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HB4904 • 2026
CRIM PRO-VIOL PRETRIAL RELEASE
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CRIM PRO-VIOL PRETRIAL RELEASE
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dennis Tipsword
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Friess
CRIM PRO-VIOL PRETRIAL RELEASE
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Full Text of HB4904 Home Legislation Full Text HB4904 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Printer Friendly Version Introduced Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB4904 Introduced , by Rep. Dennis Tipsword SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 725 ILCS 5/110-3 from Ch. 38, par. 110-3 Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that upon failure to comply with any condition of pretrial release or upon the filing of a verified petition (rather than upon failure to comply with any condition of pretrial release), the court having jurisdiction at the time of such failure may, on its own motion or upon motion from the State, issue a summons or a warrant for the arrest of the person at liberty on pretrial release. LRB104 17019 RLC 30434 b A BILL FOR HB4904 LRB104 17019 RLC 30434 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 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is 5 amended by changing Section 110-3 as follows: 6 (725 ILCS 5/110-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 110-3) 7 Sec. 110-3. Options for warrant alternatives. 8 (a) Upon failure to comply with any condition of pretrial 9 release or upon the filing of a verified petition as provided 10 in Section 110-6 or Section 110-6.1 , the court having 11 jurisdiction at the time of such failure may, on its own motion 12 or upon motion from the State, issue a summons or a warrant for 13 the arrest of the person at liberty on pretrial release. This 14 Section shall be construed to effectuate the goal of relying 15 upon summonses rather than warrants to ensure the appearance 16 of the defendant in court whenever possible. The contents of 17 such a summons or warrant shall be the same as required for 18 those issued upon complaint under Section 107-9. 19 (b) A defendant who appears in court on the date assigned 20 or within 48 hours of service, whichever is later, in response 21 to a summons issued for failure to appear in court, shall not 22 be recorded in the official docket as having failed to appear 23 on the initial missed court date. If a person fails to appear HB4904 - 2 - LRB104 17019 RLC 30434 b 1 in court on the date listed on the summons, the court may issue 2 a warrant for the person's arrest. 3 (c) For the purpose of any risk assessment or future 4 evaluation of risk of willful flight or risk of failure to 5 appear, a nonappearance in court cured by an appearance in 6 response to a summons shall not be considered as evidence of 7 future likelihood of appearance in court. 8 (Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 9 102-1104, eff. 1-1-23.) 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