103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2809

 

Introduced 1/17/2024, by Sen. Jil Tracy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/5-8-1  from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the court shall sentence the defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment for first degree murder if the defendant, at the time of the commission of the murder, had attained the age of 18, and is found guilty of the first degree murder of a child under the age of 5 who is determined by the court, upon testimony of a physician, to have died from abusive head trauma caused by the defendant. Provides that "abusive head trauma" includes shaken baby syndrome. Defines "abusive head trauma" and shaken baby syndrome".


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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 Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5changing Section 5-8-1 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1)
7    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-51)
8    Sec. 5-8-1. Natural life imprisonment; enhancements for
9use of a firearm; mandatory supervised release terms.
10    (a) Except as otherwise provided in the statute defining
11the offense or in Article 4.5 of Chapter V, a sentence of
12imprisonment for a felony shall be a determinate sentence set
13by the court under this Section, subject to Section 5-4.5-115
14of this Code, according to the following limitations:
15        (1) for first degree murder,
16            (a) (blank),
17            (b) if a trier of fact finds beyond a reasonable
18        doubt that the murder was accompanied by exceptionally
19        brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton
20        cruelty or, except as set forth in subsection
21        (a)(1)(c) of this Section, that any of the aggravating
22        factors listed in subsection (b) or (b-5) of Section
23        9-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code

 

 

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1        of 2012 are present, the court may sentence the
2        defendant, subject to Section 5-4.5-105, to a term of
3        natural life imprisonment, or
4            (c) the court shall sentence the defendant to a
5        term of natural life imprisonment if the defendant, at
6        the time of the commission of the murder, had attained
7        the age of 18, and:
8                (i) has previously been convicted of first
9            degree murder under any state or federal law, or
10                (ii) is found guilty of murdering more than
11            one victim, or
12                (iii) is found guilty of murdering a peace
13            officer, fireman, or emergency management worker
14            when the peace officer, fireman, or emergency
15            management worker was killed in the course of
16            performing his official duties, or to prevent the
17            peace officer or fireman from performing his
18            official duties, or in retaliation for the peace
19            officer, fireman, or emergency management worker
20            from performing his official duties, and the
21            defendant knew or should have known that the
22            murdered individual was a peace officer, fireman,
23            or emergency management worker, or
24                (iv) is found guilty of murdering an employee
25            of an institution or facility of the Department of
26            Corrections, or any similar local correctional

 

 

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1            agency, when the employee was killed in the course
2            of performing his official duties, or to prevent
3            the employee from performing his official duties,
4            or in retaliation for the employee performing his
5            official duties, or
6                (v) is found guilty of murdering an emergency
7            medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
8            technician - intermediate, emergency medical
9            technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other
10            medical assistance or first aid person while
11            employed by a municipality or other governmental
12            unit when the person was killed in the course of
13            performing official duties or to prevent the
14            person from performing official duties or in
15            retaliation for performing official duties and the
16            defendant knew or should have known that the
17            murdered individual was an emergency medical
18            technician - ambulance, emergency medical
19            technician - intermediate, emergency medical
20            technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other
21            medical assistant or first aid personnel, or
22                (vi) (blank), or
23                (vii) is found guilty of first degree murder
24            and the murder was committed by reason of any
25            person's activity as a community policing
26            volunteer or to prevent any person from engaging

 

 

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1            in activity as a community policing volunteer. For
2            the purpose of this Section, "community policing
3            volunteer" has the meaning ascribed to it in
4            Section 2-3.5 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
5            For purposes of clause (v), "emergency medical
6        technician - ambulance", "emergency medical technician -
7         intermediate", "emergency medical technician -
8        paramedic", have the meanings ascribed to them in the
9        Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.
10            (d)(i) if the person committed the offense while
11            armed with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to
12            the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
13            (ii) if, during the commission of the offense, the
14        person personally discharged a firearm, 20 years shall
15        be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the
16        court;
17            (iii) if, during the commission of the offense,
18        the person personally discharged a firearm that
19        proximately caused great bodily harm, permanent
20        disability, permanent disfigurement, or death to
21        another person, 25 years or up to a term of natural
22        life shall be added to the term of imprisonment
23        imposed by the court.
24        (2) (blank);
25        (2.5) for a person who has attained the age of 18 years
26    at the time of the commission of the offense and who is

 

 

