Illinois House Bill 4159 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 30 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-26 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Kelly
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of peace officer targeting. Provides that a person commits the offense when, by reason of the actual or perceived employment as a peace officer of another individual, regardless of the existence of any other motivating factor or factors, he or she commits assault, battery, aggravated assault, intimidation, stalking, cyberstalking, misdemeanor theft, criminal trespass to residence, misdemeanor criminal damage to property, criminal trespass to vehicle, criminal trespass to real property, mob action, disorderly conduct, transmission of obscene messages, harassment by telephone, or harassment through electronic communications. Provides that peace officer targeting is a Class 3 felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Provides that the State's Attorney of each county shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly outlining: (1) the number of offenses in which a peace officer was a victim, (2) the charges filed, and (3) the ultimate disposition of each case.

PEACE OFFICER-TARGETING

Rep. Martin Moylan [D]	Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar [D]	Rep. Bradley Stephens [R]	Rep. Anthony DeLuca [D]
Rep. Amy Elik [R]	Rep. Tom Weber [R]	Rep. Frances Hurley [D]	Rep. Tim Ozinga [R]
Rep. Lawrence Walsh [D]	Rep. Jackie Haas [R]	Rep. Michael Kelly [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-26	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Kelly
2022-01-19	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jackie Haas
2022-01-19	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
2022-01-12	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Ozinga
2022-01-12	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
2021-12-01	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Weber
2021-11-18	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Elik
2021-10-19	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2021-10-19	House	First Reading
2021-10-05	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
2021-10-04	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Stephens
2021-10-01	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
2021-09-30	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Martin J. Moylan

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	5	12-7.1-5	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4159&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/10200HB4159.htm