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HB4657Introduced in the House

CD CORR-COMPASSIONATE RELEASE

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Introduced by Jennifer Sanalitro, District 48

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections concerning executive clemency. Provides that, upon request, the Department of Corrections shall provide disciplinary records of the petitioner to the State's Attorney of the county in which the conviction had been entered. Provides that any State's Attorney provided disciplinary records of a petitioner is prohibited from disseminating the disciplinary records or their contents. Provides that the records and the information contained in the records may only be disclosed as part of a response to a petition for clemency or during a related clemency hearing. Provides that upon an application for compassionate release, the Department of Corrections shall provide the State's Attorney serving the county in which the applying petitioner's conviction was entered with a copy of the petitioner's complete disciplinary files and complete medical file and any evaluations, whether by prison medical staff or outside medical providers, which form the basis for the petitioner's application for compassionate release. Provides that the records shall remain in the exclusive possession of the State's Attorney and shall not be disclosed other than in hearings on compassionate release or written responses to the petitioner's compassionate release petition.

Where it stands

Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Ugaste

April 1, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.

Bill history

  1. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro

  2. First Reading

  3. Referred to Rules Committee

  4. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver

  5. Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee

  6. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kyle Moore

  7. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie

  8. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jed Davis

  9. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicole La Ha

  10. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Fritts

  11. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt

  12. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain

  13. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  14. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Ugaste

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