On what date did the cash bail provision of the SAFE-T Act (H.B. 3653 / Public Act 101-0652) take effect, making Illinois the first state to fully eliminate cash bail statewide?

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The Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act (H.B. 3653 / Public Act 101-0652), signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker on February 22, 2021, included the Pretrial Fairness Act provision to eliminate cash bail statewide. After a Kankakee County court blocked implementation, the Illinois Supreme Court in a 5-2 ruling on July 18, 2023 upheld the provision as constitutional and set its effective date as September 18, 2023, making Illinois the first state to abolish cash bail (, ).

On what date did the cash bail provision of the SAFE-T Act (H.B. 3653 / Public Act 101-0652) take effect, making Illinois the first state to fully eliminate cash bail statewide?

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