SAFE-T ACT TRAILER BILL

Session: 102nd General Assembly
Year: 2021
Bill #: HB3512
Category: Public Safety and Law Enforcement
Position: No position
Mandate?
Revenue Loss?
Authority Preemption?

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Summary as Introduced

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Prisoner Review Board shall be the authority for setting conditions for mandatory supervised release under specified provisions and determining whether a violation of those conditions warrant revocation of mandatory supervised release or the imposition of other sanctions. Provides that the Board shall hear by at least one member and through a panel of at least 3 members determine the conditions of mandatory supervised release, determine the time of discharge from mandatory supervised release, impose sanctions for violations of mandatory supervised release, and revoke mandatory supervised release for those sentenced under specified provisions. Provides that if a person was originally prosecuted under the provisions of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, sentenced under the provisions of the Act pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and convicted as an adult and committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Juvenile Justice shall, no less than 120 days prior to the date that the person reaches the age of 21, send written notification to the Prisoner Review Board indicating the day upon which the committed person will achieve the age of 21. Requires the Prisoner Review Board to conduct a hearing with no less than 3 members to determine whether or not the minor shall be assigned mandatory supervised release or be transferred to the Department of Corrections prior to the minor's twenty-first birthday.

Staff Analysis

Creates a Review Committee for specified purposes and duties within the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. Modifies provisions concerning the membership of the Illinois Law Enforcement Certification Review Panel. Adds requirements concerning the discretionary decertification of full-time and part-time law enforcement officers. Modifies provisions concerning emergency orders of suspension for law enforcement officers. Provides further requirements concerning the officer professional conduct database, transparency, and criminal background investigations. Provides for the use of the terms "law enforcement agency" and "local law enforcement agency" throughout the Act (rather than "government agency" and "local government agency"). Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits police agencies from labeling officer-worn body camera video within the recording medium; provided that the labeling does not alter the actual recording of the incident captured on the officer-worn body camera. Provides that the labels, titles, and tags shall not be construed as altering the body camera video in any way. Amends the Illinois State Police Act. Provides for the disclosure of specified public records in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides requirements concerning the right to communicate with an attorney and family when in police custody. Amends the Pretrial Services Act. Provides that the Supreme Court is encouraged to establish a framework that facilitates the hiring and training of new State-employed pretrial services personnel to serve in jurisdictions without an established and functioning circuit-based pretrial services agency. Defines terms. Makes conforming and other changes. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the mandatory supervised release term for a Class 3 or 4 felony is 12 months, except for certain specified offenses. Provides that no later than 30 days after the onset of the term of mandatory supervised release and at the halfway point into the term of mandatory supervised release, the Prisoner Review Board shall conduct a discretionary discharge review, which shall include the results of a standardized risk and needs assessment tool administered by the Department of Corrections. Provides that nothing in this provision shall be construed to prevent the Prisoner Review Board from performing the discretionary discharge review and issuing a determination prior to the onset of the term of mandatory supervised release. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make a conforming change. Effective January 1, 2022.



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