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Criminal Justice

Every criminal justice bill, vote, and legislator stance in Illinois, automatically classified by Maddy, our AI policy reader.

Total bills
50
104th Regular Session
Top supporter
Joyce Mason
100% support rate
Top opponent
Marty McLaughlin
0% support rate
Ranked legislators
10
5 support · 5 oppose
Key legislators

Who's moving criminal justice in Illinois

Legislators moving criminal justice in Illinois
Legislator Party Stance Support rate Decisive votes
Joyce Mason
Joyce Mason House · District 61
D
Strong +
100% 40
Justin Cochran
Justin Cochran House · District 55
D
Strong +
100% 20
Doris Turner
Doris Turner Senate · District 48
D
Strong +
100% 16
Don Harmon
Don Harmon Senate · District 39
D
Strong +
100% 13
Lilian Jiménez
Lilian Jiménez House · District 4
D
Strong +
99% 87
Marty McLaughlin
Marty McLaughlin House · District 52
R
Strong −
0% 42
Li Arellano
Li Arellano Senate · District 37
R
Strong −
0% 19
Brad Halbrook
Brad Halbrook House · District 107
R
Strong −
2% 48
Regan Deering
Regan Deering House · District 88
R
Strong −
2% 44
John Cabello
John Cabello House · District 90
R
Strong −
3% 73
Showing 21–30 of 50 bills

All criminal justice bills

passed · Illinois · House Jun 1, 2026

HB 3286: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-RECORDS

Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act. Provides that disclosure of nonexempt records protected under the Act may be disclosed for research activities under the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Act. Amends the AIDS Confidentiality Act and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Provides that staff and any designee of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, members of the Ad Hoc Statewide Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Board, and the regional domestic violence fatality review teams are entitled to receive, inspect, copy, and share HIV-related information of any person subject to a domestic violence fatality review as part of and in accordance with the provisions of the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Act. Provides that the information disclosed is subject to the confidentiality requirements of the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Act. Effective immediately.
passed · Illinois · House Jun 1, 2026

HB 1341: CD CORR-TAMMS REPURPOSE

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Creates the Tamms Minimum Security Unit Task Force. Provides for membership on the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall study the subject of a practical, efficient, and beneficial repurposing of the Tamms Minimum Security Unit and its property for the benefit of the public, including the possibility of providing mental health services, health services, public safety, law enforcement training purposes, fire services, medical training and any other option for repurposing that the Task Force deems appropriate. Provides that each member of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Provides that the Task Force shall meet 2 times per year or at the call of the Chairperson. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall provide administrative support to the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2025 with its recommendations and is dissolved on January 1, 2026. Repeals these provisions on January 1, 2026. Effective immediately.
passed · Illinois · House May 30, 2026

HB 5011: MUNI CD-POLICE EVALUATION

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Removes provisions allowing a municipality to evaluate a police officer based on the police officer's points of contact.
passed · Illinois · House May 22, 2026

HB 1329: CO-RESPONDER UNIT-MCHENRY CNTY

Amends the Co-Responder Pilot Program Division of the Illinois Municipal Code. Adds the McHenry County Sheriff's Office to the offices to which the Division is applicable and requires the Office to establish a co-responder unit no later than 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act and hire specified personnel. Makes conforming changes, including in the Counties Code. Provides that, along with the duties described elsewhere in the Division, the unit's social workers are responsible for following up with victims (rather than conducting follow-up visits for victims) who may benefit from mental or behavioral health services.
passed · Illinois · House May 22, 2026

HB 2350: BODY CAMERAS-AUXILIARY OFFICER

Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Provides that an auxiliary officer is a law enforcement officer for purposes of the Act. Amends the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act. Specifies that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board must make grants to units of local government in Illinois and Illinois public universities for, among other things, purchasing or leasing officer-worn body cameras and associated technology for auxiliary officers and training auxiliary officers. Defines "auxiliary officer" for purposes of both Acts.
passed · Illinois · House Apr 21, 2026

