JONES,LOU-DAVIS,MONIQUE, HOWARD, COLLINS, COLVIN AND MORROW. 20 ILCS 3930/9.3 new Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority employ experts to conduct a study of proportionality in capital sentencing. Provides that the experts look at all cases in the State in which a defendant was charged with the offense of first degree murder committed on or after June 21, 1977, in violation of Section 9-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 to determine whether the race, ethnicity, or gender of the defendant or the victim, the location of the offense, or some combination of these factors influenced the sentence of death. Provides that there is a moratorium on the execution of all capital sentences in Illinois until the study is completed. FISCAL NOTE (Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority) The Authority estimates the cost of this bill to be as much as $985,000. In addition to the development costs, the project is likely to require significant travel costs, complex data collection procedures, and extraordinary cooperation with local officials. JAN-30-2002 H FILED WITH CLERK JAN-30-2002 H FIRST READING JAN-30-2002 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES FEB-05-2002 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL FEB-15-2002 H FISCAL NOTE FILED FEB-15-2002 H COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL FEB-21-2002 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR DAVIS,MONIQUE FEB-22-2002 H RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A) RULES HRUL JUN-25-2002 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HOWARD JUN-25-2002 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR COLLINS JUN-25-2002 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR COLVIN JUN-25-2002 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MORROW JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary