Bill Text: IL SB1933 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with this change: changes "concealment" to "conceal". Also changes definition of "conceal", for the purposes of the provision that prohibits the knowing destruction, alteration, concealment, or disguising physical evidence, planting false evidence, or furnishing false information, to hiding evidence in a manner that makes its discovery or recovery materially more difficult or impossible. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1933 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB1933-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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 31-4 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/31-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 31-4)
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7 | Sec. 31-4. Obstructing justice.
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8 | (a) A person obstructs justice when, with intent to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | prevent the apprehension
or obstruct the prosecution or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | defense of any person, he or she knowingly commits
any of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | following acts:
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12 | (1) Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises physical | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | evidence, plants
false evidence, furnishes false | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | information; or
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15 | (2) Induces a witness having knowledge material to the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | subject at issue
to leave the State or conceal himself or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | herself; or
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18 | (3) Possessing knowledge material to the subject at | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | issue, he or she leaves the
State or conceals himself; or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | (4) If a parent, legal guardian, or caretaker
of a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | child under 13 years of age reports materially false | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | information to a law enforcement agency, medical examiner, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | coroner, State's Attorney, or other governmental agency |
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1 | during an investigation of the disappearance or death of a | ||||||
2 | child under circumstances described in subsection (a) or | ||||||
3 | (b) of Section 10-10 of this Code.
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4 | (b) Sentence.
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5 | (1) Obstructing justice is a Class 4 felony, except as | ||||||
6 | provided in
paragraph (2) of this subsection (b).
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7 | (2) Obstructing justice in furtherance of streetgang | ||||||
8 | related or
gang-related activity, as defined in Section 10 | ||||||
9 | of the Illinois Streetgang
Terrorism Omnibus Prevention | ||||||
10 | Act, is a Class 3 felony.
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11 | (c) For purposes of this Section, "concealment" means | ||||||
12 | hiding evidence in a manner that makes its recovery | ||||||
13 | substantially more difficult or impossible. | ||||||
14 | (Source: P.A. 97-1079, eff. 1-1-13.)
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15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
16 | becoming law.
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