Bill Text: IL HB0631 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning preservation of evidence.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-12 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0631 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB0631-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB0631 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/33-5
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning preservation of evidence.
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A BILL FOR
HB0631 LRB101 03629 SLF 48637 b
AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
Section 33-5 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/33-5)
Sec. 33-5. Preservation of evidence.
(a) It is unlawful for a law enforcement agency or an agent
acting on behalf of the the law enforcement agency to
intentionally fail to comply with the provisions of subsection
(a) of Section 116-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
(b) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is guilty
of a Class 4 felony.
(c) For purposes of this Section, "law enforcement agency"
has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection (e) of Section
116-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
(Source: P.A. 91-871, eff. 1-1-01; 92-459, eff. 8-22-01.)