Date	Chamber	Action
1/9/2019	Senate	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

New Act

5 ILCS 140/7.5

720 ILCS 5/9-1

from Ch. 38, par. 9-1

725 ILCS 5/113-3

from Ch. 38, par. 113-3

725 ILCS 5/119-1

725 ILCS 105/10

from Ch. 38, par. 208-10

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 relating to first degree murder. Adds and eliminates aggravating factors for which the death penalty may be imposed. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Eliminates provision that abolishes the sentence of death. Enacts the Capital Crimes Litigation Act of 2017. Provides that all unobligated and unexpended moneys remaining in the Death Penalty Abolition Fund on the effective date of the bill shall be transferred into the Capital Litigation Trust Fund. Amends the State Appellate Defender Act. Provides that in cases in which a death sentence is an authorized disposition, the State Appellate Defender shall provide trial counsel with legal assistance and the assistance of expert witnesses, investigators, and mitigation specialists from funds appropriated to the State Appellate Defender specifically for that purpose by the General Assembly. Provides that the Office of State Appellate Defender shall not be appointed to serve as trial counsel in capital cases. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/9/2017	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Connelly
2/9/2017	Senate	First Reading
2/9/2017	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2/22/2017	Senate	Assigned to Executive
3/1/2017	Senate	To Subcommittee on Special Issues (EX)
3/17/2017	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
1/30/2018	Senate	Re-assigned to Executive
1/30/2018	Senate	To Subcommittee on Special Issues (EX)
4/13/2018	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
12/21/2018	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Brady
1/9/2019	Senate	Session Sine Die

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