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1    convicted under the circumstances described in subdivision
2    (b)(1)(B) of Section 11-1.20 or paragraph (3) of
3    subsection (b) of Section 12-13, subdivision (d)(2) of
4    Section 11-1.30 or paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of
5    Section 12-14, subdivision (b)(1.2) of Section 11-1.40 or
6    paragraph (1.2) of subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1,
7    subdivision (b)(2) of Section 11-1.40 or paragraph (2) of
8    subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1 of the Criminal Code of
9    1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, the sentence shall be a
10    term of natural life imprisonment.
11    (b) (Blank).
12    (c) (Blank).
13    (d) Subject to earlier termination under Section 3-3-8,
14the parole or mandatory supervised release term shall be
15written as part of the sentencing order and shall be as
16follows:
17        (1) for first degree murder or for the offenses of
18    predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated
19    criminal sexual assault, and criminal sexual assault if
20    committed on or before December 12, 2005, 3 years;
21        (1.5) except as provided in paragraph (7) of this
22    subsection (d), for a Class X felony except for the
23    offenses of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child,
24    aggravated criminal sexual assault, and criminal sexual
25    assault if committed on or after December 13, 2005 (the
26    effective date of Public Act 94-715) and except for the

 

 

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1    offense of aggravated child pornography under Section
2    11-20.1B, 11-20.3, or 11-20.1 with sentencing under
3    subsection (c-5) of Section 11-20.1 of the Criminal Code
4    of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, if committed on or
5    after January 1, 2009, 18 months;
6        (2) except as provided in paragraph (7) of this
7    subsection (d), for a Class 1 felony or a Class 2 felony
8    except for the offense of criminal sexual assault if
9    committed on or after December 13, 2005 (the effective
10    date of Public Act 94-715) and except for the offenses of
11    manufacture and dissemination of child pornography under
12    clauses (a)(1) and (a)(2) of Section 11-20.1 of the
13    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, if
14    committed on or after January 1, 2009, 12 months;
15        (3) except as provided in paragraph (4), (6), or (7)
16    of this subsection (d), for a Class 3 felony or a Class 4
17    felony, 6 months; no later than 45 days after the onset of
18    the term of mandatory supervised release, the Prisoner
19    Review Board shall conduct a discretionary discharge
20    review pursuant to the provisions of Section 3-3-8, which
21    shall include the results of a standardized risk and needs
22    assessment tool administered by the Department of
23    Corrections; the changes to this paragraph (3) made by
24    this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly apply to
25    all individuals released on mandatory supervised release
26    on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of

 

 

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1    the 102nd General Assembly, including those individuals
2    whose sentences were imposed prior to the effective date
3    of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly;
4        (4) for defendants who commit the offense of predatory
5    criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal
6    sexual assault, or criminal sexual assault, on or after
7    December 13, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act
8    94-715), or who commit the offense of aggravated child
9    pornography under Section 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, or 11-20.1
10    with sentencing under subsection (c-5) of Section 11-20.1
11    of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012,
12    manufacture of child pornography, or dissemination of
13    child pornography after January 1, 2009, the term of
14    mandatory supervised release shall range from a minimum of
15    3 years to a maximum of the natural life of the defendant;
16        (5) if the victim is under 18 years of age, for a
17    second or subsequent offense of aggravated criminal sexual
18    abuse or felony criminal sexual abuse, 4 years, at least
19    the first 2 years of which the defendant shall serve in an
20    electronic monitoring or home detention program under
21    Article 8A of Chapter V of this Code;
22        (6) for a felony domestic battery, aggravated domestic
23    battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, and a felony
24    violation of an order of protection, 4 years;
25        (7) for any felony described in paragraph (a)(2)(ii),
26    (a)(2)(iii), (a)(2)(iv), (a)(2)(vi), (a)(2.1), (a)(2.3),

 

 

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1    (a)(2.4), (a)(2.5), or (a)(2.6) of Article 5, Section
2    3-6-3 of the Unified Code of Corrections requiring an
3    inmate to serve a minimum of 85% of their court-imposed
4    sentence, except for the offenses of predatory criminal
5    sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual
6    assault, and criminal sexual assault if committed on or
7    after December 13, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act
8    94-715) and except for the offense of aggravated child
9    pornography under Section 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, or 11-20.1
10    with sentencing under subsection (c-5) of Section 11-20.1
11    of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012,
12    if committed on or after January 1, 2009 and except as
13    provided in paragraph (4) or paragraph (6) of this
14    subsection (d), the term of mandatory supervised release
15    shall be as follows:
16            (A) Class X felony, 3 years;
17            (B) Class 1 or Class 2 felonies, 2 years;
18            (C) Class 3 or Class 4 felonies, 1 year.
19    (e) (Blank).
20    (f) (Blank).
21    (g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act and
22of Public Act 101-652: (i) the provisions of paragraph (3) of
23subsection (d) are effective on July 1, 2022 and shall apply to
24all individuals convicted on or after the effective date of
25paragraph (3) of subsection (d); and (ii) the provisions of
26paragraphs (1.5) and (2) of subsection (d) are effective on

