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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4159 Introduced 10/19/2021, by Rep. Martin J. Moylan, Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar, Bradley Stephens and Anthony DeLuca SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of peace officer targeting. Provides that a person commits the offense when, by reason of the actual or perceived employment as a peace officer of another individual, regardless of the existence of any other motivating factor or factors, he or she commits assault, battery, aggravated assault, intimidation, stalking, cyberstalking, misdemeanor theft, criminal trespass to residence, misdemeanor criminal damage to property, criminal trespass to vehicle, criminal trespass to real property, mob action, disorderly conduct, transmission of obscene messages, harassment by telephone, or harassment through electronic communications. Provides that peace officer targeting is a Class 3 felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Provides that the State's Attorney of each county shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly outlining: (1) the number of offenses in which a peace officer was a victim, (2) the charges filed, and (3) the ultimate disposition of each case.
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| | HB4159 | | LRB102 20095 RLC 28944 b |
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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 1. This Act may be referred to as the Police |
| 5 | | Protection Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding |
| 7 | | Section 12-7.1-5 as follows:
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| 8 | | (720 ILCS 5/12-7.1-5 new) |
| 9 | | Sec. 12-7.1-5. Peace officer targeting. |
| 10 | | (a) A person commits peace officer targeting when, by |
| 11 | | reason of the actual or perceived employment as a peace |
| 12 | | officer of another individual, regardless of the existence of |
| 13 | | any other motivating factor or factors, he or she commits |
| 14 | | assault, aggravated assault, battery, intimidation, stalking, |
| 15 | | cyberstalking, misdemeanor theft, criminal trespass to a |
| 16 | | residence, misdemeanor criminal damage to property, criminal |
| 17 | | trespass to vehicles, criminal trespass to real property, mob |
| 18 | | action, disorderly conduct, transmission of obscene messages, |
| 19 | | harassment by telephone, or harassment through electronic |
| 20 | | communications as these crimes are defined in Section 12-1, |
| 21 | | 12-2, 12-7.3, 12-7.5, 16-1, 19-4, 21-1, 21-2, 21-3, 25-1, |
| 22 | | 26-1, 26.5-1, or 26.5-2, subsection (a) of Section 12-3, |