94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0022

 

Introduced 11/22/2005, by Rep. William B. Black

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
ILCON Art. 1, Sec. 9

    Proposes to amend the Bill of Rights Article of the Illinois Constitution concerning bail. Provides that a domestic battery offense that results in death to a victim of the offense is not bailable. Effective upon being declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act.


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A BILL FOR

 

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
2
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 
3     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
5 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
6 electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general
7 election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of
8 this resolution a proposition to amend Section 9 of Article I
9 of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
 
10
ARTICLE I

 
11
BILL OF RIGHTS

12     (ILCON Art. 1, Sec. 9)
13 SECTION 9. BAIL AND HABEAS CORPUS
14     All persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties,
15 except for:
16         (1) The the following offenses where the proof is
17     evident or the presumption great: capital offenses;
18     offenses for which a sentence of life imprisonment may be
19     imposed as a consequence of conviction; and felony offenses
20     for which a sentence of imprisonment, without conditional
21     and revocable release, shall be imposed by law as a
22     consequence of conviction, when the court, after a hearing,
23     determines that release of the offender would pose a real
24     and present threat to the physical safety of any person.
25         (2) A domestic battery offense that results in death to
26     a victim of the offense regardless of whether or not the
27     proof is evident or the presumption great. As used in this
28     paragraph (2), "domestic battery offense" means an offense
29     involving the infliction of great bodily harm to a victim
30     who at the time of the commission of the offense is the
31     offender's spouse, former spouse, parent, child,
32     stepchild, or other person related by blood or by present

 

 

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1     or prior marriage, a person who shares or formerly shared a
2     common dwelling, a person who has or allegedly had a child
3     in common, a person who shares or allegedly shares a blood
4     relationship through a child, a person who has or has had a
5     dating or engagement relationship, a person with
6     disabilities and his or her personal assistant, or a
7     caregiver who provides for the health and personal care of
8     a person at that person's residence.
9     The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be
10 suspended except in cases of rebellion or invasion when the
11 public safety may require it.
12     Any costs accruing to a unit of local government as a
13 result of the denial of bail pursuant to the 1986 Amendment to
14 this Section shall be reimbursed by the State to the unit of
15 local government.
16 (Source: Amendment adopted at general election November 4,
17 1986.)
 
18
SCHEDULE
19     This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
20 declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
21 Constitutional Amendment Act.