House Sponsors: DURKIN-BROSNAHAN-TENHOUSE-ZICKUS-DART AND MCAULIFFE. Senate Sponsors: HAWKINSON Short description: CRIM PRO-SPEEDY TRIAL Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that delay in trial of a person charged with a criminal offense occasioned by the court granting a continuance on its own motion shall temporarily suspend for the time of delay the period within which a person must be tried under the speedy trial statute. The period shall continue at the point at which it was suspended. Requires the defendant to file a written demand for trial to end the suspension of the statute. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Provides that delay shall be considered to be agreed to by the defendant unless he or she objects to the delay by making a written demand for trial. Deletes provision that when delay is occasioned by the court on the day of expiration of the delay, the period within which a person shall be tried shall continue at the point at which it was suspended if the defendant files a written demand for trial. Adds a severability clause to the bill. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Provides that delay shall be considered to be agreed to by the defendant unless he or she objects to the delay by making a written demand or an oral demand on the record for trial. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3. Deletes provision that delay occasioned by the court continuing the case on its own motion shall suspend for the time of the delay the period within which a person can be tried under the speedy trial provisions. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0705 Last action date: 98-08-07 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 3 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status