DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS

Provides that the Act may be referred to as Jayden's Law. Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that the Prisoner Review Board shall request and consider victim impact statements from the crime victim or any other previous victim of domestic violence who has similar crimes committed against them by the same person. A person who has had a final, plenary, or non-emergency order of protection granted may also present victim statements that the Prisoner Review Board must consider when weighing whether or not to release a person on parole or mandatory supervised release. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that upon release of a person on parole, mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or pardon, the Department of Corrections shall notify the person of all in-effect orders of protection issued against the person and a description of the penalties for violating any order of protection. Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that a petition for an order of protection may be filed by: (1) a crime victim who was abused by an offender prior to the incarceration of the offender in a penal institution and which offender is incarcerated in a penal institution at the time of the filing of the petition or (2) by any person who has previously suffered abuse by a person convicted of domestic battery, aggravated domestic battery, aggravated battery, or other offense that would constitute domestic violence or for a violent crime, as defined in the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act, committed against another person. Provides that a petition for an order of protection issued under the Act may not be denied solely upon the basis that the respondent is incarcerated in a penal institution at the time of the filing of the petition. Provides that any existing order of protection against a person shall be eligible for renewal while the offender is incarcerated in a penal institution and commences upon the offender's release from incarceration and shall be extended for a period up to 2 years.