 

 

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1July 1, 2021 and shall apply to all individuals convicted on or
2after the effective date of paragraphs (1.5) and (2) of
3subsection (d).
4(Source: P.A. 101-288, eff. 1-1-20; 101-652, eff. 7-1-21;
5102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21; 102-694, eff.
61-7-22; 102-1104, eff. 12-6-22.)
 
7    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-51)
8    Sec. 5-8-1. Natural life imprisonment; enhancements for
9use of a firearm; mandatory supervised release terms.
10    (a) Except as otherwise provided in the statute defining
11the offense or in Article 4.5 of Chapter V, a sentence of
12imprisonment for a felony shall be a determinate sentence set
13by the court under this Section, subject to Section 5-4.5-115
14of this Code, according to the following limitations:
15        (1) for first degree murder,
16            (a) (blank),
17            (b) if a trier of fact finds beyond a reasonable
18        doubt that the murder was accompanied by exceptionally
19        brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton
20        cruelty or, except as set forth in subsection
21        (a)(1)(c) of this Section, that any of the aggravating
22        factors listed in subparagraph (b-5) are present, the
23        court may sentence the defendant, subject to Section
24        5-4.5-105, to a term of natural life imprisonment, or
25            (b-5) A defendant who at the time of the

 

 

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1        commission of the offense has attained the age of 18 or
2        more and who has been found guilty of first degree
3        murder may be sentenced to a term of natural life
4        imprisonment if:
5                (1) the murdered individual was an inmate at
6            an institution or facility of the Department of
7            Corrections, or any similar local correctional
8            agency and was killed on the grounds thereof, or
9            the murdered individual was otherwise present in
10            such institution or facility with the knowledge
11            and approval of the chief administrative officer
12            thereof;
13                (2) the murdered individual was killed as a
14            result of the hijacking of an airplane, train,
15            ship, bus, or other public conveyance;
16                (3) the defendant committed the murder
17            pursuant to a contract, agreement, or
18            understanding by which he or she was to receive
19            money or anything of value in return for
20            committing the murder or procured another to
21            commit the murder for money or anything of value;
22                (4) the murdered individual was killed in the
23            course of another felony if:
24                    (A) the murdered individual:
25                        (i) was actually killed by the
26                    defendant, or

 

 

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1                        (ii) received physical injuries
2                    personally inflicted by the defendant
3                    substantially contemporaneously with
4                    physical injuries caused by one or more
5                    persons for whose conduct the defendant is
6                    legally accountable under Section 5-2 of
7                    this Code, and the physical injuries
8                    inflicted by either the defendant or the
9                    other person or persons for whose conduct
10                    he is legally accountable caused the death
11                    of the murdered individual; and (B) in
12                    performing the acts which caused the death
13                    of the murdered individual or which
14                    resulted in physical injuries personally
15                    inflicted by the defendant on the murdered
16                    individual under the circumstances of
17                    subdivision (ii) of clause (A) of this
18                    clause (4), the defendant acted with the
19                    intent to kill the murdered individual or
20                    with the knowledge that his or her acts
21                    created a strong probability of death or
22                    great bodily harm to the murdered
23                    individual or another; and
24                    (B) in performing the acts which caused
25                the death of the murdered individual or which
26                resulted in physical injuries personally

 

 

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1                inflicted by the defendant on the murdered
2                individual under the circumstances of
3                subdivision (ii) of clause (A) of this clause
4                (4), the defendant acted with the intent to
5                kill the murdered individual or with the
6                knowledge that his or her acts created a
7                strong probability of death or great bodily
8                harm to the murdered individual or another;
9                and
10                    (C) the other felony was an inherently
11                violent crime or the attempt to commit an
12                inherently violent crime. In this clause (C),
13                "inherently violent crime" includes, but is
14                not limited to, armed robbery, robbery,
15                predatory criminal sexual assault of a child,
16                aggravated criminal sexual assault, aggravated
17                kidnapping, aggravated vehicular hijacking,
18                aggravated arson, aggravated stalking,
19                residential burglary, and home invasion;
20                (5) the defendant committed the murder with
21            intent to prevent the murdered individual from
22            testifying or participating in any criminal
23            investigation or prosecution or giving material
24            assistance to the State in any investigation or
25            prosecution, either against the defendant or
26            another; or the defendant committed the murder

