Date	Chamber	Action
2/18/2025	House	Referred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

725 ILCS 5/106B-5

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. In a provision concerning the prosecution of a person for an offense of criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, aggravated battery, or aggravated domestic battery, deletes which states that there is provision a rebuttable presumption that the testimony of a victim who is a child under 13 years of age shall occur outside the courtroom and the child's testimony shall be shown in the courtroom by means of a closed circuit television. Deletes that this presumption may be overcome if the defendant can prove by clear and convincing evidence that the child victim will not suffer severe emotional distress. Provides that, if the court denies the State's request for the child victim's testimony to be taken outside the courtroom, the court shall toll the speedy trial requirements for 30 days to allow the State to present the motion to the court again before trial requesting the child's testimony to be taken outside the courtroom by means of a closed circuit television.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/7/2025	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Adam M. Niemerg
2/18/2025	House	First Reading
2/18/2025	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/4/2025	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst
3/4/2025	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Blaine Wilhour
3/4/2025	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Weber
3/4/2025	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad Halbrook
3/5/2025	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella

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