Mourns the passing of Harriet P. O'Donnell of Chicago.
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a provision regarding arrests, investigations, and prosecutions.
Amends various Acts relating to the governance of the public universities in Illinois. For tuition purposes, requires an individual who is not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States to be classified as an Illinois resident if the individual graduated from a high school in this State, among other conditions. Provides that certain aliens must be given the same privilege of qualifying for resident status for tuition and fee purposes as a citizen of the United States. Provides that an individual who was formerly a resident of this State is entitled to pay tuition at the rate provided for Illinois residents if the parent with whom the individual does not primarily reside continues to reside in this State, among other conditions. Effective immediately.
Urges the Illinois Supreme Court to adopt recommendation no. 37 of the Governor's Commission On Capital Punishment relating to the development of a digest of applicable law by the Supreme Court and wider publication of the outline of issues developed by the State Appellate Defender or the State Appellate Prosecutor and/or the Attorney General.
Urges the Illinois Supreme Court to adopt Recommendation No. 38 of the Governor's Commission on Capital Punishment relating to the certification of trial judges to hear capital cases.
Urges the Illinois Supreme Court to adopt Recommendation No. 39 of the Governor's Commission on Capital Punishment that requests the Court appoint a standing committee of judges familiar with capital case management to provide resources to trial judges who are responsible for trying capital cases.
Urges the Illinois Supreme Court to adopt Recommendation No. 55 of the Governor's Commission on Capital Punishment relating to expert testimony on eyewitness reliability.
Urges the Illinois Supreme Court to adopt Recommendation No. 51 of the Governor's Commission on Capital Punishment requiring the State to promptly inform the defense as to the identification and background of a witness who is an in-custody informant.
Urges the Illinois Supreme Court to adopt Recommendation No. 71 of the Governor's Commission on Capital Punishment that urges the court to amend the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct to provide that a prosecutor, after conviction, has a continuing obligation to disclose evidence to the defendant that negates the defendant's guilt or mitigates the defendant's capital sentence.
Names the State of Illinois Building at 160 North La Salle Street in Chicago the Michael Bilandic Building.