The Illinois Senate approved a series of changes to year-and-a-half-old criminal justice reform law just one month before some of its key provisions, are slated to take effect.
State Sen. Robert Peters debates with members of the Senate shortly before the chamber passed changes to the controversial criminal justice law known as the SAFE-T Act, at the Illinois State Capitol on Dec. 1, 2022, in Springfield.
The amendment also clarifies the standards that judges must follow when considering whether a defendant presents a danger to the public and should remain jailed.Defendants charged with crimes before Jan. 1 would have the option to remain under the old bail system or be moved to the new system. To ease the burden on the court system, the amendment sets out specific time frames for holding detention hearings for those shifting to the new system.
Misinformation over the law was rife during the recent election campaign, even as supporters acknowledged some clarification to the legislation signed into law by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker in February 2021 was needed. The proposal also creates a grant program for jurisdictions to employ more public defenders to meet a possible increase in caseload.
The House on Thursday sent the Senate a proposal that represents a portion of a bipartisan deal to stabilize the state’s pandemic-depleted unemployment insurance trust fund.
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