Mississippi Genetic Counselor Practice Act; enact.

2025 Regular Session

Tightens pretrial-release denial standards for listed offenses and changes how home detention counts toward sentencing credits.

Died On Calendar

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Bill Summary — SB 2705

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Purpose / Intent

The bill seeks to amend Illinois law governing denial of pretrial release (725 ILCS 5/110-6.1) and to change related provisions in the Unified Code of Corrections. Its central aim is to clarify the standard and grounds on which a court may deny pretrial release and to change how certain forms of home detention are treated for credit-for-time-served calculations.

Key provisions

Revises Section 110-6.1 (Denial of pretrial release):

Clarifies and tightens the statutory conditions under which a court may hold a hearing and deny pretrial release on safety or flight-risk grounds.
Enumerates categories of offenses (including a lengthy list of forcible felonies, firearm offenses, trafficking, sex offenses, violent offenses, and others) for which pretrial release denial may be considered when the State alleges a "real and present threat" to persons or the community based on specific, articulable facts.
Adds or reorganizes subsections (e.g., (1), (1.5), (2)–(6+)) to specify when release can be denied (e.g., stalking, domestic battery, specified firearm offenses, trafficking, child endangerment, hate crimes).

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections:

Deletes a provision that defined home detention as custodial for purposes of sentencing credit when it included restrictions such as curfews of 12+ hours per day and/or electronic monitoring.
Deletes a provision explicitly stating electronic monitoring is not required for home detention to be considered custodial for sentencing credit.

Who would be affected

Defendants charged with the enumerated offenses — potentially facing greater risk of denied pretrial release.

Judges and prosecutors — new or clarified standards for evidentiary showings to deny release.

Defense attorneys — may need to challenge broader grounds for detention or altered credit-for-time determinations.

Individuals on home detention and corrections administrators — changes to how home detention and electronic monitoring relate to sentencing-credit classification.

Procedural / timeline notes

The metadata lists this bill as “Introduced March 13, 2025” with sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner.

The legislative actions in the record show multiple committee hearings, readings, and calendar placements in 2025, but the stated status is “Died On Calendar.” Several date entries are inconsistent (including some October 2025 entries), suggesting mixed-source records.

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