Bill Status of SB 3682   101st General Assembly

Short Description:  CLAIMS-WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.-Mattie Hunter-Jacqueline Y. Collins and Andy Manar

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  1/13/2021SenateSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
705 ILCS 505/8from Ch. 37, par. 439.8

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Court of Claims Act. Deletes language regarding the amount a court shall award to a person for time unjustly served in prison when the person imprisoned received a pardon on the ground of innocence of the crime for which he or she was imprisoned or he or she received a certificate of innocence. Provides instead that the court shall award $50,000 per year during which the person was wrongfully imprisoned and shall prorate that amount for a fraction of a year that the person was wrongfully imprisoned, including the number of years the person was awaiting trial.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/14/2020SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
  2/14/2020SenateFirst Reading
  2/14/2020SenateReferred to Assignments
  2/24/2020SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
  3/4/2020SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
  3/4/2020SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andy Manar
  1/13/2021SenateSession Sine Die

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