SB 2607

Abstract

Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Includes in the definition of "qualified probation" Offender Initiative Probation. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that whenever any person who has not previously been convicted of a felony offense under the laws of the State, the laws of any other State, or the laws of the United States, pleads guilty to, or is found guilty of, a probationable felony offense of theft, retail theft, forgery, prostitution, possession of a stolen motor vehicle, burglary, possession of burglary tools, possession of cannabis, possession of cannabis with intent to deliver, delivery of cannabis, possession of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, delivery of a controlled substance, possession of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, or delivery of methamphetamine, the court, with the consent of both the defendant and the State's Attorney, may, without entering a judgment, sentence the defendant to probation. Specifies the conditions of that probation. Excludes violent offenses. Effective immediately.