CRIM PRO - HEARSAY EXCEPTION Senate SponsorsSen. Toi W. Hutchinson 1/10/2017SenateSession Sine Die 725 ILCS 5/115-10from Ch. 38, par. 115-10Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Adds first degree murder to the list of offenses for which certain out of court statements are admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule in a prosecution for a physical or sexual act perpetrated upon or against a child under the age of 13, or a person who was a moderately, severely, or profoundly intellectually disabled person. Allows as an exception to the hearsay rule an out of court statement of a child witness under the age of 13 (rather than limited to the child victim under the age of 13) describing any complaint of such act or matter or detail pertaining to any act which is an element of an offense which is the subject of a prosecution for a sexual or physical act against that victim, and describing a sexual or physical act performed by the accused on or with any person if admissible under the Section of this Code regarding evidence in certain cases or certain character evidence under the Illinois Rules of Evidence. 2/20/2015SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson 2/20/2015SenateFirst Reading 2/20/2015SenateReferred to Assignments 3/11/2015SenateAssigned to Criminal Law 3/18/2015SenatePostponed - Criminal Law 3/25/2015SenatePostponed - Criminal Law 3/27/2015SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2015 4/17/2015SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson 4/17/2015SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments 4/21/2015SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law 4/24/2015SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments 4/24/2015SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments 1/10/2017SenateSession Sine Die