CRIM PRO-PRISONER PETITION

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a prisoner seeking to file a second or subsequent post-conviction petition must seek leave of the court by filing a motion when he or she sends his or her proposed petition. Provides that the circuit court must review the motion within 30 days of its receipt by the circuit court clerk. Provides that if the court grants the motion for leave to file the petition, the circuit court clerk shall docket it, and the petition shall proceed as provided in the Post-Conviction Hearing Article of the Code. Provides that if the court denies the motion, the circuit court clerk shall notify the petitioner by certified mail within 10 days of the entry of the order.