Impact Analysis
2016
SB 2295- SA 1 — Justice Reinvestment
Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2295 (SB2295 SA1) restructures drug possession and property offenses by reducing many felony offenses to the misdemeanor level. For felony drug possession offenses under the Cannabis Control Act, the Controlled Substances Act, and the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, SB2295 SA1 reduces all offenses to Class A misdemeanors. For the property offenses of theft, retail theft, deceptive practices, criminal damage to property, and criminal defacement of property, SB2295 SA1 raises the dollar value of loss from current levels to $2,500 before the offense is classified as a Class 4 felony. Under that threshold, the offenses would be Class A misdemeanors and therefore fewer individuals would be incarcerated in the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC).
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