Bill Text: IL SB2199 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that specified firearm sentencing enhancements are discretionary.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-16 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2199 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB2199-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB2199 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
730 ILCS 5/5-8-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1
720 ILCS 5/8-4 from Ch. 38, par. 8-4
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that specified firearm sentencing enhancements are discretionary.
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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 Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
changing Section 5-8-1 as follows:
(730 ILCS 5/5-8-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1)
Sec. 5-8-1. Natural life imprisonment; enhancements for
use of a firearm; mandatory supervised release terms.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in the statute defining
the offense or in Article 4.5 of Chapter V, a sentence of
imprisonment for a felony shall be a determinate sentence set
by the court under this Section, subject to Section 5-4.5-115
of this Code, according to the following limitations:
(1) for first degree murder,
(a) (blank),
(b) if a trier of fact finds beyond a reasonable
doubt that the murder was accompanied by exceptionally
brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton
cruelty or, except as set forth in subsection
(a)(1)(c) of this Section, that any of the aggravating
factors listed in subsection (b) or (b-5) of Section
9-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code
of 2012 are present, the court may sentence the

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defendant, subject to Section 5-4.5-105, to a term of
natural life imprisonment, or
(c) the court shall sentence the defendant to a
term of natural life imprisonment if the defendant, at
the time of the commission of the murder, had attained
the age of 18, and
(i) has previously been convicted of first
degree murder under any state or federal law, or
(ii) is found guilty of murdering more than
one victim, or
(iii) is found guilty of murdering a peace
officer, fireman, or emergency management worker
when the peace officer, fireman, or emergency
management worker was killed in the course of
performing his official duties, or to prevent the
peace officer or fireman from performing his
official duties, or in retaliation for the peace
officer, fireman, or emergency management worker
from performing his official duties, and the
defendant knew or should have known that the
murdered individual was a peace officer, fireman,
or emergency management worker, or
(iv) is found guilty of murdering an employee
of an institution or facility of the Department of
Corrections, or any similar local correctional
agency, when the employee was killed in the course

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of performing his official duties, or to prevent
the employee from performing his official duties,
or in retaliation for the employee performing his
official duties, or
(v) is found guilty of murdering an emergency
medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
technician - intermediate, emergency medical
technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other
medical assistance or first aid person while
employed by a municipality or other governmental
unit when the person was killed in the course of
performing official duties or to prevent the
person from performing official duties or in
retaliation for performing official duties and the
defendant knew or should have known that the
murdered individual was an emergency medical
technician - ambulance, emergency medical
technician - intermediate, emergency medical
technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other
medical assistant or first aid personnel, or
(vi) (blank), or
(vii) is found guilty of first degree murder
and the murder was committed by reason of any
person's activity as a community policing
volunteer or to prevent any person from engaging
in activity as a community policing volunteer. For

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the purpose of this Section, "community policing
volunteer" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 2-3.5 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
For purposes of clause (v), "emergency medical
technician - ambulance", "emergency medical technician -
intermediate", "emergency medical technician -
paramedic", have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.
(d)(i) if the person committed the offense while
armed with a firearm, 15 years may shall be added
to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
(ii) if, during the commission of the offense, the
person personally discharged a firearm, 20 years may
shall be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by
the court;
(iii) if, during the commission of the offense,
the person personally discharged a firearm that
proximately caused great bodily harm, permanent
disability, permanent disfigurement, or death to
another person, 25 years or up to a term of natural
life may shall be added to the term of imprisonment
imposed by the court.
(2) (blank);
(2.5) for a person who has attained the age of 18 years
at the time of the commission of the offense and who is
convicted under the circumstances described in subdivision

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(b)(1)(B) of Section 11-1.20 or paragraph (3) of
subsection (b) of Section 12-13, subdivision (d)(2) of
Section 11-1.30 or paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of
Section 12-14, subdivision (b)(1.2) of Section 11-1.40 or
paragraph (1.2) of subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1,
subdivision (b)(2) of Section 11-1.40 or paragraph (2) of
subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1 of the Criminal Code of
1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, the sentence shall be a
term of natural life imprisonment.
(b) (Blank).
(c) (Blank).
(d) Subject to earlier termination under Section 3-3-8,
the parole or mandatory supervised release term shall be
written as part of the sentencing order and shall be as
follows:
(1) for first degree murder or a Class X felony except
for the offenses of predatory criminal sexual assault of a
child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, and criminal
sexual assault if committed on or after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and
except for the offense of aggravated child pornography
under Section 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, or 11-20.1 with
sentencing under subsection (c-5) of Section 11-20.1 of
the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, if
committed on or after January 1, 2009, 3 years;
(2) for a Class 1 felony or a Class 2 felony except for

