Topic:
Domestic violence and mandatory risk assesstment
(Gordon, D-Peoria) amends the bail bond statute to require (now, discretionary) that the court order a defendant to undergo a risk assessment evaluation by the Illinois Department of Human Services if the defendant is charged with an offense for which an action may be commenced against that person under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act (now, is charged with a violation of an order of protection.) Scheduled for hearing this Wednesday in House Judiciary Committee I.