Criminal Justice

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that sanctions for violations of pretrial release may include imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding 30 days, unless the court finds, based on the totality of the circumstances, a longer length of imprisonment in a county jail is reasonable.

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that, upon petition of the State's Attorney of the county prosecuting a defendant on pretrial release or upon motion of the court, the court may revoke or impose sanctions on a defendant who is released on pretrial release if the defendant has violated any of the conditions of pretrial release.

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that an oral, written, or sign language confession of a person made as a result of a custodial interrogation conducted at a police station or other place of detention on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act is presumed to be inadmissible as evidence against the person making the confession in a criminal proceeding for an act that would be a misdemeanor offense under the Sex Offenses Article of the Criminal Code of 2012 or a felony offense under the Criminal Code of 2012 if, during the custodial interrogation, a law enforcement officer knowingly engages in deception. Provides that the presumption of inadmissibility of a confession of a person at a custodial interrogation at a police station or other place of detention, when such confession is procured through the knowing use of deception, may be overcome by a preponderance of the evidence that the confession was voluntarily given, based on the totality of the circumstances. Provides that the burden of going forward with the evidence and the burden of proving that a confession was voluntary is on the State. Provides that objection to the failure of the State to call all material witnesses on the issue of whether the confession was voluntary must be made in the trial court. Defines terms.

Appropriates $1,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Independent Corrections Ombudsperson for the Office’s ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

SB 290 increases penalties for violating court-issued protection orders by elevating the offense from a Class 4 felony to a Class 3 felony. This applies specifically to individuals with prior convictions for domestic battery, violation of protection orders, or similar offenses against family members. Repeat violations now require a minimum 24-hour jail sentence, though courts may waive this if they deem it unjust. The bill does not change how protection orders are issued but makes legal consequences more severe for repeat offenders.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that certain forms of false personation may be accomplished by artificial intelligence. Defines "artificial intelligence".

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Eliminates the felony murder provisions from the first degree murder statute. Provides that a person commits second degree murder when he or she, acting alone or with one or more participants, commits or attempts to commit a forcible felony, other than first degree murder, and in the course of or in furtherance of the crime or flight from the crime, he or she or another participant causes the death of a person, other than one of the participants.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the penalties for aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer from a Class 4 felony for a first violation to a Class 2 felony and from a Class 3 violation for a second or subsequent offense to a Class 1 felony. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Defines "forcible felony" for the purposes of detainable offenses to include aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer.

Amends the Terrorism Article of the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that "terrorist act" includes any act that is intended to cause or create and does cause or create substantial damage to or destruction of any building or facility containing an entity providing reproductive health care as the term is defined in the Reproductive Health Act. Provides in the offense of causing a catastrophe that "vital public facility" includes an entity providing reproductive health care as the term is defined in the Reproductive Health Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Authorizes the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority to: (1) use the services of, and enter into necessary agreements with, outside entities for the purpose of evaluating grant applications and for the purpose of administering or monitoring compliance with grant agreements; (2) make grants to community-based organizations, local government agencies, non-profit organizations, or other eligible entities for specified criminal justice and public safety programs; and (3) adopt rules necessary to carry out the Authority's responsibilities under the Act. Effective immediately.