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the offense of criminal sexual assault if committed on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly and except for the offenses of
manufacture and dissemination of child pornography under
clauses (a)(1) and (a)(2) of Section 11-20.1 of the
Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, if
committed on or after January 1, 2009, 2 years;
(3) for a Class 3 felony or a Class 4 felony, 1 year;
(4) for defendants who commit the offense of predatory
criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal
sexual assault, or criminal sexual assault, on or after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
General Assembly, or who commit the offense of aggravated
child pornography under Section 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, or
11-20.1 with sentencing under subsection (c-5) of Section
11-20.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code
of 2012, manufacture of child pornography, or
dissemination of child pornography after January 1, 2009,
the term of mandatory supervised release shall range from
a minimum of 3 years to a maximum of the natural life of
the defendant;
(5) if the victim is under 18 years of age, for a
second or subsequent offense of aggravated criminal sexual
abuse or felony criminal sexual abuse, 4 years, at least
the first 2 years of which the defendant shall serve in an
electronic monitoring or home detention program under

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Article 8A of Chapter V of this Code;
(6) for a felony domestic battery, aggravated domestic
battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, and a felony
violation of an order of protection, 4 years.
(e) (Blank).
(f) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 100-431, eff. 8-25-17; 100-1182, eff. 6-1-19;
101-288, eff. 1-1-20.)
Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
changing Section 8-4 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/8-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 8-4)
Sec. 8-4. Attempt.
(a) Elements of the offense.
A person commits the offense of attempt when, with intent
to commit a specific offense, he or she does any act that
constitutes a substantial step toward the commission of that
offense.
(b) Impossibility.
It is not a defense to a charge of attempt that because of
a misapprehension of the circumstances it would have been
impossible for the accused to commit the offense attempted.
(c) Sentence.
A person convicted of attempt may be fined or imprisoned
or both not to exceed the maximum provided for the offense

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attempted but, except for an attempt to commit the offense
defined in Section 33A-2 of this Code:
(1) the sentence for attempt to commit first degree
murder is the sentence for a Class X felony, except that
(A) an attempt to commit first degree murder when
at least one of the aggravating factors specified in
paragraphs (1), (2), and (12) of subsection (b) of
Section 9-1 is present is a Class X felony for which
the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of not
less than 20 years and not more than 80 years;
(B) an attempt to commit first degree murder while
armed with a firearm is a Class X felony for which 15
years may shall be added to the term of imprisonment
imposed by the court;
(C) an attempt to commit first degree murder
during which the person personally discharged a
firearm is a Class X felony for which 20 years may
shall be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by
the court;
(D) an attempt to commit first degree murder
during which the person personally discharged a
firearm that proximately caused great bodily harm,
permanent disability, permanent disfigurement, or
death to another person is a Class X felony for which
25 years or up to a term of natural life may shall be
added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the

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court; and
(E) if the defendant proves by a preponderance of
the evidence at sentencing that, at the time of the
attempted murder, he or she was acting under a sudden
and intense passion resulting from serious provocation
by the individual whom the defendant endeavored to
kill, or another, and, had the individual the
defendant endeavored to kill died, the defendant would
have negligently or accidentally caused that death,
then the sentence for the attempted murder is the
sentence for a Class 1 felony;
(2) the sentence for attempt to commit a Class X
felony is the sentence for a Class 1 felony;
(3) the sentence for attempt to commit a Class 1
felony is the sentence for a Class 2 felony;
(4) the sentence for attempt to commit a Class 2
felony is the sentence for a Class 3 felony; and
(5) the sentence for attempt to commit any felony
other than those specified in items (1), (2), (3), and (4)
of this subsection (c) is the sentence for a Class A
misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 96-710, eff. 1-1-10.)