103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2061

 

Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Chapin Rose

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Firearm Crime Charging and Sentencing Accountability and Transparency Act. Provides that in a criminal case, if a defendant is charged with an offense involving the illegal use or possession of a firearm and subsequently enters into a plea agreement in which the charge will be reduced to a lesser offense or a non-weapons offense in exchange for a plea of guilty, at or before the time of sentencing, the State's Attorney shall file with the court a written statement of his or her reasons in support of the plea agreement, which shall specifically state why the offense or offenses of conviction resulting from the plea agreement do not include the originally charged weapons offense. Provides that the written statement shall be part of the court record in the case and a copy shall be provided to any person upon request. Provides that in a criminal case in which the original charge is or was for an offense involving the illegal use or possession of a firearm, if a defendant pleads guilty or is found guilty of the original charge or lesser offense or a non-weapons offense, in imposing sentence, the judge shall set forth in a written sentencing order his or her reasons for imposing the sentence or accepting the plea agreement. Provides that a copy of the written sentencing order shall be provided to any person upon request.


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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Firearm Crime Charging and Sentencing Accountability and
6Transparency Act.
 
7    Section 5. Plea agreement; State's Attorney. In a criminal
8case, if a defendant is charged with an offense involving the
9illegal use or possession of a firearm and subsequently enters
10into a plea agreement in which the charge will be reduced to a
11lesser offense or a non-weapons offense in exchange for a plea
12of guilty, at or before the time of sentencing, the State's
13Attorney shall file with the court a written statement of his
14or her reasons in support of the plea agreement, which shall
15specifically state why the offense or offenses of conviction
16resulting from the plea agreement do not include the
17originally charged weapons offense. The written statement
18shall be part of the court record in the case and a copy shall
19be provided to any person upon request.
 
20    Section 10. Sentencing; judge. In a criminal case in which
21the original charge is or was for an offense involving the
22illegal use or possession of a firearm, if a defendant pleads

 

 

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1guilty or is found guilty of the original charge or lesser
2offense or a non-weapons offense, in imposing sentence, the
3judge shall set forth in a written sentencing order his or her
4reasons for imposing the sentence or accepting the plea
5agreement. A copy of the written sentencing order shall be
6provided to any person upon request.