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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4135
Introduced 10/15/2025, by Rep. Kam Buckner
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
730 ILCS 5/3-2-12.1 new
Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Illinois Correctional Data and Transparency Act. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that beginning March 1, 2026 and every March 1 thereafter, the Department of Corrections shall submit to the General Assembly a recidivism report which the Department shall post on its website and make publicly available. Establishes the information contained in the report. Provides that the release rates shall be published on a public dashboard. Provides that within 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Corrections must file and post a recidivism IT remediation plan, consisting of timelines, milestones, and responsible staff. Provides that until the first new report is posted, the Department must file monthly status updates with the House Appropriations-Public Safety Committee and the Senate Appropriations-Public Safety and Infrastructure Committee. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall enter into standing memoranda of understanding, which shall be updated at least annually, providing periodic feeds needed to compute recidivism, with privacy protections, between the Department and: (1) the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts concerning court dispositions; (2) the Illinois State Police concerning arrest and identifier data submitted to the Illinois State Police under the Criminal Identification Act; and (3) county sheriffs and jail administrators concerning booking information and returns of persons previously committed to county jails. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall publish aggregate and de-identified data with small-cell suppression. Provides that unit-record identifiable data shall not be disclosed to the public. Provides that research access to the data shall be only available by approved agreements with the Department of Corrections. Provides that if the annual report is filed more than 60 days after the March 1 due date, the Director of Corrections or his or her designee must appear before designated committees of the General Assembly with a remediation plan. Subject to appropriation, the Auditor General may conduct a performance audit of data processes. Effective immediately.
LRB104 15322 RLC 28476 b
A BILL FOR
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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Illinois
5Correctional Data and Transparency Act.
6    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
7adding Section 3-2-12.1 as follows:
8    (730 ILCS 5/3-2-12.1 new)
9    Sec. 3-2-12.1. Recidivism data; Department of Corrections 
10publication and website posting.
11    (a) The General Assembly recognizes that recidivism 
12tracking is essential to public safety and fiscal oversight.
13    (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to establish 
14clear definitions, a deadline for public reporting, basic 
15interagency data-sharing, and open methodology.
16    (c) Beginning March 1, 2026 and every March 1 thereafter, 
17the Department of Corrections shall submit to the General 
18Assembly a recidivism report which the Department shall post 
19on its website and make publicly available.
20    (d) The report shall contain the prior fiscal year release 
21cohort and updates of prior release cohorts, including 
22statewide release rates by:
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1        (1) offense class;
2        (2) age;
3        (3) gender;
4        (4) county of commitment;
5        (5) facility;
6        (6) sentence type;
7        (7) release type; and
8        (8) methods used to make the data determinations 
9    listed in paragraphs (1) through (7) to be published in an 
10    appendix to that data.
11    The release rates shall be published on a public 
12dashboard.
13    (e) Within 60 days after the effective date of this 
14amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the Department 
15of Corrections must file and post a recidivism IT remediation 
16plan, consisting of timelines, milestones, and responsible 
17staff.
18    (f) Until the first new report is posted, the Department 
19must file monthly status updates with the House 
20Appropriations-Public Safety Committee and the Senate 
21Appropriations-Public Safety and Infrastructure Committee.
22    (g) The Department of Corrections shall enter into 
23standing memoranda of understanding, which shall be updated at 
24least annually, providing periodic feeds needed to compute 
25recidivism, with privacy protections, between the Department 
26and:
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1        (1) the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts 
2    concerning court dispositions;
3        (2) the Illinois State Police concerning arrest and 
4    identifier data submitted to the Illinois State Police 
5    under the Criminal Identification Act; and
6        (3) county sheriffs and jail administrators concerning 
7    booking information and returns of persons previously 
8    committed to county jails.
9    (h) The Department of Corrections shall receive limited 
10extracts from other State agencies concerning persons who have 
11been committed to the Department, if already collected. The 
12Department shall maintain all existing confidentiality and 
13victim privacy rights required by law and administrative rule.
14    (i) The Department of Corrections shall publish aggregate 
15and de-identified data with small-cell suppression.
16    (j) Unit-record identifiable data shall not be disclosed 
17to the public. Research access to the data shall be only 
18available by approved agreements with the Department of 
19Corrections.
20    (k) If the annual report is filed more than 60 days after 
21the March 1 due date, the Director of Corrections or his or her 
22designee must appear before designated committees of the 
23General Assembly with a remediation plan. Subject to 
24appropriation, the Auditor General may conduct a performance 
25audit of data processes.
26    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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1becoming law.