Bill > HB4559

Introduced Session

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the rules and regulations of the Department of Corrections shall provide that sentence credit may be provided to an inmate who was held in pre-trial detention prior to his or her current commitment to the Department of Corrections and successfully completed a substance abuse program (rather than a full-time, 60-day or longer substance abuse program), county jail or detention facility work assignments, parenting program, or re-entry planning facilitated (rather than provided) by the county department of corrections or county jail or other provider. Provides that the rules and regulations shall also provide that sentence credit may be provided to a committed person who participated in supervised community work or activities prior to his or her commitment to the Department of Corrections. Provides that the rules and regulations shall also provide that any inmate who was held in pre-trial detention prior to his or her confinement to the Department of Corrections, engaged in self-improvement programs, volunteer work, or work assignments that are not otherwise eligible activities shall receive up to 0.5 days of sentence credit for each day in which the inmate is engaged in these activities.

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Norma Hernandez (D)*,  Diane Blair-Sherlock (D),  Mary Beth Canty (D),  Kelly Cassidy (D),  Lisa Davis (D),  Laura Faver Dias (D),  Edgar González (D),  Will Guzzardi (D),  Barbara Hernandez (D),  Rita Mayfield (D),  Bob Morgan (D),  Yolonda Morris (D),  Abdelnasser Rashid (D),  Justin Slaughter (D),  Anne Stava-Murray (D),  Maurice West (D), 

Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock (on 02/26/2026)

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