Bill Text: IL HB3905 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: If and only if House Bill 3653 of the 101st General Assembly becomes law, amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In a section regarding prohibited use of force by a peace officers, removes provisions prohibiting the discharge of kinetic impact projectiles and all other non-or less-lethal projectiles in a manner that targets the head, pelvis, or back. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3905 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB3905-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. If and only if House Bill 3653 of the 101st | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | General Assembly becomes law, the Criminal Code of 2012 is | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | amended by changing Section 7-5.5 as follows:
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7 | (720 ILCS 5/7-5.5) | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 7-5.5. Prohibited use of force by a peace officer. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) A peace officer, or any person acting on behalf of a | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | peace officer, shall not use a chokehold or restraint above | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | the shoulders with risk of asphyxiation in the performance of | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | his or her duties, unless deadly force is justified under | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Article 7 of this Code. | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (b) A peace officer, or any person acting on behalf of a | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | peace officer, shall not use a chokehold or restraint above | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | the shoulders with risk of asphyxiation, or any lesser contact | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | with the throat or neck area of another, in order to prevent | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | the destruction of evidence by ingestion. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (c)
As used in this Section, "chokehold" means applying | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | any direct pressure to the throat, windpipe, or airway of | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | another.
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22 | (d) As used in this Section, "restraint above the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | shoulders with risk of positional asphyxiation" means a use of |
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1 | a technique used to restrain a person above the shoulders, | ||||||
2 | including the neck or head, in a position which interferes | ||||||
3 | with the person's ability to breathe after the person no | ||||||
4 | longer poses a threat to the officer or any other person. | ||||||
5 | (e) A peace officer, or any person acting on behalf of a | ||||||
6 | peace officer, shall not: | ||||||
7 | (i) use force as punishment or retaliation; | ||||||
8 | (ii) (blank) discharge kinetic impact projectiles and | ||||||
9 | all other non-or less-lethal projectiles in a manner that | ||||||
10 | targets the head, pelvis, or back ; | ||||||
11 | (iii) discharge firearms or kinetic impact projectiles | ||||||
12 | indiscriminately into a crowd; or | ||||||
13 | (iv) use chemical agents or irritants, including | ||||||
14 | pepper spray and tear gas, prior to issuing an order to | ||||||
15 | disperse in a sufficient manner to ensure the order is | ||||||
16 | heard and repeated if necessary, followed by sufficient | ||||||
17 | time and space to allow compliance with the order. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; | ||||||
19 | 10100HB3653enr.)
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20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
21 | becoming law.
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