Bill Text: IL HB5714 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person is also an armed habitual criminal if the person receives, sells, possesses, or transfers any firearm after having been convicted a total of 2 or more times of any combination of offenses that includes a felony violation of the Deadly Weapons Article of the Code (rather than unlawful use of a weapon by a felon; aggravated unlawful use of a weapon; aggravated discharge of a firearm; or gunrunning).
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-22 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5714 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB5714-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. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 24-1.7 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/24-1.7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 24-1.7. Armed habitual criminal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) A person commits the offense of being an armed habitual
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9 | criminal if he or she receives, sells, possesses, or transfers
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10 | any firearm after having been convicted a total of 2 or more
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11 | times of any combination of the following offenses: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | (1) a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8 of this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Code; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | (2) a felony violation of Article 24 of this Code; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | unlawful use of a weapon by a felon; aggravated unlawful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | use of a weapon; aggravated discharge of a firearm; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | vehicular hijacking; aggravated vehicular hijacking; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | aggravated battery of a child as described in Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05;
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20 | intimidation; aggravated intimidation; gunrunning; home | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | invasion; or aggravated battery with a firearm as described | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | in Section 12-4.2 or subdivision (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | (e)(4) of Section 12-3.05; or |
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1 | (3) any violation of the Illinois Controlled | ||||||
2 | Substances
Act or the Cannabis Control Act that is | ||||||
3 | punishable as a Class 3
felony or higher. | ||||||
4 | (b) Sentence. Being an armed habitual criminal is a Class X
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5 | felony.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .)
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