Bill Text: IL HB1490 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "felony".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-31 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB1490 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB1490-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1490 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/2-7 from Ch. 38, par. 2-7
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "felony".
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A BILL FOR
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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 2-7 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/2-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 2-7)
Sec. 2-7. "Felony". "Felony" means an an offense for which
a sentence to death or to a term of imprisonment in a
penitentiary for one year or more is provided.
(Source: P.A. 77-2638.)