 

 

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1            because the murdered individual was a witness in
2            any prosecution or gave material assistance to the
3            State in any investigation or prosecution, either
4            against the defendant or another; for purposes of
5            this clause (5), "participating in any criminal
6            investigation or prosecution" is intended to
7            include those appearing in the proceedings in any
8            capacity such as trial judges, prosecutors,
9            defense attorneys, investigators, witnesses, or
10            jurors;
11                (6) the defendant, while committing an offense
12            punishable under Section 401, 401.1, 401.2, 405,
13            405.2, 407 or 407.1 or subsection (b) of Section
14            404 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or
15            while engaged in a conspiracy or solicitation to
16            commit such offense, intentionally killed an
17            individual or counseled, commanded, induced,
18            procured or caused the intentional killing of the
19            murdered individual;
20                (7) the defendant was incarcerated in an
21            institution or facility of the Department of
22            Corrections at the time of the murder, and while
23            committing an offense punishable as a felony under
24            Illinois law, or while engaged in a conspiracy or
25            solicitation to commit such offense, intentionally
26            killed an individual or counseled, commanded,

 

 

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1            induced, procured or caused the intentional
2            killing of the murdered individual;
3                (8) the murder was committed in a cold,
4            calculated and premeditated manner pursuant to a
5            preconceived plan, scheme or design to take a
6            human life by unlawful means, and the conduct of
7            the defendant created a reasonable expectation
8            that the death of a human being would result
9            therefrom;
10                (9) the defendant was a principal
11            administrator, organizer, or leader of a
12            calculated criminal drug conspiracy consisting of
13            a hierarchical position of authority superior to
14            that of all other members of the conspiracy, and
15            the defendant counseled, commanded, induced,
16            procured, or caused the intentional killing of the
17            murdered person;
18                (10) the murder was intentional and involved
19            the infliction of torture. For the purpose of this
20            clause (10), torture means the infliction of or
21            subjection to extreme physical pain, motivated by
22            an intent to increase or prolong the pain,
23            suffering or agony of the victim;
24                (11) the murder was committed as a result of
25            the intentional discharge of a firearm by the
26            defendant from a motor vehicle and the victim was

 

 

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1            not present within the motor vehicle;
2                (12) the murdered individual was a person with
3            a disability and the defendant knew or should have
4            known that the murdered individual was a person
5            with a disability. For purposes of this clause
6            (12), "person with a disability" means a person
7            who suffers from a permanent physical or mental
8            impairment resulting from disease, an injury, a
9            functional disorder, or a congenital condition
10            that renders the person incapable of adequately
11            providing for his or her own health or personal
12            care;
13                (13) the murdered individual was subject to an
14            order of protection and the murder was committed
15            by a person against whom the same order of
16            protection was issued under the Illinois Domestic
17            Violence Act of 1986;
18                (14) the murdered individual was known by the
19            defendant to be a teacher or other person employed
20            in any school and the teacher or other employee is
21            upon the grounds of a school or grounds adjacent
22            to a school, or is in any part of a building used
23            for school purposes;
24                (15) the murder was committed by the defendant
25            in connection with or as a result of the offense of
26            terrorism as defined in Section 29D-14.9 of this

 

 

