Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that the offense of aggravated battery with a firearm is also committed if the firearm is discharged on school grounds at a person known to be a student and causes injury to that student. Provides for enhanced penalties for carrying or possessing firearms or other dangerous weapons in a conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public transportation agency or on a public way within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising a public transportation facility. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that it is an aggravating factor in sentencing that the defendant committed an offense while the defendant or the victim was in a train, bus, or other vehicle used for public transportation.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Passed) 2009-07-13 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0041 [HB0867 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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