98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3214

 

Introduced , by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 120/4.5

    Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Requires the Prisoner Review Board to develop and prepare a victim notification request form that a victim may use to provide the Board with the written request for notice under this Act. Requires the Prisoner Review Board to make the victim notification request form available to each State's Attorney. Requires the State's Attorney after sentencing of the defendant to provide the crime victim with the victim notification request form that the victim may use to: (1) request the Prisoner Review Board to notify the crime victim of the release or transfer of the defendant; or (2) request not to receive notifications from the Prisoner Review Board concerning the defendant.


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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 Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act is
5amended by changing Section 4.5 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 120/4.5)
7    Sec. 4.5. Procedures to implement the rights of crime
8victims. To afford crime victims their rights, law enforcement,
9prosecutors, judges and corrections will provide information,
10as appropriate of the following procedures:
11    (a) At the request of the crime victim, law enforcement
12authorities investigating the case shall provide notice of the
13status of the investigation, except where the State's Attorney
14determines that disclosure of such information would
15unreasonably interfere with the investigation, until such time
16as the alleged assailant is apprehended or the investigation is
17closed.
18    (a-5) When law enforcement authorities re-open a closed
19case to resume investigating, they shall provide notice of the
20re-opening of the case, except where the State's Attorney
21determines that disclosure of such information would
22unreasonably interfere with the investigation.
23    (b) The office of the State's Attorney:

 

 

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1        (1) shall provide notice of the filing of information,
2    the return of an indictment by which a prosecution for any
3    violent crime is commenced, or the filing of a petition to
4    adjudicate a minor as a delinquent for a violent crime;
5        (2) shall provide notice of the date, time, and place
6    of trial;
7        (3) or victim advocate personnel shall provide
8    information of social services and financial assistance
9    available for victims of crime, including information of
10    how to apply for these services and assistance;
11        (3.5) or victim advocate personnel shall provide
12    information about available victim services, including
13    referrals to programs, counselors, and agencies that
14    assist a victim to deal with trauma, loss, and grief;
15        (4) shall assist in having any stolen or other personal
16    property held by law enforcement authorities for
17    evidentiary or other purposes returned as expeditiously as
18    possible, pursuant to the procedures set out in Section
19    115-9 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
20        (5) or victim advocate personnel shall provide
21    appropriate employer intercession services to ensure that
22    employers of victims will cooperate with the criminal
23    justice system in order to minimize an employee's loss of
24    pay and other benefits resulting from court appearances;
25        (6) shall provide information whenever possible, of a
26    secure waiting area during court proceedings that does not

 

 

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1    require victims to be in close proximity to defendant or
2    juveniles accused of a violent crime, and their families
3    and friends;
4        (7) shall provide notice to the crime victim of the
5    right to have a translator present at all court proceedings
6    and, in compliance with the federal Americans with
7    Disabilities Act of 1990, the right to communications
8    access through a sign language interpreter or by other
9    means;
10        (8) in the case of the death of a person, which death
11    occurred in the same transaction or occurrence in which
12    acts occurred for which a defendant is charged with an
13    offense, shall notify the spouse, parent, child or sibling
14    of the decedent of the date of the trial of the person or
15    persons allegedly responsible for the death;
16        (9) shall inform the victim of the right to have
17    present at all court proceedings, subject to the rules of
18    evidence, an advocate or other support person of the
19    victim's choice, and the right to retain an attorney, at
20    the victim's own expense, who, upon written notice filed
21    with the clerk of the court and State's Attorney, is to
22    receive copies of all notices, motions and court orders
23    filed thereafter in the case, in the same manner as if the
24    victim were a named party in the case;
25        (10) at the sentencing hearing shall make a good faith
26    attempt to explain the minimum amount of time during which

 

 

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1    the defendant may actually be physically imprisoned. After
2    the sentencing hearing, the The Office of the State's
3    Attorney shall provide the crime victim with a victim
4    notification request form by which further notify the crime
5    victim may: of the right to
6            (A) request from the Prisoner Review Board to
7        notify him or her of information concerning the release
8        or transfer of the defendant under subparagraph (d)(1)
9        of this Section; or
10            (B) request the Prisoner Review Board to not send
11        notifications concerning the defendant to the crime
12        victim; and
13        (11) shall request restitution at sentencing and shall
14    consider restitution in any plea negotiation, as provided
15    by law; and
16        (12) shall, upon the court entering a verdict of not
17    guilty by reason of insanity, inform the victim of the
18    notification services available from the Department of
19    Human Services, including the statewide telephone number,
20    under subparagraph (d)(2) of this Section.
21    (c) At the written request of the crime victim, the office
22of the State's Attorney shall:
23        (1) provide notice a reasonable time in advance of the
24    following court proceedings: preliminary hearing, any
25    hearing the effect of which may be the release of defendant
26    from custody, or to alter the conditions of bond and the

 

 

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1    sentencing hearing. The crime victim shall also be notified
2    of the cancellation of the court proceeding in sufficient
3    time, wherever possible, to prevent an unnecessary
4    appearance in court;
5        (2) provide notice within a reasonable time after
6    receipt of notice from the custodian, of the release of the
7    defendant on bail or personal recognizance or the release
8    from detention of a minor who has been detained for a
9    violent crime;
10        (3) explain in nontechnical language the details of any
11    plea or verdict of a defendant, or any adjudication of a
12    juvenile as a delinquent for a violent crime;
13        (4) where practical, consult with the crime victim
14    before the Office of the State's Attorney makes an offer of
15    a plea bargain to the defendant or enters into negotiations
16    with the defendant concerning a possible plea agreement,
17    and shall consider the written victim impact statement, if
18    prepared prior to entering into a plea agreement;
19        (5) provide notice of the ultimate disposition of the
20    cases arising from an indictment or an information, or a
21    petition to have a juvenile adjudicated as a delinquent for
22    a violent crime;
23        (6) provide notice of any appeal taken by the defendant
24    and information on how to contact the appropriate agency
25    handling the appeal;
26        (7) provide notice of any request for post-conviction

 

 

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1    review filed by the defendant under Article 122 of the Code
2    of Criminal Procedure of 1963, and of the date, time and
3    place of any hearing concerning the petition. Whenever
4    possible, notice of the hearing shall be given in advance;
5        (8) forward a copy of any statement presented under
6    Section 6 to the Prisoner Review Board to be considered by
7    the Board in making its determination under subsection (b)
8    of Section 3-3-8 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
9    (d) (1) The Prisoner Review Board shall inform a victim or
10any other concerned citizen, upon written request, of the
11prisoner's release on parole, mandatory supervised release,
12electronic detention, work release, international transfer or
13exchange, or by the custodian of the discharge of any
14individual who was adjudicated a delinquent for a violent crime
15from State custody and by the sheriff of the appropriate county
16of any such person's final discharge from county custody. The
17Prisoner Review Board, upon written request, shall provide to a
18victim or any other concerned citizen a recent photograph of
19any person convicted of a felony, upon his or her release from
20custody. The Prisoner Review Board, upon written request, shall
21inform a victim or any other concerned citizen when feasible at
22least 7 days prior to the prisoner's release on furlough of the
23times and dates of such furlough. Upon written request by the
24victim or any other concerned citizen, the State's Attorney
25shall notify the person once of the times and dates of release
26of a prisoner sentenced to periodic imprisonment. Notification

 

 

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1shall be based on the most recent information as to victim's or
2other concerned citizen's residence or other location
3available to the notifying authority. The Prisoner Review Board
4shall develop and prepare a victim notification request form
5that a victim may use to provide the Board with the written
6request for notice under this Act. The Prisoner Review Board
7shall make the victim notification request form available to
8each State's Attorney.
9    (2) When the defendant has been committed to the Department
10of Human Services pursuant to Section 5-2-4 or any other
11provision of the Unified Code of Corrections, the victim may
12request to be notified by the releasing authority of the
13approval by the court of an on-grounds pass, a supervised
14off-grounds pass, an unsupervised off-grounds pass, or
15conditional release; the release on an off-grounds pass; the
16return from an off-grounds pass; transfer to another facility;
17conditional release; escape; death; or final discharge from
18State custody. The Department of Human Services shall establish
19and maintain a statewide telephone number to be used by victims
20to make notification requests under these provisions and shall
21publicize this telephone number on its website and to the
22State's Attorney of each county.
23    (3) In the event of an escape from State custody, the
24Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice
25immediately shall notify the Prisoner Review Board of the
26escape and the Prisoner Review Board shall notify the victim.

