Illinois · Senate Bill 3947 · 103rd General Assembly

CRIM PRO-PRETRIAL DETENTION

SB 3947 Sponsored by John F. Curran Died in committee

  1. Introduced May 7, 2024
  2. In committee May 7, 2024
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that notwithstanding the pretrial release and denial of pretrial release provisions of the Code, if the defendant is charged with any of the following offenses, then the burden is on the defendant to show by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant's pretrial release does not pose a real and present threat to the safety of any person or persons or the…

Read the full title (141 words)

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that notwithstanding the pretrial release and denial of pretrial release provisions of the Code, if the defendant is charged with any of the following offenses, then the burden is on the defendant to show by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant's pretrial release does not pose a real and present threat to the safety of any person or persons or the community, based on the specific articulable facts of the case: (1) a violation of an order of protection issued under the Code or the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, a stalking no contact order under the Stalking No Contact Order Act, or of a civil no contact order under the Civil No Contact Order Act; or (2) domestic battery or aggravated domestic battery under the Criminal Code of 2012.

Every action

10 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. John F. Curran
  2. SenateFirst Reading
  3. CommitteeReferred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
  4. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
  5. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox
  6. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
  7. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Win Stoller
  8. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
  9. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Seth Lewis
  10. SenateSession Sine Die

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 6 cosponsors: 6 Republicans.

All 6 cosponsors

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.