Date	Chamber	Action
1/9/2019	Senate	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

720 ILCS 5/16-6

from Ch. 38, par. 16-6

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a violation of the use of a scanning device or reencoder to defraud when the person knowingly uses a scanning device to access, read, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card without the permission of the authorized user of the payment card and with the intent to defraud the authorized user, the issuer of the authorized user's payment card, or a merchant; or a reencoder to place information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card onto the magnetic strip or stripe of a different card without the permission of the authorized user of the card from which the information is being reencoded and with the intent to defraud the authorized user, the issuer of the authorized user's payment card, or a merchant is a Class 3 felony (rather than a Class 4 felony). Provides that a second or subsequent violation is a Class 2 felony (rather than a Class 3 felony). Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/15/2018	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Connelly
2/15/2018	Senate	First Reading
2/15/2018	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2/21/2018	Senate	Assigned to Criminal Law
2/27/2018	Senate	To Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance
4/13/2018	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 27, 2018
4/19/2018	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Nybo
4/27/2018	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
12/21/2018	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Brady
1/9/2019	Senate	Session Sine Die

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