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HB3773 • 2026
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Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William "Will" Davis
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
Approved for Consideration Rules Committee ; 005-000-000
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Anne Stava
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Correctional Note Filed as Amended
Second Reading - Short Debate
Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Wayne A. Rosenthal
State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Wayne A. Rosenthal
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee ; 006-003-000
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Hoan Huynh
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
Assigned to State Government Administration Committee
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Hoan Huynh
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Full Text of HB3773 Home Legislation Full Text HB3773 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced House Amendment 001 Printer Friendly Version Introduced House Amendment 001 Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3773 Introduced 2/18/2025, by Rep. Hoan Huynh SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-4-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-1 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Deletes provision that the Department of Central Management Services shall contract with the qualified vendor who proposes the lowest per minute rate not exceeding 7 cents per minute for debit, prepaid, collect calls and who does not bill to any party any tax, service charge, or additional fee exceeding the per minute rate, including, but not limited to, any per call surcharge, account set up fee, bill statement fee, monthly account maintenance charge, or refund fee as established by the Federal Communications Commission Order for state prisons in the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, Second Report and Order, WC Docket 12-375, FCC 15-136 (adopted Oct. 22, 2015). Provides that the Department of Central Management Services shall contract with a qualified vendor for telephone services in which the cost of the service is not based on the number of telephone calls made. Provides that a committed person is entitled to make free telephone calls from the correctional institution or facility. Provides that neither the Department of Corrections nor its agents may adopt rules that charge a committed person per telephone call made. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall adopt rules determining the length of each call made by a committed person, how many times each day a committed person may make telephone calls, and may prohibit calls for illegal purposes. LRB104 09839 RLC 19907 b A BILL FOR HB3773 LRB104 09839 RLC 19907 b 1 AN ACT concerning criminal law. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by 5 changing Section 3-4-1 as follows: 6 (730 ILCS 5/3-4-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-1) 7 Sec. 3-4-1. Gifts and Grants; Special Trusts Funds; 8 Department of Corrections Reimbursement and Education Fund. 9 (a) The Department may accept, receive and use, for and in 10 behalf of the State, any moneys, goods or services given for 11 general purposes of this Code by the federal government or 12 from any other source, public or private, including 13 collections from inmates, reimbursement of payments under the 14 Workers' Compensation Act, and commissions from inmate collect 15 call telephone systems under an agreement with the Department 16 of Central Management Services. For these purposes the 17 Department may comply with such conditions and enter into such 18 agreements upon such covenants, terms, and conditions as the 19 Department may deem necessary or desirable, if the agreement 20 is not in conflict with State law. 21 (a-5) The Department of Central Management Services shall 22 contract with a qualified vendor for telephone services in 23 which the cost of the service is not based on the number of HB3773 - 2 - LRB104 09839 RLC 19907 b 1 telephone calls made. A committed person is entitled to make 2 free telephone calls from the correctional institution or 3 facility. Neither the Department of Corrections nor its agents 4 may adopt rules that charge a committed person per telephone 5 call made. The Department of Corrections shall adopt rules 6 determining the length of each call made by a committed 7 person, how many times each day a committed person may make 8 telephone calls, and may prohibit calls for illegal purposes. 9 Beginning January 1, 2018, the Department of Central 10 Management Services shall contract with the qualified vendor 11 who proposes the lowest per minute rate not exceeding 7 cents 12 per minute for debit, prepaid, collect calls and who does not 13 bill to any party any tax, service charge, or additional fee 14 exceeding the per minute rate, including, but not limited to, 15 any per call surcharge, account set up fee, bill statement 16 fee, monthly account maintenance charge, or refund fee as 17 established by the Federal Communications Commission Order for 18 state prisons in the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate 19 Calling Services, Second Report and Order, WC Docket 12-375, 20 FCC 15-136 (adopted Oct. 22, 2015). Telephone services made 21 available through a prepaid or collect call system shall 22 include international calls; those calls shall be made 23 available at reasonable rates subject to Federal 24 Communications Commission rules and regulations, but not to 25 exceed 23 cents per minute. Public Act 99-878 applies to any 26 new or renewal contract for inmate calling services. HB3773 - 3 - LRB104 09839 RLC 19907 b 1 (b) The Department of Corrections Reimbursement and 2 Education Fund is hereby created as a special fund in the State 3 Treasury. The moneys deposited into the Department of 4 Corrections Reimbursement and Education Fund shall be 5 appropriated to the Department of Corrections for the expenses 6 of the Department. 7 The following shall be deposited into the Department of 8 Corrections Reimbursement and Education Fund: 9 (i) Moneys received or recovered by the Department of 10 Corrections as reimbursement for expenses incurred for the 11 incarceration of committed persons. 12 (ii) Moneys received or recovered by the Department as 13 reimbursement of payments made under the Workers' 14 Compensation Act. 15 (iii) Moneys received by the Department as commissions 16 from inmate collect call telephone systems. 17 (iv) Moneys received or recovered by the Department as 18 reimbursement for expenses incurred by the employment of 19 persons referred to the Department as participants in the 20 federal Job Training Partnership Act programs. 21 (v) Federal moneys, including reimbursement and 22 advances for services rendered or to be rendered and 23 moneys for other than educational purposes, under grant or 24 contract. 25 (vi) Moneys identified for deposit into the Fund under 26 Section 13-44.4 of the School Code. HB3773 - 4 - LRB104 09839 RLC 19907 b 1 (vii) (Blank). 2 (c) The Department of Juvenile Justice Reimbursement and 3 Education Fund is created as a special fund in the State 4 Treasury. The moneys deposited into the Department of Juvenile 5 Justice Reimbursement Fund and Education shall be appropriated 6 to the Department of Juvenile Justice for the expenses of the 7 Department. The following moneys shall be deposited into the 8 Department of Juvenile Justice Reimbursement Fund and 9 Education Fund: 10 (i) received or recovered by the Department of 11 Juvenile Justice as reimbursement for expenses incurred 12 for the incarceration of committed youth; 13 (ii) received or recovered by the Department as 14 reimbursement of payments made under the Workers' 15 Compensation Act; 16 (iii) received or recovered by the Department as 17 reimbursement for expenses incurred by the employment of 18 persons referred to the Department as participants in the 19 federal Job Training Partnership Act programs; 20 (iv) federal moneys, including reimbursement and 21 advances for services rendered or to be rendered and 22 moneys for other than educational purposes, under grant or 23 contract; and 24 (v) moneys identified for deposit into the Fund under 25 Section 13-44.6 of the School Code. 26 (Source: P.A. 102-350, eff. 8-13-21; 102-699, eff. 7-1-22; HB3773 - 5 - LRB104 09839 RLC 19907 b 1 103-616, eff. 7-1-24.) 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