Bill Status of HB 5471   97th General Assembly


Short Description:  CD CORR-FIRST DEGREE MURDER

House Sponsors
Rep. Dan Brady

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  1/8/2013HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
730 ILCS 5/5-8-1from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the court shall (rather than may) sentence the defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment if the defendant is a person who, at the time of the commission of the murder, has reached the age of 18 or more and is found guilty of first degree murder and the murder was accompanied by exceptionally brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/9/2012HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Brady
  2/15/2012HouseFirst Reading
  2/15/2012HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  1/8/2013HouseSession Sine Die

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