Illinois Senate Bill 2564 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on January 9 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of a county may decide not to implement a provision by local court rule that requires a person charged with an offense to be allowed counsel at the hearing at which bail is determined and if the defendant desires counsel for his or her initial appearance but is unable to obtain counsel, the court shall appoint a public defender or licensed attorney at law of this State to represent him or her for purposes of that hearing. Provides that the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of a county may decide not to implement a provision requiring that a person in custody for a Category B offense due to an inability to post monetary bail be brought before the court at the next available court date or 7 calendar days from the date bail was set, whichever is earlier, for a rehearing on the amount or conditions of bail or release pending further court proceedings. Effective immediately.

CRIM PRO-OPT OUT BAIL REFORM

Sen. Bill Brady [R]

Sen. William Haine [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-09	Senate	Session Sine Die
2018-09-30	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Brady
2018-04-13	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2018-04-11	Senate	To Subcommittee on Bail Reform
2018-04-04	Senate	Assigned to Criminal Law
2018-02-21	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
2018-02-06	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2018-02-06	Senate	First Reading
2018-02-06	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
725	5	109-1	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	5	110-6	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2564&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB2564.htm