HB 5947

Abstract

Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Defines "crime victim" to include the spouse, parent, child, or sibling, or any combination of such persons, of a person killed as a result of a violent crime perpetrated against the person killed. Provides that the office of the State's Attorney shall, at the request of the spouse, parent, child, or sibling of a person killed as the result of a homicide, file a complaint and apply to the circuit court for a temporary restraining order, and such circuit court shall upon hearing grant a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction, without bond, restraining the perpetrator of the homicide from contacting, regardless of the purpose of the contact, the spouse, parent, child, or sibling of the person killed as the result of a homicide. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that any written or electronically transmitted recommendation by the Board to the Governor or his or her agent or employee concerning a petition for a pardon, commutation, or reprieve shall be made available to the public within 24 hours after transmission.