SB1802 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB101 11059 SLF 56263 b

101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1802

Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Chapin Rose

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

725 ILCS 5/110-4.5 new

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that notwithstanding any provision of the Code, the denial of bail is required if the person is a felon who is charged with a firearm offense.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is amended by adding Section 110-4.5 as follows:

(725 ILCS 5/110-4.5 new)

Sec. 110-4.5. Denial of bail; firearm offenses. Notwithstanding any provision of this Code to the contrary, the denial of bail is required if the person is a felon who is charged with a firearm offense.