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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 4731         </title>
<shortdesc>CD CORR-EDUCATION&amp;EMPOWERMENT</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/13/2021</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>730 ILCS 5/3-7-2</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2</aliasreference><reference>730 ILCS 125/26.1 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Unified Code of Corrections and the County Jail Act. Provides that neither the Director of Corrections nor the county sheriff may prohibit a prisoner from receiving any books, audiovisual materials, periodicals, or other instructional materials involving the history, empowerment, or self-help of any race, ethnicity, or religious group and each prisoner shall have access to those items. Effective immediately.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/7/2020</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.</action>
<statusdate>2/18/2020</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/18/2020</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/13/2021</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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