 

 

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1The notification shall be based upon the most recent
2information as to the victim's residence or other location
3available to the Board. When no such information is available,
4the Board shall make all reasonable efforts to obtain the
5information and make the notification. When the escapee is
6apprehended, the Department of Corrections or the Department of
7Juvenile Justice immediately shall notify the Prisoner Review
8Board and the Board shall notify the victim.
9    (4) The victim of the crime for which the prisoner has been
10sentenced shall receive reasonable written notice not less than
1130 days prior to the parole interview and may submit, in
12writing, on film, videotape or other electronic means or in the
13form of a recording or in person at the parole interview or if
14a victim of a violent crime, by calling the toll-free number
15established in subsection (f) of this Section, information for
16consideration by the Prisoner Review Board. The victim shall be
17notified within 7 days after the prisoner has been granted
18parole and shall be informed of the right to inspect the
19registry of parole decisions, established under subsection (g)
20of Section 3-3-5 of the Unified Code of Corrections. The
21provisions of this paragraph (4) are subject to the Open Parole
22Hearings Act.
23    (5) If a statement is presented under Section 6, the
24Prisoner Review Board shall inform the victim of any order of
25discharge entered by the Board pursuant to Section 3-3-8 of the
26Unified Code of Corrections.

 

 

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1    (6) At the written request of the victim of the crime for
2which the prisoner was sentenced or the State's Attorney of the
3county where the person seeking parole was prosecuted, the
4Prisoner Review Board shall notify the victim and the State's
5Attorney of the county where the person seeking parole was
6prosecuted of the death of the prisoner if the prisoner died
7while on parole or mandatory supervised release.
8    (7) When a defendant who has been committed to the
9Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice,
10or the Department of Human Services is released or discharged
11and subsequently committed to the Department of Human Services
12as a sexually violent person and the victim had requested to be
13notified by the releasing authority of the defendant's
14discharge, conditional release, death, or escape from State
15custody, the releasing authority shall provide to the
16Department of Human Services such information that would allow
17the Department of Human Services to contact the victim.
18    (8) When a defendant has been convicted of a sex offense as
19defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act and
20has been sentenced to the Department of Corrections or the
21Department of Juvenile Justice, the Prisoner Review Board shall
22notify the victim of the sex offense of the prisoner's
23eligibility for release on parole, mandatory supervised
24release, electronic detention, work release, international
25transfer or exchange, or by the custodian of the discharge of
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1offense from State custody and by the sheriff of the
2appropriate county of any such person's final discharge from
3county custody. The notification shall be made to the victim at
4least 30 days, whenever possible, before release of the sex
5offender.
6    (e) The officials named in this Section may satisfy some or
7all of their obligations to provide notices and other
8information through participation in a statewide victim and
9witness notification system established by the Attorney
10General under Section 8.5 of this Act.
11    (f) To permit a victim of a violent crime to provide
12information to the Prisoner Review Board for consideration by
13the Board at a parole hearing of a person who committed the
14crime against the victim in accordance with clause (d)(4) of
15this Section or at a proceeding to determine the conditions of
16mandatory supervised release of a person sentenced to a
17determinate sentence or at a hearing on revocation of mandatory
18supervised release of a person sentenced to a determinate
19sentence, the Board shall establish a toll-free number that may
20be accessed by the victim of a violent crime to present that
21information to the Board.
22(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-875, eff. 1-22-10;
2397-457, eff. 1-1-12; 97-572, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12;
2497-815, eff. 1-1-13.)