Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department's powers and duties.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Restores the general recidivism provisions of the Code before the effective date of Public Act 101-652. Provides that the third-time offender provisions resulting in a sentence of natural life imprisonment apply when the defendant has attained the age of 18 at the time of the third offense (rather than 21 years of age or older when the first offense was committed). In the provision that when a defendant, over the age of 21 years, is convicted of a Class 1 or Class 2 forcible felony after having twice been convicted in any state or federal court of an offense that contains the same elements as an offense now (the date the Class 1 or Class 2 forcible felony was committed) classified in Illinois as a Class 2 or greater Class forcible felony and those charges are separately brought and tried and arise out of different series of acts, that defendant shall be sentenced as a Class X offender, provides that the 3 offenses may be felonies rather than forcible felonies. Provides that the Class X sentencing provision does not apply to Class 1 or Class 2 felony convictions for theft.
Maddy summaryHB 5347 amends the Supreme Court Historic Preservation Act to correct a technical error in its short title, removing a duplicated "the" in the official citation. This bill makes no substantive changes to preservation rules or requirements; it only updates the law's formal name for accuracy. The change directly affects legal documents and references to the Act but does not impact any preservation practices, funding, or the public. As a purely procedural correction, it has no policy implications or direct effect on citizens or organizations.
Maddy summaryThis bill makes a minor technical correction to the short title of Illinois' Behavior Analyst Licensing Act, removing an extra "the" from its official citation. It does not change any licensing requirements, regulations, or obligations for behavior analysts or the public. The amendment only affects the statute's formal name in legal references. This is purely a procedural fix with no substantive policy impact.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. In the Pretrial Release Article of the Code, changes the definition of "willful flight" to include intentional conduct to elude arrest. In the definition, changes "thwart the judicial process to avoid prosecution" to "thwart the judicial process or avoid prosecution". Deletes from the definition that isolated instances of nonappearance in court alone are not evidence of the risk of willful flight. In the pretrial detention provisions, deletes a provision that one of the grounds for pretrial detention is the high likelihood of willful flight to avoid prosecution when the defendant is charged with certain specified offenses. Replaces that provision with just the high likelihood of willful flight and the person is charged with certain specified offenses.
Maddy summaryHB 5345 makes a technical correction to Section 1 of the Environmental Protection Act, updating the official short title citation. This procedural change does not alter the law's content or affect any specific group or policy. The bill only adjusts how the act is formally referenced in legal documents. No substantive changes to environmental regulations are made.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that upon verified petition by the State, the court shall hold a hearing and may deny a defendant pretrial release if the defendant is charged with stalking or aggravated stalking, and it is alleged that the defendant's pretrial release poses a real and present threat to the safety of a victim of the alleged offense, based on the specific articulable facts of the case (rather than denial of release is necessary to prevent fulfillment of the threat upon which the charge is based).
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that for sentences imposed under the law in effect on or after February 1, 1978, exempts the offenses of possession of child sexual abuse material and the former offenses of possession of child pornography and possession of aggravated child pornography from the provision that offenses that were committed as part of a single course of conduct during which there was no substantial change in the nature of the criminal objective that the aggregate of consecutive sentences shall not exceed the sum of the maximum terms authorized under the Code for the 2 most serious felonies involved.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a prosecution for intimidation of a witness when related to a sex offense, as defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act, when the victim is under 18 years of age at the time of the offense may be commenced at any time.
Creates the Educational Choice for Illinois Children Act. Contains legislative findings. Provides that the State Board of Education, in coordination with the Department of Revenue, shall establish and approve a list of scholarship granting organizations that meet the requirements of Section 70411 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to facilitate opting the State of Illinois into the school choice tax credit provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Effective immediately.
