CLAIMS-WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT Senate SponsorsSen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.-Mattie Hunter-Jacqueline Y. Collins and Andy Manar 1/13/2021SenateSession Sine Die 705 ILCS 505/8from Ch. 37, par. 439.8Amends the Court of Claims Act. Deletes language regarding the amount a court shall award to a person for time unjustly served in prison when the person imprisoned received a pardon on the ground of innocence of the crime for which he or she was imprisoned or he or she received a certificate of innocence. Provides instead that the court shall award $50,000 per year during which the person was wrongfully imprisoned and shall prorate that amount for a fraction of a year that the person was wrongfully imprisoned, including the number of years the person was awaiting trial. 2/14/2020SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. 2/14/2020SenateFirst Reading 2/14/2020SenateReferred to Assignments 2/24/2020SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter 3/4/2020SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins 3/4/2020SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andy Manar 1/13/2021SenateSession Sine Die