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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB0305 Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 730 ILCS 5/3-8-8 | from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-8 |
| Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a committed person's grievances. |
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| | HB0305 | | LRB104 04151 RLC 14175 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 3-8-8 as follows:
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| 6 | | (730 ILCS 5/3-8-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-8) |
| 7 | | Sec. 3-8-8. Grievances. |
| 8 | | (a) The The Director shall establish procedures to review |
| 9 | | the grievances of committed persons. The Director may |
| 10 | | establish one or more administrative review boards within the |
| 11 | | Department to review grievances. A committed person's right to |
| 12 | | file grievances shall not be restricted. Such procedure shall |
| 13 | | provide for the review of grievances by a person or persons |
| 14 | | other than the person or persons directly responsible for the |
| 15 | | conditions or actions against which the grievance is made. |
| 16 | | (b) Such procedures shall provide that a record of such |
| 17 | | grievance and any decision made with respect to it shall be |
| 18 | | preserved for a period of one year. |
| 19 | | (c) Such procedures shall allow committed persons to |
| 20 | | communicate grievances directly to the Director or some person |
| 21 | | designated by the Director outside of the institution or |
| 22 | | facility where the person is confined. |
| 23 | | (d) All committed persons shall be informed of the |