103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4621

 

Introduced 1/31/2024, by Rep. Justin Slaughter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Pretrial Services Act. Establishes in the judicial branch of State government an office to be known as the Office of Statewide Pretrial Services. Provides that the office shall be under the supervision and direction of a Director who shall be appointed by a vote of a majority of the Illinois Supreme Court Justices for a 4-year term and until a successor is appointed and qualified. Provides that the Director shall adopt rules, instructions, and orders, consistent with the Act, further defining the organization of this office and the duties of its employees. Provides that the Illinois Supreme Court shall approve or modify an operational budget submitted to it by the Office of Statewide Pretrial Services and set the number of employees each year. Provides that the Chief Judge of each circuit court shall elect to receive pretrial services either through the Office or through a local pretrial services agency (rather than each circuit shall establish a pretrial service agency). Provides that the pretrial services agency has a duty to provide the court with accurate background data regarding the pretrial release of persons charged with felonies and effective supervision of compliance with the terms and conditions imposed on release. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Pretrial Services Act is amended by
5changing Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22,
624, 30, and 33 and by adding Sections 0.02, 0.03, and 0.04 as
7follows:
 
8    (725 ILCS 185/0.02 new)
9    Sec. 0.02. Definitions. In this Act:
10    "Director" means the Director of the Office of Statewide
11Pretrial Services.
12    "Local pretrial services " means a pretrial services other
13than the Office who is providing pretrial services.
14    "Pretrial services " means any providing services to the
15circuit court as provided for in this Act, including the
16Office.
17    "Office" means the Office of Statewide Pretrial Services.
 
18    (725 ILCS 185/0.03 new)
19    Sec. 0.03. Office of Statewide Pretrial Services;
20establishment. There is established in the judicial branch of
21State government an office to be known as the Office of
22Statewide Pretrial Services. This office shall be under the

 

 

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1supervision and direction of a Director who shall be appointed
2by a vote of a majority of the Illinois Supreme Court Justices
3for a 4-year term and until a successor is appointed and
4qualified. The Director shall adopt rules, instructions, and
5orders, consistent with this Act, further defining the
6organization of this office and the duties of its employees.
7The Illinois Supreme Court shall approve or modify an
8operational budget submitted to it by the Office of Statewide
9Pretrial Services and set the number of employees each year.
 
10    (725 ILCS 185/0.04 new)
11    Sec. 0.04. Powers and duties.
12    (a) The Office shall provide pretrial services as provided
13in Section 7 to circuit courts or counties without existing
14pretrial services agencies.
15    (b) The Office shall develop, establish, adopt, and
16enforce uniform standards for pretrial services in this State.
17    (c) The Office may:
18        (1) hire and train State employed pretrial personnel;
19        (2) establish qualifications for pretrial officers as
20    to hiring, promotion, and training;
21        (3) establish a system of training and orientation for
22    local pretrial services agencies;
23        (4) Develop standards and approve employee
24    compensation schedules for local pretrial services
25    agencies;

 

 

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1        (5) establish a system of uniform forms;
2        (6) develop standards for a system of recordkeeping
3    for local pretrial services agencies;
4        (7) gather statistics and develop research for
5    planning of pretrial services in Illinois;
6        (8) establish a means of verifying the conditions for
7    reimbursement under this Act for local pretrial services
8    agencies and develop criteria for approved costs for
9    reimbursement;
10        (9) monitor and evaluate all pretrial programs
11    operated by local pretrial services agencies;
12        (10) review and approve annual plans submitted by
13    local pretrial services agencies; and
14        (11) establish such other standards and regulations
15    and do all acts necessary to carry out the intent and
16    purposes of this Act.
 
17    (725 ILCS 185/1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 301)
18    Sec. 1. The Chief Judge of each Each circuit court shall
19elect to receive pretrial services either through the Office
20or through a local pretrial services agency. The pretrial
21services agency has a duty establish a pretrial services
22agency to provide the court with accurate background data
23regarding the pretrial release of persons charged with
24felonies and effective supervision of compliance with the
25terms and conditions imposed on release.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 84-1449.)
 
