20    (i) If electronic monitoring, GPS monitoring, or home
21confinement is imposed, the court shall determine every 60
22days if no less restrictive condition of release or
23combination of less restrictive conditions of release would
24reasonably ensure the appearance, or continued appearance, of
25the defendant for later hearings or protect an identifiable
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1harm. If the court finds that there are less restrictive
2conditions of release, the court shall order that the
3condition be removed. This subsection takes effect January 1,
42022.
5    (j) Crime Victims shall be given notice by the State's
6Attorney's office of this hearing as required in paragraph (1)
7of subsection (b) of Section 4.5 of the Rights of Crime Victims
8and Witnesses Act and shall be informed of their opportunity
9at this hearing to obtain a protective order.
10    (k) The State and defendants may appeal court orders
11imposing conditions of pretrial release.
12(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-23; 102-28, eff. 6-25-21;
13102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1104, eff.
141-1-23.)