90th General Assembly
Summary of HB0163
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House Sponsors:
DART-FLOWERS-SCOTT-DAVIS,STEVE-GRANBERG, JONES,LOU, 
   STROGER, DAVIS,MONIQUE, NOVAK, MCCARTHY, PHELPS, O'BRIEN, 
   BROSNAHAN, LINDNER AND BIGGERT.

Senate Sponsors:
RADOGNO-CARROLL

Short description: 
SEXUALLY DANGEROUS-COMMITMENT                                              

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act.  Defines sex  offense.      
   Provides  for the commitment of a person as sexually dangerous who has      
   been convicted of a sex offense,  adjudicated  delinquent  for  a  sex      
   offense,  found  unfit  to stand trial for a sex offense, or found not      
   guilty by reason of insanity for a  sex  offense.   Present  law  only      
   permits  persons  charged  with  criminal  offenses to be committed as      
   sexually  dangerous.   Requires  annual  psychiatric  examinations  of      
   persons committed as sexually dangerous.  Amends the Unified  Code  of      
   Corrections.  Provides that the Department of Corrections shall assign      
   at least one parole officer for every 50 persons committed as sexually      
   dangerous.                                                                  
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Provides that a person who is  found  not  guilty  by  reason  of      
   insanity,  convicted  of  a  criminal  offense or found unfit to stand      
   trial, or adjudicated a delinquent  minor  may  be  declared  sexually      
   dangerous.                                                                  
          STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1                                   
          HB 163, with H-am 1, fails to create a State mandate.                
          FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (DCMS)                                           
          HB 163, as amended, has no fiscal impact on DCMS.                    
          FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (DCCA)                                           
          HB 163, amended, may have a fiscal impact on units of local          
          gov't., specifically county gov't. No estimated cost is              
          available.                                                           
          CORRECTIONAL NOTE                                                    
          Fiscal and corrections population impact is unknown.                 
          FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (DCMS)                                           
          No change from previous DCMS fiscal note.                            
          FISCAL NOTE (Dpt. Corrections)                                       
          The fiscal impact for this bill is unknown.                          
          FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Dept. of Corrections)                           
          No change from previous note.                                        
          CORRECTIONAL NOTE, H-AM 1                                            
          No change from previous correctional note.                           
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          730 ILCS 5/5-4-1                                                     
        Further amends the Unified Code of  Corrections.   Provides  that      
   the  court, upon sentencing a defendant who is subject to the Sexually      
   Dangerous Persons Act, shall inform the defendant that he  or  she  is      
   subject  to  the  Sexually  Dangerous  Persons  Act; may be subject to      
   continued confinement after serving sentence for the criminal  offense      
   if  the defendant is evaluated as posing a risk of harm to others, and      
   may receive psychiatric treatment.  Adds  a  severability  clause  and      
   immediate effective date to the bill.                                       
          JUDICIAL NOTE, H-AM 1                                                
          There may be an increase in judicial workloads; it is not pos-       
          sible to determine impact on the need to increase the number of      
          judges in the State.                                                 
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: 99-01-12

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   2     SENATE -   0


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