House Sponsors: DART-FLOWERS-SCOTT-DAVIS,STEVE-GRANBERG, JONES,LOU, STROGER, DAVIS,MONIQUE, NOVAK, MCCARTHY, PHELPS, O'BRIEN, BROSNAHAN, LINDNER AND BIGGERT. Senate Sponsors: RADOGNO-CARROLL Short description: SEXUALLY DANGEROUS-COMMITMENT Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act. Defines sex offense. Provides for the commitment of a person as sexually dangerous who has been convicted of a sex offense, adjudicated delinquent for a sex offense, found unfit to stand trial for a sex offense, or found not guilty by reason of insanity for a sex offense. Present law only permits persons charged with criminal offenses to be committed as sexually dangerous. Requires annual psychiatric examinations of persons committed as sexually dangerous. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall assign at least one parole officer for every 50 persons committed as sexually dangerous. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Provides that a person who is found not guilty by reason of insanity, convicted of a criminal offense or found unfit to stand trial, or adjudicated a delinquent minor may be declared sexually dangerous. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 HB 163, with H-am 1, fails to create a State mandate. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (DCMS) HB 163, as amended, has no fiscal impact on DCMS. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (DCCA) HB 163, amended, may have a fiscal impact on units of local gov't., specifically county gov't. No estimated cost is available. CORRECTIONAL NOTE Fiscal and corrections population impact is unknown. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (DCMS) No change from previous DCMS fiscal note. FISCAL NOTE (Dpt. Corrections) The fiscal impact for this bill is unknown. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Dept. of Corrections) No change from previous note. CORRECTIONAL NOTE, H-AM 1 No change from previous correctional note. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Adds reference to: 730 ILCS 5/5-4-1 Further amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the court, upon sentencing a defendant who is subject to the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act, shall inform the defendant that he or she is subject to the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act; may be subject to continued confinement after serving sentence for the criminal offense if the defendant is evaluated as posing a risk of harm to others, and may receive psychiatric treatment. Adds a severability clause and immediate effective date to the bill. JUDICIAL NOTE, H-AM 1 There may be an increase in judicial workloads; it is not pos- sible to determine impact on the need to increase the number of judges in the State. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 99-01-12 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 2 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status