Full Text of SB3197 103rd General Assembly
SB3197 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB3197 Introduced 2/6/2024, by Sen. Neil Anderson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 730 ILCS 5/5-8A-2 | from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8A-2 |
| Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. In the Electronic Monitoring and Home Detention Law, provides that an "approved electronic monitoring device" means a device approved by the supervising authority which is primarily intended to record or transmit information as to the defendant's presence or nonpresence in the home, consumption of alcohol, consumption of drugs, or location by using smartphone applications (rather than through GPS, cellular triangulation, Wi-Fi, or other electronic means). Deletes references to "wire communications" in the definition of "approved electronic monitoring device". |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 5-8A-2 as follows: | 6 | | (730 ILCS 5/5-8A-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8A-2) | 7 | | Sec. 5-8A-2. Definitions. As used in this Article: | 8 | | (A) "Approved electronic monitoring device" means a device | 9 | | approved by the supervising authority which is primarily | 10 | | intended to record or transmit information as to the | 11 | | defendant's presence or nonpresence in the home, consumption | 12 | | of alcohol, consumption of drugs, or location by using | 13 | | smartphone applications as determined through GPS, cellular | 14 | | triangulation, Wi-Fi, or other electronic means . | 15 | | An approved electronic monitoring device may record or | 16 | | transmit: oral or wire communications or an auditory sound; | 17 | | visual images; or information regarding the offender's | 18 | | activities while inside the offender's home. These devices are | 19 | | subject to the required consent as set forth in Section 5-8A-5 | 20 | | of this Article. | 21 | | An approved electronic monitoring device may be used to | 22 | | record a conversation between the participant and the | 23 | | monitoring device, or the participant and the person |
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| 1 | | supervising the participant solely for the purpose of | 2 | | identification and not for the purpose of eavesdropping or | 3 | | conducting any other illegally intrusive monitoring. | 4 | | (A-10) "Department" means the Department of Corrections or | 5 | | the Department of Juvenile Justice. | 6 | | (A-20) "Electronic monitoring" means the monitoring of an | 7 | | inmate, person, or offender with an electronic device both | 8 | | within and outside of their home under the terms and | 9 | | conditions established by the supervising authority. | 10 | | (B) "Excluded offenses" means first degree murder, escape, | 11 | | predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated | 12 | | criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, aggravated | 13 | | battery with a firearm as described in Section 12-4.2 or | 14 | | subdivision (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), or (e)(4) of Section | 15 | | 12-3.05, bringing or possessing a firearm, ammunition or | 16 | | explosive in a penal institution, any "Super-X" drug offense | 17 | | or calculated criminal drug conspiracy or streetgang criminal | 18 | | drug conspiracy, or any predecessor or successor offenses with | 19 | | the same or substantially the same elements, or any inchoate | 20 | | offenses relating to the foregoing offenses. | 21 | | (B-10) "GPS" means a device or system which utilizes the | 22 | | Global Positioning Satellite system for determining the | 23 | | location of a person, inmate or offender. | 24 | | (C) "Home detention" means the confinement of a person | 25 | | convicted or charged with an offense to his or her place of | 26 | | residence under the terms and conditions established by the |
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| 1 | | supervising authority. Confinement need not be 24 hours per | 2 | | day to qualify as home detention, and significant restrictions | 3 | | on liberty such as 7pm to 7am curfews shall qualify. Home | 4 | | confinement may or may not be accompanied by electronic | 5 | | monitoring, and electronic monitoring is not required for | 6 | | purposes of sentencing credit. | 7 | | (D) "Participant" means an inmate or offender placed into | 8 | | an electronic monitoring program. | 9 | | (E) "Supervising authority" means the Department of | 10 | | Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, probation | 11 | | department, a Chief Judge's office, pretrial services division | 12 | | or department, sheriff, superintendent of municipal house of | 13 | | corrections or any other officer or agency charged with | 14 | | authorizing and supervising electronic monitoring and home | 15 | | detention. | 16 | | (F) "Super-X drug offense" means a violation of Section | 17 | | 401(a)(1)(B), (C), or (D); Section 401(a)(2)(B), (C), or (D); | 18 | | Section 401(a)(3)(B), (C), or (D); or Section 401(a)(7)(B), | 19 | | (C), or (D) of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. | 20 | | (G) "Wi-Fi" or "WiFi" means a device or system which | 21 | | utilizes a wireless local area network for determining the | 22 | | location of a person, inmate or offender. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21 .) |
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