Bill Text: IL SB2165 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that bribery and legislative misconduct include the receipt of property or personal advantage after the improper act has been performed (rather than just the intent to influence the improper act). Provides that the provisions do not apply to the promise, tender, acceptance, or receipt of any campaign contributions that are permissible under the Election Code.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-14 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Erica Harriss [SB2165 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB2165-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2165 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1
720 ILCS 5/33-8
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that bribery and legislative misconduct include the receipt of property or personal advantage after the improper act has been performed (rather than just the intent to influence the improper act). Provides that the provisions do not apply to the promise, tender, acceptance, or receipt of any campaign contributions that are permissible under the Election Code.
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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 Sections 33-1 and 33-8 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/33-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 33-1)
Sec. 33-1. Bribery. A person commits bribery when:
(a) With intent to influence or for the performance of
any act related to the employment or function of any
public officer, public employee, juror or witness, he or
she promises or tenders or promised or tendered to that
person any property or personal advantage which he or she
is not authorized by law to accept; or
(b) With intent to influence or for the performance of
any act related to the employment or function of any
public officer, public employee, juror or witness, he or
she promises or tenders or promised or tendered to one
whom he or she believes to be a public officer, public
employee, juror or witness, any property or personal
advantage which a public officer, public employee, juror
or witness would not be authorized by law to accept; or
(c) With intent to cause any person to influence or
influenced the performance of any act related to the

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employment or function of any public officer, public
employee, juror or witness, he or she promises or tenders
or promised or tendered to that person any property or
personal advantage which he or she is not authorized by
law to accept; or
(d) He or she receives, retains or agrees to accept
any property or personal advantage which he or she is not
authorized by law to accept knowing that the property or
personal advantage was promised or tendered with intent to
cause him or her to influence or for the performance of any
act related to the employment or function of any public
officer, public employee, juror or witness; or
(e) He or she solicits, receives, retains, or agrees
to accept any property or personal advantage pursuant to
an understanding that he or she shall improperly influence
or attempt to influence or for improperly influencing or
attempting to influence the performance of any act related
to the employment or function of any public officer,
public employee, juror or witness.
As used in this Section, "tenders" means any delivery or
proffer made with the requisite intent.
This Section does not apply to the promise, tender,
acceptance, or receipt of any campaign contributions that are
permissible under the Election Code.
Sentence. Bribery is a Class 2 felony.
(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)

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(720 ILCS 5/33-8)
Sec. 33-8. Legislative misconduct.
(a) A member of the General Assembly commits legislative
misconduct when he or she knowingly accepts or receives,
directly or indirectly, any money or other valuable thing,
from any corporation, company or person, for any vote or
influence he or she may give or withhold or has given or
withheld on any bill, resolution or appropriation, or for any
other official act.
(a-5) This Section does not apply to the acceptance or
receipt by a member of the General Assembly or his or her
political action committee of any campaign contributions that
are permissible under the Election Code.
(b) Sentence. Legislative misconduct is a Class 3 felony.
(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)