Date	Chamber	Action
1/13/2021	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

705 ILCS 505/8

from Ch. 37, par. 439.8

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Court of Claims Act. Provides that if a person who has been granted a pardon or issued a certificate of innocence establishes that he or she plead guilty due to a forced confession, the Court of Claims shall make an award of $50,000 per year the person was wrongfully imprisoned and attorney's fees not exceeding 25% of the award granted. Provides that the court shall include the number of years the person was imprisoned awaiting trial in its determination of the award and that the court shall include an additional $25,000 for each year served on parole, probation, or registered as a sex offender after imprisonment. Provides that the court shall annually adjust the awards authorized by the new provisions to reflect the increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers for the previous calendar year, as determined by the United States Department of Labor, except that no annual increment may exceed 5%. Makes corresponding changes. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
12/17/2018	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
1/9/2019	House	First Reading
1/9/2019	House	Referred to Rules Committee
1/29/2019	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
2/19/2019	House	To Criminal Administration and Enforcement Subcommittee
3/29/2019	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2/18/2020	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
6/23/2020	House	Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/13/2021	House	Session Sine Die

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