HB 255 Illinois House · 102nd Regular Session

SPECIAL PROSECUTOR-APPOINTMENT

Summary
Amends the Police and Community Relations Improvement Act. Provides that in the case of a law enforcement officer-involved death, the chief judge of the circuit court of the circuit in which the law enforcement officer-involved death occurred shall appoint a special prosecutor to review the report of the investigators assigned to investigate an officer-involved death and to prosecute the officer involved in the death, if the special prosecutor determines that there is a basis for the prosecution. Amends the Counties Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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Jan 2021
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Introduced Jan 25, 2021 Last action Jan 10, 2023
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Mar 27, 2021
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Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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Feb 23, 2021
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Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
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Jan 29, 2021
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Referred to Rules Committee
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