Votes: IL SB1583 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly

Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Provides that an arrest warrant issued for an offender who violated a condition of his or her probation, conditional discharge, or supervision where there is danger of his or her fleeing the jurisdiction or causing serious harm to others or when the offender fails to answer a summons or notice from the clerk of the court or sheriff when the underlying conviction is for the offense of theft, retail theft, or possession of a controlled substance shall remain active for a period not to exceed 10 years from the date the warrant was issued unless a motion to extend the warrant is filed by the office of the State's Attorney or by, or on behalf of, the agency supervising the wanted person (in the introduced bill, an arrest warrant issued for an offender who violated a condition of his or her probation, conditional discharge, or supervision where there is danger of his or her fleeing the jurisdiction or causing serious harm to others or when the offender fails to answer a summons or notice from the clerk of the court or sheriff shall remain active for a period not to exceed 5 years from the date the warrant was issued unless a motion to extend the warrant is filed by the office of the State's Attorney or by, or on behalf of, the agency supervising the wanted person). Provides that the provision is applicable to arrest warrants in Cook County on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Deletes language that provides that if a person is serving a sentence of probation, conditional discharge, or supervision for a firearm offense or forcible felony, the warrant shall remain active for a period of 10 years from the date the warrant was issued at which time the wanted person's period of probation, conditional discharge, or supervision shall terminate unsatisfactorily as a matter of law. Effective January 1, 2020.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0406 [SB1583 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Voting Records

ChamberVoteDateYeaNayNVAbsTotalResultSourceView
HouseThird Reading in House2019-05-23714510117PassedLinkView
SenateThird Reading in Senate2019-04-1035159059PassedLinkView


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