Key Votes
SB 2621 - Amends the Department of Corrections' Early Release Program - Key Vote
Illinois Key Votes
Elaine Nekritz voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- June 22, 2012 Executive Signed
- May 31, 2012 House Bill Passed
- May 23, 2012 Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 18, 2012 Introduced
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Legislation - Signed (Executive) - June 22, 2012
Title: Amends the Department of Corrections' Early Release Program
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (68-50) - May 31, 2012 (Key vote)
Title: Amends the Department of Corrections' Early Release Program
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the award of sentence credit for various inmate activities through the Department of Corrections' early release program.
- Authorizes the award of sentence credit through the Department of Corrections’ early release program for certain inmate activities including, but not limited to, the following (Sec. 5):
- Successful completion of a behavior modification program, a life skills course, or a substance abuse program while incarcerated; or
- Service to the correctional institution, a community, or the state.
- Authorizes the award of 60 days of sentence credit to any inmate who passes the high school level test of General Educational Development (GED) during incarceration or pre-trial detention (Sec. 5).
- Authorizes the award of sentence credit to an inmate who was held in pre-trial detention prior to incarceration and successfully completed one of the following programs (Sec. 5):
- A full-time, 60 day or longer substance abuse program;
- An educational program;
- A behavior modification program;
- A life skills course; or
- Re-entry planning provided by the Department of Corrections or a county jail.
- Specifies that sentence credit awarded to an inmate who was held in pre-trial detention will be calculated during the inmate’s sentencing, and that the credit will be used to reduce the number of days that the inmate will be incarcerated (Sec. 5).
- Prohibits an inmate who is serving a term for first degree murder or for terrorism from receiving sentence credit through the early release program (Sec. 5).
- Limits an inmate who is serving a sentence for any of the following crimes to no more than 4.5 days of sentence credit per month (Sec. 5):
- An attempt to commit first degree murder;
- Aggravated sexual assault;
- Aggravated kidnapping; or
- Solicitation of murder.
- Limits an inmate who is serving a sentence for any of the following crimes to no more than 7.5 days of sentence credit per month (Sec. 5):
- Controlled substance trafficking;
- Possession of a controlled substance with intent to manufacture that substance; or
- Delivery of a controlled substance.
- Limits an inmate who is serving a sentence for any of the following crimes to no more than 90 days of sentence credit (Sec. 5):
- Reckless homicide while under the influence of alcohol or any other drug;
- Aggravated kidnapping;
- Child pornography; or
- Predatory sexual assault of a child.
- Authorizes the award of up to 180 days of sentence credit to inmates who demonstrate good conduct including, but not limited to, the following (Sec. 5):
- Compliance with rules and regulations of the Department of Corrections;
- Service to the Department of Corrections; or
- Service to the community.
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (55-1) - May 23, 2012
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Jan. 18, 2012
Title: Amends the Department of Corrections' Early Release Program
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Pamela J. Althoff (IL - R)
- Kelly Cassidy (IL - D)
- Annazette R. Collins (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara Flynn Currie (IL - D)
- Monique D. Davis (IL - D)
- William 'Willie' Delgado (IL - D)
- Kimberly du Buclet (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- La Shawn K. Ford (IL - D)
- Esther Golar (IL - D)
- Mattie Hunter (IL - D)
- Eddie Lee Jackson Sr. (IL - D)
- Naomi D. Jakobsson (IL - D)
- Charles E. 'Chuck' Jefferson (IL - D)
- Thomas Lee 'Tom' Johnson (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Karen May (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rita Mayfield (IL - D)
- John J. Millner (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael J. Noland (IL - D)
- Scott E. Penny (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jim G. Sacia (IL - R)
- Arthur Turner (IL - D)