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1            Code;
2                (16) the murdered individual was a member of a
3            congregation engaged in prayer or other religious
4            activities at a church, synagogue, mosque, or
5            other building, structure, or place used for
6            religious worship; or
7                (17)(i) the murdered individual was a
8            physician, physician assistant, psychologist,
9            nurse, or advanced practice registered nurse;
10                (ii) the defendant knew or should have known
11            that the murdered individual was a physician,
12            physician assistant, psychologist, nurse, or
13            advanced practice registered nurse; and
14                (iii) the murdered individual was killed in
15            the course of acting in his or her capacity as a
16            physician, physician assistant, psychologist,
17            nurse, or advanced practice registered nurse, or
18            to prevent him or her from acting in that
19            capacity, or in retaliation for his or her acting
20            in that capacity.
21            (c) the court shall sentence the defendant to a
22        term of natural life imprisonment if the defendant, at
23        the time of the commission of the murder, had attained
24        the age of 18, and:
25                (i) has previously been convicted of first
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1                (ii) is found guilty of murdering more than
2            one victim, or
3                (iii) is found guilty of murdering a peace
4            officer, fireman, or emergency management worker
5            when the peace officer, fireman, or emergency
6            management worker was killed in the course of
7            performing his official duties, or to prevent the
8            peace officer or fireman from performing his
9            official duties, or in retaliation for the peace
10            officer, fireman, or emergency management worker
11            from performing his official duties, and the
12            defendant knew or should have known that the
13            murdered individual was a peace officer, fireman,
14            or emergency management worker, or
15                (iv) is found guilty of murdering an employee
16            of an institution or facility of the Department of
17            Corrections, or any similar local correctional
18            agency, when the employee was killed in the course
19            of performing his official duties, or to prevent
20            the employee from performing his official duties,
21            or in retaliation for the employee performing his
22            official duties, or
23                (v) is found guilty of murdering an emergency
24            medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
25            technician - intermediate, emergency medical
26            technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other

 

 

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1            medical assistance or first aid person while
2            employed by a municipality or other governmental
3            unit when the person was killed in the course of
4            performing official duties or to prevent the
5            person from performing official duties or in
6            retaliation for performing official duties and the
7            defendant knew or should have known that the
8            murdered individual was an emergency medical
9            technician - ambulance, emergency medical
10            technician - intermediate, emergency medical
11            technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other
12            medical assistant or first aid personnel, or
13                (vi) (blank), or
14                (vii) is found guilty of first degree murder
15            and the murder was committed by reason of any
16            person's activity as a community policing
17            volunteer or to prevent any person from engaging
18            in activity as a community policing volunteer. For
19            the purpose of this Section, "community policing
20            volunteer" has the meaning ascribed to it in
21            Section 2-3.5 of the Criminal Code of 2012, or
22                (viii) is found guilty of the first degree
23            murder of a child under the age of 5 who is
24            determined by the court, upon testimony of a
25            physician, to have died from abusive head trauma
26            caused by the defendant.

 

 

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1            As used in clause (viii):
2            "Abusive head trauma" means a head injury that is
3        caused by shaking, throwing, hitting, slamming, or
4        jerking. "Abusive head trauma" includes shaken baby
5        syndrome.
6            "Shaken baby syndrome" means a severe form of head
7        injury that occurs when an infant or young child is
8        shaken or thrown forcibly enough to cause the brain to
9        rebound against the skull.
10            For purposes of clause (v), "emergency medical
11        technician - ambulance", "emergency medical technician -
12         intermediate", "emergency medical technician -
13        paramedic", have the meanings ascribed to them in the
14        Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.
15            (d)(i) if the person committed the offense while
16            armed with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to
17            the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
18            (ii) if, during the commission of the offense, the
19        person personally discharged a firearm, 20 years shall
20        be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the
21        court;
22            (iii) if, during the commission of the offense,
23        the person personally discharged a firearm that
24        proximately caused great bodily harm, permanent
25        disability, permanent disfigurement, or death to
26        another person, 25 years or up to a term of natural

 

 

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1        life shall be added to the term of imprisonment
2        imposed by the court.
3        (2) (blank);
4        (2.5) for a person who has attained the age of 18 years
5    at the time of the commission of the offense and who is
6    convicted under the circumstances described in subdivision
7    (b)(1)(B) of Section 11-1.20 or paragraph (3) of
8    subsection (b) of Section 12-13, subdivision (d)(2) of
9    Section 11-1.30 or paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of
10    Section 12-14, subdivision (b)(1.2) of Section 11-1.40 or
11    paragraph (1.2) of subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1,
12    subdivision (b)(2) of Section 11-1.40 or paragraph (2) of
13    subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1 of the Criminal Code of
14    1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, the sentence shall be a
15    term of natural life imprisonment.
16    (b) (Blank).
17    (c) (Blank).
18    (d) Subject to earlier termination under Section 3-3-8,
19the parole or mandatory supervised release term shall be
20written as part of the sentencing order and shall be as
21follows:
22        (1) for first degree murder or for the offenses of
23    predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated
24    criminal sexual assault, and criminal sexual assault if
25    committed on or before December 12, 2005, 3 years;
26        (1.5) except as provided in paragraph (7) of this

 

 

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1    subsection (d), for a Class X felony except for the
2    offenses of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child,
3    aggravated criminal sexual assault, and criminal sexual
4    assault if committed on or after December 13, 2005 (the
5    effective date of Public Act 94-715) and except for the
6    offense of aggravated child pornography under Section
7    11-20.1B, 11-20.3, or 11-20.1 with sentencing under
8    subsection (c-5) of Section 11-20.1 of the Criminal Code
9    of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, if committed on or
10    after January 1, 2009, 18 months;
11        (2) except as provided in paragraph (7) of this
12    subsection (d), for a Class 1 felony or a Class 2 felony
13    except for the offense of criminal sexual assault if
14    committed on or after December 13, 2005 (the effective
15    date of Public Act 94-715) and except for the offenses of
16    manufacture and dissemination of child pornography under
17    clauses (a)(1) and (a)(2) of Section 11-20.1 of the
18    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, if
19    committed on or after January 1, 2009, 12 months;
20        (3) except as provided in paragraph (4), (6), or (7)
21    of this subsection (d), for a Class 3 felony or a Class 4
22    felony, 6 months; no later than 45 days after the onset of
23    the term of mandatory supervised release, the Prisoner
24    Review Board shall conduct a discretionary discharge
25    review pursuant to the provisions of Section 3-3-8, which
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1    assessment tool administered by the Department of
2    Corrections; the changes to this paragraph (3) made by
3    this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly apply to
4    all individuals released on mandatory supervised release
5    on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
6    the 102nd General Assembly, including those individuals
7    whose sentences were imposed prior to the effective date
8    of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly;
9        (4) for defendants who commit the offense of predatory
10    criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal
11    sexual assault, or criminal sexual assault, on or after
12    December 13, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act
13    94-715), or who commit the offense of aggravated child
14    pornography under Section 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, or 11-20.1
15    with sentencing under subsection (c-5) of Section 11-20.1
16    of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012,
17    manufacture of child pornography, or dissemination of
18    child pornography after January 1, 2009, the term of
19    mandatory supervised release shall range from a minimum of
20    3 years to a maximum of the natural life of the defendant;
21        (5) if the victim is under 18 years of age, for a
22    second or subsequent offense of aggravated criminal sexual
23    abuse or felony criminal sexual abuse, 4 years, at least
24    the first 2 years of which the defendant shall serve in an
25    electronic monitoring or home detention program under
26    Article 8A of Chapter V of this Code;

 

 

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1        (6) for a felony domestic battery, aggravated domestic
2    battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, and a felony
3    violation of an order of protection, 4 years;
4        (7) for any felony described in paragraph (a)(2)(ii),
5    (a)(2)(iii), (a)(2)(iv), (a)(2)(vi), (a)(2.1), (a)(2.3),
6    (a)(2.4), (a)(2.5), or (a)(2.6) of Article 5, Section
7    3-6-3 of the Unified Code of Corrections requiring an
8    inmate to serve a minimum of 85% of their court-imposed
9    sentence, except for the offenses of predatory criminal
10    sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual
11    assault, and criminal sexual assault if committed on or
12    after December 13, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act
13    94-715) and except for the offense of aggravated child
14    pornography under Section 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, or 11-20.1
15    with sentencing under subsection (c-5) of Section 11-20.1
16    of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012,
17    if committed on or after January 1, 2009 and except as
18    provided in paragraph (4) or paragraph (6) of this
19    subsection (d), the term of mandatory supervised release
20    shall be as follows:
21            (A) Class X felony, 3 years;
22            (B) Class 1 or Class 2 felonies, 2 years;
23            (C) Class 3 or Class 4 felonies, 1 year.
24    (e) (Blank).
25    (f) (Blank).
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1of Public Act 101-652: (i) the provisions of paragraph (3) of
2subsection (d) are effective on July 1, 2022 and shall apply to
3all individuals convicted on or after the effective date of
4paragraph (3) of subsection (d); and (ii) the provisions of
5paragraphs (1.5) and (2) of subsection (d) are effective on
6July 1, 2021 and shall apply to all individuals convicted on or
7after the effective date of paragraphs (1.5) and (2) of
8subsection (d).
9(Source: P.A. 102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21;
10102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 102-1104, eff. 12-6-22; 103-51, eff.
111-1-24.)
 
12    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
13changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
14that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
15represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
16not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
17made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
18Public Act.