2    (725 ILCS 185/2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 302)
3    Sec. 2. Local pretrial Pretrial services agencies may be
4independent divisions of the circuit courts accountable to the
5chief judge or his designee for program activities. The
6agencies shall be supervised by a program director appointed
7by the chief judge and removable for cause. The chief judge or
8his designee shall have the authority to hire, terminate or
9discipline local pretrial services agency personnel on
10recommendation of the program director.
11(Source: P.A. 84-1449.)
 
12    (725 ILCS 185/3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 303)
13    Sec. 3. Pretrial services shall be provided by the Office
14The functions of the pretrial services agency shall be
15assigned to the Department of Probation and Court Services or
16other arm of the court where the volume of criminal
17proceedings does not justify the establishment of a local
18pretrial services agency separate division.
19(Source: P.A. 84-1449.)
 
20    (725 ILCS 185/4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 304)
21    Sec. 4. All local pretrial services agency personnel shall
22be full-time employees supervised by the director and, except
23for secretarial staff, subject to the hiring and training

 

 

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1requirements established by the Office Supreme Court as
2provided in "An Act providing for a system of probation, for
3the appointment and compensation of probation officers, and
4authorizing the suspension of final judgment and the
5imposition of sentence upon persons found guilty of certain
6defined crimes and offenses, and legalizing their ultimate
7discharge without punishment", approved June 10, 1911, as
8amended.
9(Source: P.A. 84-1449.)
 
10    (725 ILCS 185/5)  (from Ch. 38, par. 305)
11    Sec. 5. The compensation for local pretrial services
12agency personnel shall be commensurate with salaries and other
13benefits accorded probation department employees.
14(Source: P.A. 84-1449.)
 
15    (725 ILCS 185/8)  (from Ch. 38, par. 308)
16    Sec. 8. In addition to the foregoing, local pretrial
17services agencies may with the approval of the chief judge
18provide one or more of the following services to the circuit
19court:
20    (a) Supervise compliance with the terms and conditions
21imposed by the courts for appeal bonds; and
22    (b) Assist in such other pretrial services activities as
23may be delegated to the agency by the court.
24(Source: P.A. 84-1449.)
 

 

 

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1    (725 ILCS 185/9)  (from Ch. 38, par. 309)
2    Sec. 9. Pretrial services agencies shall have standing
3court authority to interview and process all persons charged
4with non-capital felonies either before or after first
5appearance if the person is in custody. The chief judge and
6program director of the pretrial services agency may establish
7interviewing priorities where resources do not permit total
8coverage, but no other criteria shall be employed to exclude
9categories of offenses or offenders from program operations.
10(Source: P.A. 84-1449.)
 
11    (725 ILCS 185/10)  (from Ch. 38, par. 310)
12    Sec. 10. The chief judge and program director of the local
13pretrial services agency shall continuously assess the
14benefits of agency intervention before or after the first
15appearance of accused persons. In determining the best
16allocation of available resources, consideration shall be
17given to current release practices of first appearance judges
18in misdemeanor and lesser felony cases; the logistics of
19pre-first appearance intervention where decentralized
20detention facilities are utilized; the availability of
21verification resources for pre-first appearance intervention;
22and the ultimate goal of prompt and informed determinations of
23pretrial release conditions.
24(Source: P.A. 84-1449.)
 

 

 

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1    (725 ILCS 185/12)  (from Ch. 38, par. 312)
2    Sec. 12. Interviews shall be individually conducted by
3agency personnel in facilities or locations which assure an
4adequate opportunity for discussion, consistent with security
5needs.
6    The chief judge or his designee shall maintain a
7continuous liaison between the pretrial services agency
8director and the sheriff, or other affected law enforcement
9agencies, to assure that pretrial services interviewers have
10prompt access consistent with security and law enforcement
11needs to all prisoners after booking.
12(Source: P.A. 84-1449.)
 
13    (725 ILCS 185/13)  (from Ch. 38, par. 313)
14    Sec. 13. Information received from the arrested person as
15a result of the agency interview shall be recorded on uniform
16interview forms created by the Office.
17(Source: P.A. 84-1449.)
 
