WeVote
Log In

Bill

Bill

HB 2439

Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact; enters the Commonwealth into Compact.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Jackie Glass

Expands electronic monitoring eligibility for older inmates by lowering age to 50 and extending EM or home detention to the last 18 months of a Class X or Class 1 sentence.

Left in Education
0
WeVote Research Nonpartisan
Bill Summary · HB 2439

Summary — HB 2439 (Unified Code of Corrections — electronic monitoring eligibility)

Note: The provided document contains text from two different bills with the same bill number (an Arizona maternal support/website bill and an Illinois corrections bill). This summary covers the Illinois bill described in the latter portion of the document (sponsored by Rep. Barbara Hernandez), which is titled and classified here as relating to corrections/electronic monitoring eligibility.

Purpose

To expand eligibility for electronic monitoring (EM) or home detention for certain incarcerated persons serving Class X or Class 1 felony sentences by lowering the qualifying age and lengthening the portion of the sentence during which EM/home detention may be used.

Key provisions

  • Amends Section 5-8A-3 of the Illinois Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/5-8A-3).
  • Lowers the age threshold for one pathway to EM/home detention from 55 years to 50 years.
  • Extends the maximum period during which a qualifying person may be placed on EM/home detention from the last 12 months to the last 18 months of incarceration (as indicated in the bill synopsis).
  • Maintains other eligibility conditions: the person must have served at least 25% of the sentenced prison term and must not have been convicted of certain excluded offenses (see below).
  • Continues to require appropriate approvals (for example, from the Prisoner Review Board or other relevant authority) where the Code specifies such approvals.

Eligibility and exclusions

  • Applies to persons serving sentences for Class X or Class 1 felonies.
  • Explicitly excludes persons convicted of serious sexual offenses, including predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, and felony criminal sexual abuse.
  • Other routine eligibility limits in the Code (e.g., sentencing orders or judicial prohibitions) remain applicable.

Potential impact

  • Increases access to community-based supervision for older incarcerated people convicted of non-sexual Class X/1 felonies, which could:
    • Reduce in-prison population and related correctional costs.
    • Allow longer periods of supervised reentry in the community prior to release.
    • Raise public-safety and supervision-resource considerations (expanded home-monitoring caseloads).
  • Limits remain for serious sexual offenses and for individuals with judicial or administrative prohibitions.

Procedural / timeline status

  • Introduced: early February 2025 (sponsor: Rep. Barbara Hernandez).
  • Documented legislative actions indicate the bill passed both chambers and was transmitted to the governor.
  • Final recorded action: vetoed by the Governor on May 6, 2025.

Additional note

The document also contains Arizona House language (Arizona HB 2439) concerning state websites listing pregnancy support and adoption resources. That is a separate bill and is not related to the Illinois corrections changes summarized above.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

Sign in to ask a question.