IllinoisHB5287104th General Assembly (2025–2026)House

CD CORR-SENTENCE CREDITS

Sponsored By: Justin Slaughter

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Summary

Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Credit for Change Act. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Eliminates provisions that a person must serve various percentages for particular offenses. Provides that the rules and regulations shall provide that the individual in custody shall receive one day of sentence credit for each day of service in prison other than when a sentence of natural life imprisonment has been imposed. Provides that each day of sentence credit shall reduce by one day the incarcerated person's period of incarceration set by the court. Provides that within 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Corrections shall recalculate each incarcerated person's release date irrespective of the incarcerated person's conviction or sentencing date by crediting each person one day sentence credit for each day the incarcerated person has spent in prison on the current sentence. Provides that the Department shall award sentence credit accumulated prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act in a specified amount to a committed person serving a sentence for an offense committed after June 19, 1998, if the Department determines that the committed person is entitled to this sentence credit, based upon certain specified factors. Provides that the Department, in consultation with the Advisory Board, shall make available to all persons in its custody current materials about sentence credits, containing detailed information regarding eligibility, earning, revocation, calculation, and documentation of credit, in the following formats: (1) in print; (2) on the Department's website; and (3) in a visible location on the premises of each Department facility where notices are customarily posted. Makes technical changes. Effective January 1, 2027.

judiciary - criminal

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Justin Slaughter

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

  • Anne Stava

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Barbara Hernandez

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Kevin John Olickal

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Lindsey LaPointe

    Affiliation unavailable

Roll Call Votes

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Actions Timeline

  1. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe

    8/6/2026House
  2. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal

    4/16/2026House
  3. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

    3/27/2026House
  4. Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee

    3/12/2026House
  5. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava

    3/12/2026House
  6. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez

    2/20/2026House
  7. Referred to Rules Committee

    2/10/2026House
  8. First Reading

    2/10/2026House
  9. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Justin Slaughter

    2/5/2026House

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