“At a minimum, any person ordered to pretrial home confinement with or without electronic monitoring must be provided with open movement spread out over no fewer than two days per week.”
Current Bill Status: Passed
What You Need to Know
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Commentary on the Bill
How Was the Illinois Safe-T Act Passed?
Illinois State Representative Tom Morrison and former State Representative John Cabello join Jeanne Ives to discuss how the Safe-T Act was passed in Illinois
The Real Story Podcast on Gas Prices and Crime
View Jeanne’s discussion an response to State’s Attorney Jim Glasgow’s take on the SAFE-T Act.
The segment starts at 34:30 in the video and runs till the end.
Will County States Attorney Jim Glasgow
Watch Will County State’s Attorney Jim Glasgow (Democrat) gives the cold hard truth on the SAFE-T act and how it will harm Illinois.
Read the Bill
HB3653 Bill Text
View the exact language of the bill. The exact language is on page 536 in Sec. 5-8A-4 (A-1) referring to persons on pretrial confinement being allowed free monitored movement.
Voting Record
HB3653 House Vote
View the House vote record for this bill
HB3653 Senate Vote
View the Senate vote record for this bill
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