Illinois House Bill 4448 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-5)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of copper theft. Provides that a person commits copper theft when, without the consent of the owner, he or she knowingly obtains or exerts control over property of the owner consisting of any copper or copper alloy that is manufactured, sold, or used for certain specified purposes. Provides incremental increases in the penalty for copper theft from a Class 4 felony to a Class 1 felony based on the value of the property stolen or whether the offense was committed in a school or place of worship, or if the theft was of government property.

CRIM CD-CREATES COPPER THEFT

Rep. David Reis [R]	Rep. John Cavaletto [R]	Rep. Mike Bost [R]	Rep. Paul Evans [D]
Rep. Sidney Mathias [R]	Rep. Jerry Costello [D]	Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth [D]	Rep. John Bradley [D]
Rep. Keith Farnham [D]	Rep. Michael McAuliffe [R]	Rep. Thomas Morrison [R]	Sen. Jil Tracy [R]
Rep. Joe Sosnowski [R]	Rep. David Harris [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2012-02-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
2012-02-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Sosnowski
2012-02-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
2012-02-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison
2012-02-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
2012-02-24	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
2012-02-24	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Evans
2012-02-24	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
2012-02-24	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
2012-02-23	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
2012-02-23	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
2012-02-23	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
2012-02-01	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
2012-01-30	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2012-01-30	House	First Reading
2012-01-27	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. David Reis

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	5	16-1.4	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4448&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/09700HB4448.htm