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HB 6037 Illinois House · 99th Regular Session

CD CORR-MITIGATION-MENTAL ILL

Summary
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the following ground shall be accorded weight in favor of withholding or minimizing a sentence of imprisonment that at the time of the offense, the defendant was suffering from a serious mental illness which, though insufficient to establish the defense of insanity, substantially affected his or her ability to understand the nature of his or her acts or to conform his or her conduct to the requirements of the law. Effective immediately.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2016
Committee Review
May 2016
House Passage
May 2016
Senate Passage
May 2016
Signed into Law
Aug 2016
Introduced Apr 20, 2016 Signed Aug 22, 2016
Floor votes · Senate May 31, 2016 · House Apr 20, 2016

How they voted

45–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 46
May 31, 2016
D Democratic28
27 Yea 1
96% Yea
R Republican18
18 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
65
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Aug 22, 2016
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 31, 2016
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 11, 2016
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Criminal Law; 011-000-000
upper
May 3, 2016
Committee
Assigned to Criminal Law
upper
Apr 25, 2016
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 20, 2016
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 20, 2016
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (75-20-3)
house
Apr 6, 2016
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 015-000-000
lower
Mar 23, 2016
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
lower
Feb 11, 2016
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 7 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.