HB4297

CD CORR-FAMILY NOTIFICATION

Introduced·1/6/26
Introduced Text

Illinois HB4297 mandates the Department of Corrections to notify approved visitors when a committed person is placed in restrictive housing, removed.

HB4297, known as the Corrections Family Notification Act, requires the Illinois Department of Corrections to notify all approved visitors of a committed person when that person is placed in restrictive housing, removed from such housing, housed in a unit subject to lockdown, or returned to normal operations following a lockdown. Notifications must include the committed person's name and identification number, the start and end dates and times of the event, and must be sent within two hours of the event.

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Where it stands

Current
Rules Committee
Next
Committee decision

Sponsors

D
1
1
R
Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

Calendar

Mar 26

2:00 PM

House Judiciary - Criminal Committee Hearing

Mar 24

4:00 PM

House Judiciary - Criminal Committee Hearing

History

Mar 27

House

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

Mar 4

House

Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee

Feb 25

House

Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez