Bill > HB4001

This bill amends the Illinois Code of Criminal Procedure to establish a more structured process for handling arrests and warrants across different counties in the state. Specifically, when a person is arrested in one county and criminal charges are filed, and that person also has outstanding warrants from other Illinois counties, the court in the arresting county must first conduct a detention hearing or conditions of release hearing for the new charges. After determining the release status for the new charges, the court must notify the sheriff in counties with outstanding warrants. Furthermore, within 5 calendar days after the detention period in the arresting county ends, the county with the outstanding warrant must either transport the person to that county for a hearing, quash the warrant if the issuing county fails to transport the defendant, or authorize the person's release with a scheduled court appearance in the warrant-issuing county. The bill aims to streamline the inter-county warrant and arrest process, ensuring more efficient handling of defendants with multiple outstanding warrants while maintaining procedural safeguards. The changes apply only to warrants issued by Illinois state, county, or municipal courts and do not affect out-of-state warrant procedures, which remain governed by the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4001&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104