HB 3253

Abstract

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Expands the definition of "protected person" in provisions prohibiting certain deceptive tactics during custodial interrogation to include persons with severe or profound intellectual or developmental disabilities (rather than only minors who, at the time of the commission of the offense, were under 18 years of age). House Floor Amendment No. 1 In the provisions of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 concerning the prohibition of the use of deceptive tactics by law enforcement officers of juvenile suspects at custodial interrogations, adds a definition of a "person with a severe or profound intellectual disability". Deletes from the new definition of "protected person" a person with a severe or profound developmental disability. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 In the provisions amending the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, changes the definition of "protected person" to mean a minor who, at the time of the commission of the offense, was under 18 years of age or a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability.