102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1097

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/5-1  from Ch. 38, par. 5-1

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a person's accountability for another person's conduct.


LRB102 03111 RLC 13124 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB1097LRB102 03111 RLC 13124 b

1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
5changing Section 5-1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/5-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 5-1)
7    Sec. 5-1. Accountability for conduct of another. A person
8is responsible for conduct which is an element of an offense if
9the the conduct is either that of the person himself, or that
10of another and he is legally accountable for such conduct as
11provided in Section 5-2, or both.
12(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)