Date	Chamber	Action
1/9/2007	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

730 ILCS 5/5-5-3

from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-3

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a defendant at least 17 years of age who does not have a high school diploma or GED certificate, who is mentally capable, who is convicted of a felony, and who is sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections (rather than a felon who has not been previously convicted of a misdemeanor or felony) shall as a condition of his or her sentence be required by the court to attend educational courses designed to prepare the defendant for a high school diploma and to work toward a high school diploma or to work toward passing the high school level Test of General Educational Development (GED) and to obtain a high school diploma or pass the GED test. Eliminates the provision that working toward completing a vocational training program offered by the Department of Corrections satisfies the educational requirements.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/17/2005	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Deborah L. Graham
2/17/2005	House	First Reading
2/17/2005	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/18/2005	House	Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
3/10/2005	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/9/2007	House	Session Sine Die

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