HB3214 Summary

• Requires the Prisoner Review Board to develop and distribute a victim notification request form that crime victims can use to request or decline notifications about defendant release or transfer.

• Mandates the State's Attorney provide the notification request form to crime victims after sentencing, allowing victims to choose whether to receive notifications from the Prisoner Review Board.

• Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act (725 ILCS 120/4.5) to establish procedures for victim notification regarding prisoner release, parole eligibility, and other custody status changes.

• Requires the Prisoner Review Board to make the victim notification request form available to each State's Attorney for distribution to victims in their jurisdictions.