104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1174

 

Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. Rita Mayfield

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/5-8A-4  from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8A-4

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the rules promulgated by the supervising authority concerning electronic monitoring and home detention shall provide that travel to and from approved employment shall not be denied based solely on the transient or mobile nature of the employment, provided that the participant gives the supervising authority sufficient notice and the employer confirms the exact routes or locations, or both, of employment at least 24 hours in advance. Provides that travel to and from approved employment shall not be denied solely for failure to provide the supervising authority with timely notice, provided that the participant gives the supervising authority sufficient notice at least 24 hours in advance of travel.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5changing Section 5-8A-4 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/5-8A-4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8A-4)
7    Sec. 5-8A-4. Program description. The supervising
8authority may promulgate rules that prescribe reasonable
9guidelines under which an electronic monitoring and home
10detention program shall operate. When using electronic
11monitoring for home detention these rules may include, but not
12be limited to, the following:
13        (A) The participant may be instructed to remain within
14    the interior premises or within the property boundaries of
15    his or her residence at all times during the hours
16    designated by the supervising authority. Such instances of
17    approved absences from the home shall include, but are not
18    limited to, the following:
19            (1) working or employment approved by the court or
20        traveling to or from approved employment; travel to
21        and from approved employment shall not be denied based
22        solely on the transient or mobile nature of the
23        employment, provided that the participant gives the

 

 

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1        supervising authority sufficient notice and the
2        employer confirms the exact routes or locations, or
3        both, of employment at least 24 hours in advance.
4            Travel to and from approved employment shall not
5        be denied solely for failure to provide the
6        supervising authority with timely notice, provided
7        that the participant gives the supervising authority
8        sufficient notice at least 24 hours in advance of
9        travel;
10            (2) unemployed and seeking employment approved for
11        the participant by the court;
12            (3) undergoing medical, psychiatric, mental health
13        treatment, counseling, or other treatment programs
14        approved for the participant by the court;
15            (4) attending an educational institution or a
16        program approved for the participant by the court;
17            (5) attending a regularly scheduled religious
18        service at a place of worship;
19            (6) participating in community work release or
20        community service programs approved for the
21        participant by the supervising authority;
22            (7) for another compelling reason consistent with
23        the public interest, as approved by the supervising
24        authority; or
25            (8) purchasing groceries, food, or other basic
26        necessities.

 

 

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1        (A-1) At a minimum, any person ordered to pretrial
2    home confinement with or without electronic monitoring
3    must be provided with movement spread out over no fewer
4    than two days per week, to participate in basic activities
5    such as those listed in paragraph (A). In this subdivision
6    (A-1), "days" means a reasonable time period during a
7    calendar day, as outlined by the court in the order
8    placing the person on home confinement.
9        (B) The participant shall admit any person or agent
10    designated by the supervising authority into his or her
11    residence at any time for purposes of verifying the
12    participant's compliance with the conditions of his or her
13    detention.
14        (C) The participant shall make the necessary
15    arrangements to allow for any person or agent designated
16    by the supervising authority to visit the participant's
17    place of education or employment at any time, based upon
18    the approval of the educational institution employer or
19    both, for the purpose of verifying the participant's
20    compliance with the conditions of his or her detention.
21        (D) The participant shall acknowledge and participate
22    with the approved electronic monitoring device as
23    designated by the supervising authority at any time for
24    the purpose of verifying the participant's compliance with
25    the conditions of his or her detention.
26        (E) The participant shall maintain the following:

 

 

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1            (1) access to a working telephone;
2            (2) a monitoring device in the participant's home,
3        or on the participant's person, or both; and
4            (3) a monitoring device in the participant's home
5        and on the participant's person in the absence of a
6        telephone.
7        (F) The participant shall obtain approval from the
8    supervising authority before the participant changes
9    residence or the schedule described in subsection (A) of
10    this Section. Such approval shall not be unreasonably
11    withheld.
12        (G) The participant shall not commit another crime
13    during the period of home detention ordered by the Court.
14        (H) Notice to the participant that violation of the
15    order for home detention may subject the participant to
16    prosecution for the crime of escape as described in
17    Section 5-8A-4.1.
18        (I) The participant shall abide by other conditions as
19    set by the supervising authority.
20    The supervising authority shall adopt rules to immediately
21remove all approved electronic monitoring devices of a
22pregnant participant during labor and delivery.
23    This Section takes effect January 1, 2022.
24(Source: P.A. 102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21;
25102-1104, eff. 12-6-22; 103-745, eff. 1-1-25.)