IL HB5249

Requires the Pretrial Practices Data Oversight Board to collect and publish the identity of judges who preside over pretrial detention hearings, along with the number of detention petitions each judge grants and denies

Mandates that courts issue written findings when denying a detention petition, explaining why the defendant is not considered a real and present threat to safety or does not pose a high likelihood of willful flight from prosecution

Written findings must be based on specific articulable facts of the case, documenting the court's reasoning for releasing a defendant pretrial

Amends both the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act (20 ILCS 3930/7.7) and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (725 ILCS 5/110-6.1)