DURKIN-OSMOND-YARBROUGH-WINKEL-CURRIE, BELLOCK, MULLIGAN, ERWIN, KRAUSE, HOWARD, BURKE, MATHIAS, COULSON, BEAUBIEN, BRADY AND KURTZ. (HAWKINSON) 725 ILCS 5/115-22 new Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that upon leave of court, in any case in which the defendant is charged with the offense of first degree murder and the prosecution seeks the death penalty, or in a first degree murder case in which a term of natural life imprisonment is the only sentence allowed under the law following the defendant's conviction, any party may take the testimony, upon oral examination, of: (1) any person other than a law enforcement officer, victim, or family member who is identified as, or believed to be, an eyewitness to the occurrence that is the subject of the prosecution; (2) any person whom either party intends to call at trial regarding incriminating statements made by the accused to persons other than a law enforcement officer or prosecutor; and (3) any person identified as, or believed to be, an alibi witness. Applies to actions initiated on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Effective January 1, 2002. FEB-16-2001 H FILED WITH CLERK FEB-16-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR OSMOND FEB-16-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR YARBROUGH FEB-16-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR WINKEL FEB-16-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CURRIE FEB-16-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BELLOCK FEB-16-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LYONS,EILEEN FEB-16-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MULLIGAN FEB-16-2001 H FIRST READING FEB-16-2001 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES FEB-16-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR ERWIN FEB-16-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KRAUSE FEB-16-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HOWARD FEB-21-2001 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PROS MISCNDCT FEB-23-2001 H MOTION PREVAILED TO SUSPEND RULE 25 FEB-23-2001 H COMMITTEE PROS MISCNDCT FEB-28-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BURKE MAR-01-2001 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 009-000-000 HPRO MAR-01-2001 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-13-2001 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-13-2001 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MATHIAS MAR-29-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR COULSON MAR-29-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MILLER MAR-29-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BEAUBIEN MAR-29-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BRADY MAR-29-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KURTZ MAR-29-2001 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 MAR-29-2001 S ARRIVE IN SENATE MAR-29-2001 S PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-03-30 APR-05-2001 S CHIEF SPONSOR HAWKINSON APR-05-2001 S FIRST READING APR-05-2001 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary