Bill Status of HB3915  101st General Assembly

Short Description:  REINSTATES DEATH SENTENCE

House Sponsors
Rep. David McSweeney - Andrew S. Chesney

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/13/2021HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act
5 ILCS 140/7.5
30 ILCS 105/5.876 rep.
725 ILCS 5/113-3from Ch. 38, par. 113-3
725 ILCS 5/119-1
725 ILCS 105/10from Ch. 38, par. 208-10


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Eliminates provision that abolishes the sentence of death. Enacts the Capital Crimes Litigation Act of 2019. Provides that all unobligated and unexpended moneys remaining in the Death Penalty Abolition Fund on the effective date of the amendatory Act shall be transferred into the Capital Litigation Trust Fund. Amends the State Appellate Defender Act. Provides that in cases in which a death sentence is an authorized disposition, the State Appellate Defender shall provide trial counsel with legal assistance and the assistance of expert witnesses, investigators, and mitigation specialists from funds appropriated to the State Appellate Defender specifically for that purpose by the General Assembly. Provides that the Office of State Appellate Defender shall not be appointed to serve as trial counsel in capital cases.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  10/10/2019HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. David McSweeney
  10/10/2019HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew S. Chesney
  10/17/2019HouseFirst Reading
  10/17/2019HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  1/13/2021HouseSession Sine Die