99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3977

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 5/115-10.6 rep.
725 ILCS 5/115-10.7 rep.

    Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Repeals evidentiary provisions providing a hearsay exception for intentional murder of a witness and admissibility of prior statements of an unavailable witness whose absence was wrongfully procured. Effective immediately.


LRB099 08580 MRW 28739 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB3977LRB099 08580 MRW 28739 b

1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    (725 ILCS 5/115-10.6 rep.)
5    (725 ILCS 5/115-10.7 rep.)
6    Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
7amended by repealing Sections 115-10.6 and 115-10.7.
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.