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SB3139Introduced in the Senate

CRIM PRO-PRETRIAL DETENTION

IntroducedSenate Assignments

Introduced by John Curran, District 41

What does this bill do?

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Official description

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.

Where it stands

Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney

February 9, 2026

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Bill history

  1. Filed with Secretary by Sen. John F. Curran

  2. First Reading

  3. Referred to Assignments

  4. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema

  5. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner

  6. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson

  7. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson

  8. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy

  9. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve McClure

  10. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant

  11. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Darby A. Hills

  12. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Seth Lewis

  13. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Li Arellano, Jr.

  14. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin

  15. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte

  16. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney

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