Illinois House Bill 4400 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-06-30 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that an indictment or information for perjury alleging that in the same or in different proceedings in which an oath or affirmation is required, the offender, under oath, knowingly made contradictory statements to the degree that one of them is necessarily false, need not specify which statement is false if: (1) each statement was material to the issue or point in question; and (2) each statement was made within the period of the statute of limitations for the offense charged. Provides that it is a defense to an indictment or information made for perjury that the defendant at the time he or she made each declaration believed the declaration to be true. Effective immediately.

CRIM CD-PERJURY-PROOF

Rep. Scott Drury [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-06-30	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2016-05-31	House	Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 30, 2016
2016-05-31	House	To Sentencing, Penalties, and Criminal Procedure Subcommittee
2016-05-31	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
2016-04-08	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2016-04-07	House	To Sentencing, Penalties, and Criminal Procedure Subcommittee
2016-02-04	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
2016-01-15	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2016-01-15	House	First Reading
2016-01-08	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Scott Drury

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	5	32-2	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4400&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB4400.htm