Sen. Robert Peters
Filed: 5/21/2021
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3587




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3587 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:




 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
5Resentencing Task Force Act.
 
6    Section 5. Purpose; findings. The State is committed to 
7ensuring that sentences of imprisonment continue to advance 
8the interest of justice and promote public safety. The task 
9force is created by recognizing that in this State, once a 
10person is sentenced, there are few meaningful opportunities 
11for release. 
 
12    Section 10. Resentencing Task Force; creation. There is 
13created the   Resentencing Task Force. The task force shall 
14study innovative ways to reduce the prison population in 
15Illinois from initiations of resentencing motions filed by 
 
 
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1incarcerated individuals, State's Attorneys, the Illinois 
2Department of Corrections and the judicial branch.

 
3    Section 15. Task Force Members. 
4    (a)          The Resentencing Task Force shall consist of the 
5following members:
6        (1) a member of the House of Representatives appointed 
7    by the Speaker of
the House;

8        (2) a member of the House of Representatives appointed 
9    by the Minority
Leader of the House;
10        (3)            a member of the Senate appointed by the President 
11    of the Senate; 
12        (4)            a member of the Senate appointed by the Minority 
13    Leader of the Senate; 
14        (5)            a member appointed by a statewide agency that 
15    represents State's
                               Attorneys and is elected to a county of 
16    under one million people or his or her
                               designee;
17        (6)            a member appointed by a statewide agency that 
18    represents State's
                                Attorneys;

19        (7)            a member appointed by the Office of the State 
20    Appellate Defender;
21        (8)            a member appointed by an organization that 
22    advocates for victims' rights;
23        (9) a member appointed by an organization that 
24    advocates for sentencing
                                reform;
25        (10)          a member appointed by an organization 
 
 
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1    representing the interests of
                                 members of a law enforcement 
2    labor union;
3        (11)          a member appointed by the Illinois Sentencing 
4    Policy Advisory Council;
5        (12) 3 retired judges appointed by the Governor, each 
6    from a different judicial circuit or judicial district;
7        (13) a member of law enforcement appointed by an 
8    association representing law enforcement;
9        (14) a member representing the private criminal 
10    defense bar;
11        (15) a member appointed by the Public Defender's 
12    Association; and
13        (16) a member appointed by the Department of 
14    Corrections.
15    (b)          The task force shall meet no less than 4 times and 
16shall provide recommendations for legislation to the General 
17Assembly and the Governor's Office on or before July 1, 2022.
18    (c) The members of the task force shall serve without 
19compensation.
20    (d) The Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council shall 
21provide administrative and technical support for the task 
22force and are responsible for appointing a chairperson and 
23ensuring the requirements of the task force are met.
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
25becoming law.".