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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3678 Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Joe Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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705 ILCS 305/18 rep. | |
725 ILCS 5/112-2 | from Ch. 38, par. 112-2 |
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Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Changes the oath taken by grand jurors. Amends the Jury Act to delete a duplicative provision concerning the oath taken by the foreman of a Grand Jury. Effective immediately.
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| | HB3678 | | LRB102 17003 RLC 22424 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | (705 ILCS 305/18 rep.)
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| 5 | | Section 5. The Jury Act is amended by repealing Section |
| 6 | | 18.
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| 7 | | Section 10. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is |
| 8 | | amended by changing Section 112-2 as follows:
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| 9 | | (725 ILCS 5/112-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 112-2)
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| 10 | | Sec. 112-2. Impaneling the Grand Jury. (a) The Grand Jury |
| 11 | | shall consist
of 16 persons, 12 of whom shall be necessary to |
| 12 | | constitute a quorum.
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| 13 | | (b) The Grand Jury shall be impaneled, sworn and |
| 14 | | instructed as to its
duties by the court. The court shall |
| 15 | | select and swear one of the grand
jurors to serve as foreman.
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| 16 | | (c) Before the Grand Jury shall enter upon the discharge |
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the following oath shall be administered to |
| 18 | | the jurors:
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| 19 | | "Do each of you swear (or affirm) that you will diligently |
| 20 | | inquire into all matters presented to you; that you will |
| 21 | | return no indictment through malice or ill will, or fail to |
| 22 | | return one due to fear or reward; and that in all your |