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SB1991Introduced in the Senate

VICTIM CENTERED APPROACH ACT

IntroducedSenate Assignments

Introduced by Mary Edly-Allen, District 31

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Creates the Victim Centered Approach Pilot Program Act. Provides that the Lake County State's Attorney shall develop a program to represent noncitizen victims of violent crimes in the filing of victim remedies before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Office administrative body. Provides that the Lake County State's Attorney shall use any funding provided to the pilot program to represent or give counsel to 50 noncitizen victims annually for the next 5 years who were victimized by violent crimes in Lake County. Provides that the to be eligible for assistance under the program, an individual must: (1) be a noncitizen victim, who has never been placed in removal proceedings; (2) have suffered a violent crime in Lake County; and (3) not be barred from the immigration remedies before the administrative body. Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in counties with a population of more than 500,000, a State's Attorney may act, without fee or appointment, as an attorney to a noncitizen victim in an immigration case only if the noncitizen victim was victimized within the county the State's Attorney serves and is located within the geographic boundaries of the county served by the State's Attorney.

Where it stands

Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane L. Johnson

February 11, 2025

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Bill history

  1. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mary Edly-Allen

  2. First Reading

  3. Referred to Assignments

  4. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane L. Johnson

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