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Bill Status of SB3682 101st General Assembly

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Short Description: CLAIMS-WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. - Mattie Hunter - Jacqueline Y. Collins and Andy Manar

Last Action

Date	Chamber	Action
1/13/2021	Senate	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

705 ILCS 505/8

from Ch. 37, par. 439.8

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Court of Claims Act. Deletes language regarding the amount a court shall award to a person for time unjustly served in prison when the person imprisoned received a pardon on the ground of innocence of the crime for which he or she was imprisoned or he or she received a certificate of innocence. Provides instead that the court shall award $50,000 per year during which the person was wrongfully imprisoned and shall prorate that amount for a fraction of a year that the person was wrongfully imprisoned, including the number of years the person was awaiting trial.

Actions

Date	Chamber	Action
2/14/2020	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
2/14/2020	Senate	First Reading
2/14/2020	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2/24/2020	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
3/4/2020	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
3/4/2020	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andy Manar
1/13/2021	Senate	Session Sine Die

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