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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4043

Introduced 4/24/2025, by Rep. Jeff Keicher

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 115/1

from Ch. 38, par. 204a-1

Amends the Probation Community Service Act. Provides that the court
may give credit toward the fulfillment of community service hours for
participation in activities and treatment as determined by court services.
LRB104 07802 RLC 17848 b

A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Probation Community Service Act is amended
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by changing Section 1 as follows:

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(730 ILCS 115/1)

(from Ch. 38, par. 204a-1)
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Sec. 1.
(a) "Public or community service" means
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uncompensated labor for a not-for-profit organization or
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public body whose purpose is to enhance physical, or mental
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stability of the offender, environmental quality or the social
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welfare and which agrees to accept public or community service
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from offenders and to report on the progress of the offender
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and the public or community service to the court or to the
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authorized diversion program that has referred the offender
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for public or community service. "Public or Community Service"
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does not include blood donation or assignment to labor at a
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blood bank. For the purposes of this Act, "blood bank" has the
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meaning ascribed to the term in Section 2-124 of the Illinois
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Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank Act.
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(b) "Site" means a not-for-profit organization, public
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body, church, charitable organization, or individual agreeing
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to accept community service from offenders and to report on
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the progress of ordered or required public or community

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service to the court or to the authorized diversion program
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that has referred the offender for public or community
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service.
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(c) The county boards of the several counties in this
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State are authorized to establish and operate agencies to
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develop and supervise programs of public or community service
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for those persons placed by the court on probation,
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conditional discharge, or supervision.
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(d) The programs shall be developed in cooperation with
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the circuit courts for the respective counties developing such
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programs and shall conform with any law restricting the use of
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public or community service.
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(d-1) The court may give credit toward the fulfillment of
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community service hours for participation in activities and
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treatment as determined by court services.

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(e) Neither the State, any local government, probation
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department, public or community service program or site, nor
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any official, volunteer, or employee thereof acting in the
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course of their official duties shall be liable for any injury
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or loss a person might receive while performing public or
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community service as ordered either (1) by the court or (2) by
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any duly authorized station or probation adjustment, teen
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court, community mediation, or other administrative diversion
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program authorized by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for a
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violation of a penal statute of this State or a local
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government ordinance (whether penal, civil, or quasi-criminal)

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or for a traffic offense, nor shall they be liable for any
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tortious acts of any person performing public or community
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service, except for wilful, wanton misconduct or gross
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negligence on the part of such governmental unit, probation
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department, or public or community service program or site or
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on the part of the official, volunteer, or employee.
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(f) No person assigned to a public or community service
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program shall be considered an employee for any purpose, nor
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shall the county board be obligated to provide any
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compensation to such person.
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(Source: P.A. 98-824, eff. 1-1-15
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