Bill Text: IL HB1276 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person convicted of a first offense of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer is guilty of a Class 2 felony (instead of a Class 4 felony). Provides that any person convicted of a second or subsequent offense of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer is guilty of a Class 1 felony (instead of a Class 3 felony).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-26 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie [HB1276 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB1276-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1276 Introduced , by Rep. Amy Elik SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/11-204.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-204.1
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person convicted of a first offense of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer is guilty of a Class 2 felony (instead of a Class 4 felony). Provides that any person convicted of a second or subsequent offense of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer is guilty of a Class 1 felony (instead of a Class 3 felony).
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Section 11-204.1 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-204.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-204.1)
Sec. 11-204.1. Aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a
peace officer.
(a) The offense of aggravated fleeing or attempting to
elude a peace officer is committed by any driver or operator of
a motor vehicle who flees or attempts to elude a peace officer,
after being given a visual or audible signal by a peace officer
in the manner prescribed in subsection (a) of Section 11-204
of this Code, and such flight or attempt to elude:
(1) is at a rate of speed at least 21 miles per hour
over the legal speed limit;
(2) causes bodily injury to any individual;
(3) causes damage in excess of $300 to property;
(4) involves disobedience of 2 or more official
traffic control devices; or
(5) involves the concealing or altering of the
vehicle's registration plate or digital registration
plate.

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(b) Any person convicted of a first violation of this
Section shall be guilty of a Class 2 4 felony. Upon notice of
such a conviction the Secretary of State shall forthwith
revoke the driver's license of the person so convicted, as
provided in Section 6-205 of this Code. Any person convicted
of a second or subsequent violation of this Section shall be
guilty of a Class 1 3 felony, and upon notice of such a
conviction the Secretary of State shall forthwith revoke the
driver's license of the person convicted, as provided in
Section 6-205 of the Code.
(c) The motor vehicle used in a violation of this Section
is subject to seizure and forfeiture as provided in Sections
36-1 and 36-2 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
(Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)