HB 5274: LAW ENFORCEMENT-VARIOUS

Amends the Illinois State Police Law. Provides that the Division of Patrol shall enforce the motor carrier safety provisions of the Illinois Vehicle Code and serve as the lead State agency for administering the commercial vehicle safety plan of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Adds human trafficking, sexual assault, and sexual abuse in-service training requirements for Illinois State Police officers. Provides that the Division of Statewide 9-1-1 shall cooperate with federal and State authorities that are engaged in aeronautics and that request to use the Illinois State Police's radio network system. Provides that the State Police shall maintain a statewide statistical police contact recordkeeping system (rather than develop a separate statewide statistical police recordkeeping system) for the study of juvenile delinquency. Provides that, with the permission (rather than written permission) of a child's parent or guardian, the Illinois State police may collect (rather than retain) the fingerprints or DNA (rather than only the fingerprint record) of the child. Specifies that the fingerprints or DNA may be retained by the child's parent or guardian and later used for specified purposes. Amends the Intergovernmental Drug Laws Enforcement Act. Provides that a Metropolitan Enforcement Group may enforce crimes concerning terrorism and threats to public officials and human service providers. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. In provisions concerning criminal prosecutions for violations of the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act and criminal prosecutions for reckless homicide, or driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug, or combination of both, or in any civil action held under a statutory summary suspension or revocation hearing, deletes provisions requiring specified information to be attached to laboratory report from the Illinois State Police, Division of Forensic Services. Amends the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act. In provisions requiring the chief executive officer of a law enforcement agency to report the use of a drone to the State's Attorney under specified circumstances, adds language allowing the report to be made by the chief executive officer's designee. Makes other and conforming changes. Effective immediately.
in committee · Illinois · House Apr 17, 2026

HB 5298: CD CORR-DOC & DJJ ANNUAL RPT

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the annual reports submitted by the Director of Corrections and the Director of Juvenile Justice to the Governor and General Assembly shall include various statistics concerning committed persons aged 18 or older, but younger than 22, who are incarcerated in the Department of Corrections or transferred to Department of Juvenile Justice facilities to participate in the High School Diploma Program.
in committee · Illinois · House Apr 17, 2026

HB 5192: SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICE

Amends the Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Criminal Justice Clients Article of the Substance Use Disorder Act. Changes references from "treatment" to "case management" and changes the name of the Article. Provides that nothing in provisions concerning case management shall preclude any individual with a substance use disorder who is charged with or convicted of a crime from receiving case management services with a designated program if such services are ordered by the court. Provides that the court, with the consent of the defendant and the State's Attorney, may, without entering a judgment, sentence the defendant to probation under a provision concerning case management as a condition of probation. Provides that the sentence to probation under the provisions shall not be considered a conviction under Illinois law unless and until judgment is entered upon violation of a term or condition of probation. Provides that, upon fulfillment of the terms and conditions of probation, the court shall discharge the person and dismiss the proceedings against the person. Provides that case management services by a designated program may be made a condition of pretrial release, and failure to comply with such services may be treated as a violation of a condition of pretrial release. Requires the designated program to make periodic progress reports regarding each such defendant to the appropriate pretrial services agency or Office of Statewide Pretrial Services and to report failures to comply with the requirements of the designated program. Makes conforming and other changes.
passed · Illinois · House Mar 16, 2026

HB 2805: INS CD-COST SHARING RESTRICT

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In a provision requiring policies of group accident and health insurance to provide coverage for certain examination and testing services provided to a victim of specified criminal offenses, prohibits the policy from imposing a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement on the coverage provided, except to the extent that the coverage would disqualify a high-deductible health plan from eligibility for a health savings account under the Internal Revenue Code. Effective January 1, 2026.
signed · Illinois · House Jan 16, 2026

HB 1836: EAVESDROP-STATEWIDE GRAND JURY

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the offense of methamphetamine trafficking may be tried in any county. Permits the Attorney General to authorize certain eavesdropping requests from law enforcement. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Permits the Attorney General or an Assistant Attorney General authorized by the Attorney General to authorize an application to a circuit judge or an associate judge assigned by the Chief Judge of the circuit for, and such judge may grant in conformity with the Judicial Supervision of the Use of Eavesdropping Devices Article of the Code, an order authorizing or approving the use of an eavesdropping device by a law enforcement officer or agency having the responsibility for the investigation of any felony under Illinois law where any one party to a conversation to be monitored, or previously monitored in the case of an emergency situation, has consented to such monitoring. Amends the Statewide Grand Jury Act. Provides that a Statewide Grand Jury may investigate, indict, and prosecute theft, retail theft, Internet offenses, continuing financial crimes enterprise, vehicular hijacking, aggravated vehicular hijacking, vehicular invasion, burglary, residential burglary, and home invasion if the offense involves acts occurring in more than one county of the State.
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