Criminal Justice

in committee · Illinois · Senate Feb 7, 2025

SB 2139: CRIM PRO-CATEGORY A OFFENSE

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. In the definition of "Category A offense" for bail and pretrial release purposes, includes aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer, escape, and violation of bail bond or pretrial release.

Topics ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeExpands Category A offenses for bail, increasing pretrial detention for fleeing/escape violations, restricting defendant release options.85% confidence

Sub-Topics Law Enforcement

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in committee · Illinois · Senate Jun 2, 2025

SB 1489: FOIA-CRIM JUSTICE AGENCY

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from inspection and copying a law enforcement record created for law enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic record management system if the law enforcement agency or criminal justice agency (rather than only the law enforcement agency) that is the recipient of the request did not create the record, did not participate in or have a role in any of the events which are the subject of the record, and only has access to the record through the shared electronic record management system.

Topics ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeExempts law enforcement records from FOIA, restricting public access and oversight of criminal justice agencies.85% confidence

Sub-Topics Law Enforcement Tags Government Transparency

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in committee · Illinois · House Mar 30, 2026

HB 2: ELEC CODE-INCARCERATED BAN

Amends the Election Code. Repeals provisions that prohibit a person that is serving a sentence of confinement in any penal institution from voting until his or her release from confinement. Further amends the Election Code and amends the Unified Code of Corrections making conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2026.

Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeRepeals voting ban for incarcerated individuals, advancing civil rights and criminal justice reform by restoring voting access before release.95% confidence

Tags Elections

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in committee · Illinois · Senate Feb 25, 2025

SB 2604: $ATTORNEY GENERAL

SB 2604 is a funding bill that allocates $90 million from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Attorney General's Office for its general operations during the 2025-2026 fiscal year. It also specifies additional funding for specific programs, including $11 million for crime victim grants, $5 million for domestic violence legal services, $2.5 million for Medicaid fraud enforcement, and $3.75 million for tobacco litigation oversight. The bill takes effect July 1, 2025, and provides no new policy changes - only budget allocations for existing Attorney General functions.

Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAllocates $90M from General Revenue Fund for AG operations and specific public services (crime victim grants, domestic violence, Medicaid fraud), directly advancing budget spending for essential programs.95% confidence ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeAllocates $11M for crime victim grants and $5M for domestic violence legal services, directly funding victim support within criminal justice system.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Revenue Domestic Violence Victims' Rights

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in committee · Illinois · Senate Jan 24, 2025

SB 1198: CRIM CD-HATE CRIME-FALSE REPT

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits disorderly conduct when he or she knowingly transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner to any peace officer, public officer, or public employee a report to the effect that a hate crime will be committed, is being committed, or has been committed, knowing at the time of the transmission that there is no reasonable ground for believing that the offense will be committed, is being committed, or has been committed. Establishes penalties. Effective January 1, 2026.

Topics ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeBill criminalizes false hate crime reports, expanding criminalization beyond standard disorderly conduct, aligning with 'oppose' indicators of expanded criminalization.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Civil Rights

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in committee · Illinois · House Mar 4, 2025

HB 3458: CRIM CD-AGG BAT-PEACE OFFICER

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is a defense to aggravated battery when the individual battered is a peace officer and the officer responded to an incident in which the officer interacted with a person whom a reasonable officer could believe was having a mental health episode and the person with whom the officer interacted has a documented mental illness and acted abruptly.

Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeProvides defense for mental health-related battery against officers, reducing criminalization of mental health crises85% confidence

Sub-Topics Law Enforcement

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in committee · Illinois · Senate May 27, 2025

SB 1587: CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act and the Uniform Crime Reporting Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, the Illinois State Police shall submit to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, or provide to the Authority through a web-based portal, specified information concerning homicides on a quarterly basis. Requires the Authority to study and compile the information and, on a quarterly basis, publish the information on the Authority's public website in a form determined by the Authority.

Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeBill mandates quarterly homicide data collection for transparency and reform study, directly aligning with criminal justice reform goals per its title and summary.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Policing

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in committee · Illinois · House Jul 23, 2025

HB 3237: TRAFFICKING VICTIMS-DEFENSE

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person is not engaged in conduct that would constitute a felony or a Class A misdemeanor or in a place where the person does not have a right to be if the person is engaged in the activity or in the place due to the person's status as a trafficking victim. Provides that a person must prove the person's status as a trafficking victim by clear and convincing evidence. Provides that the person may provide clear and convincing evidence of the person's status as a trafficking victim through testimony at trial. Defines "trafficking victim" as a person subjected to the practices prohibited by the involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons statutes.

Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeProvides legal defense for trafficking victims, reducing criminalization of victims and aligning with criminal justice reform principles.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Human Trafficking

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in committee · Illinois · House May 29, 2025

HB 3996: $DHS GRANT-IL PRISON PROJECT

Appropriates $2,000,000 to the Department of Human Services for a grant to the Illinois Prison Project for the purposes of legal support, representation, and education for incarcerated persons in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Effective July 1, 2025.

Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAppropriates $2M to fund legal support program for incarcerated individuals, directly increasing state spending on public service.95% confidence ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeFunds legal support, representation, and education for incarcerated individuals in corrections, advancing rehabilitation and rights within criminal justice reform.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Corrections

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in committee · Illinois · Senate May 22, 2026

SB 1858: PRIVACY CRIM JUSTICE DATA

Creates the Privacy of Criminal Justice Data Act. Provides that each contractor or business that stores, maintains, or purchases criminal justice data for and from a State agency or unit of local government shall certify in the contract, under penalty of perjury, that the contractor or business will not share that data with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or for civil immigration enforcement purposes. Creates the Criminal Justice Information Sharing Act. Provides that every contract with the State or a unit of local government to store, maintain, or purchase criminal justice information of this State or a unit of local government shall contain a provision in which the contractor certifies that it shall not share the criminal justice information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or for civil immigration enforcement purposes. Defines terms.

Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeRestricts data sharing with ICE for immigration enforcement, protecting privacy and civil rights in criminal justice data handling95% confidence ✓ ImmigrationSupports ImmigrationBill prohibits contractors from sharing criminal justice data with ICE or for immigration enforcement, directly limiting state cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.95% confidence ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyRequires contractors handling criminal justice data to certify no sharing with ICE, strengthening data privacy protections in technology/data handling context.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Human Trafficking Driver Licenses & IDs Enforcement Sanctuary Policies Consumer Data Protection

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