18    (725 ILCS 185/14)  (from Ch. 38, par. 314)
19    Sec. 14. The pretrial services agency shall, after
20interviewing arrestees, immediately verify and supplement the
21information required by the uniform interview form before
22submitting its report to the court. Minimum verification shall
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1and employment circumstances. The chief judge or his designee
2shall assist the pretrial services agency program director in
3establishing and maintaining cooperation with the circuit
4clerk and law enforcement information systems to assure the
5prompt verification of prior criminal records.
6(Source: P.A. 84-1449.)
 
7    (725 ILCS 185/15)  (from Ch. 38, par. 315)
8    Sec. 15. Verified and supplemental information assembled
9by the pretrial services agency shall be recorded on a uniform
10reporting form established by the Office Supreme Court.
11(Source: P.A. 84-1449.)
 
12    (725 ILCS 185/22)  (from Ch. 38, par. 322)
13    Sec. 22. If so ordered by the court, the pretrial services
14agency shall prepare and submit for the court's approval and
15signature a uniform release order on the uniform form
16established by the Office Supreme Court in all cases where an
17interviewee may be released from custody under conditions
18contained in an agency report. Such conditions shall become
19part of the conditions of pretrial release. A copy of the
20uniform release order shall be provided to the defendant and
21defendant's attorney of record, and the prosecutor.
22(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-23.)
 
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1    Sec. 24. Where functions of the local pretrial services
2agency have been delegated to a probation department or other
3arm of the court under Section 3, their records shall be
4segregated from other records. Two years after the date of the
5first interview with a pretrial services agency
6representative, the defendant may apply to the chief circuit
7judge, or a judge designated by the chief circuit judge for
8these purposes, for an order expunging from the records of the
9pretrial services agency all files pertaining to the
10defendant.
11(Source: P.A. 84-1449.)
 
12    (725 ILCS 185/30)  (from Ch. 38, par. 330)
13    Sec. 30. Records and statistics shall be maintained by
14local pretrial services agencies of their operations and
15effect upon the criminal justice system, with monthly reports
16submitted to the circuit court and the Office Supreme Court on
17a uniform statistical form developed by the Supreme Court.
18(Source: P.A. 84-1449.)
 
19    (725 ILCS 185/33)  (from Ch. 38, par. 333)
20    Sec. 33. The Office Supreme Court shall pay from funds
21appropriated to it for this purpose 100% of all approved costs
22for pretrial services, including pretrial services officers,
23necessary support personnel, travel costs reasonably related
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1telecommunications, postage, commodities, printing and
2contractual services. Costs shall be reimbursed monthly, based
3on an annual a plan and budget approved by the Office Supreme
4Court. No department may be reimbursed for costs which exceed
5or are not provided for in the approved annual plan and budget.
6The Mandatory Arbitration Fund may be used to reimburse
7approved costs for pretrial services.
8(Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-331,
9eff. 8-21-07; 95-707, eff. 1-11-08.)
 
10    (725 ILCS 185/1.5 rep.)
11    (725 ILCS 185/6 rep.)
12    Section 10. The Pretrial Services Act is amended by
13repealing Sections 1.5 and 6.
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    725 ILCS 185/0.02 new
4    725 ILCS 185/0.03 new
5    725 ILCS 185/0.04 new
6    725 ILCS 185/1from Ch. 38, par. 301
7    725 ILCS 185/2from Ch. 38, par. 302
8    725 ILCS 185/3from Ch. 38, par. 303
9    725 ILCS 185/4from Ch. 38, par. 304
10    725 ILCS 185/5from Ch. 38, par. 305
11    725 ILCS 185/8from Ch. 38, par. 308
12    725 ILCS 185/9from Ch. 38, par. 309
13    725 ILCS 185/10from Ch. 38, par. 310
14    725 ILCS 185/12from Ch. 38, par. 312
15    725 ILCS 185/13from Ch. 38, par. 313
16    725 ILCS 185/14from Ch. 38, par. 314
17    725 ILCS 185/15from Ch. 38, par. 315
18    725 ILCS 185/22from Ch. 38, par. 322
19    725 ILCS 185/24from Ch. 38, par. 324
20    725 ILCS 185/30from Ch. 38, par. 330
21    725 ILCS 185/33from Ch. 38, par. 333
22    725 ILCS 185/1.5 rep.
23    725 ILCS 185/6 rep.