102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5797
 
Introduced 11/16/2022, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



720 ILCS 5/25-1  from Ch. 38, par. 25-1

     Amends the Criminal Code of 2012.  Includes in the offense of mob action, (1) the knowing or reckless steering of a motor vehicle so that it makes a controlled skid sideways through a turn with the front wheels pointed in a direction opposite to that of the turn if the activity results in the use of force or violence disturbing the public peace; or (2) the knowing or reckless act of street racing if the activity results in the use of force or violence disturbing the public peace. Defines "street racing".  Provides that the penalty for these offenses is a Class 4 felony.
  


LRB102 28899 RLC 40792 b

 
 
A BILL FOR
 

  
HB5797LRB102 28899 RLC 40792 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 25-1 as follows:
 



6    (720 ILCS 5/25-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 25-1)



7    Sec. 25-1. Mob action. 

8    (a) A person commits mob action when he or she engages in 
9any of the following:


10        (1) the knowing or reckless use of force or violence 
11    disturbing the public peace by 2 or
more persons acting 
12    together and without authority of law;


13        (2) the knowing assembly of 2 or more persons with the 
14    intent to commit or facilitate the commission of a felony 
15    or misdemeanor; or


16        (3) the knowing assembly of 2 or more persons, without 
17    authority of law, for
the purpose of doing violence to the 
18    person or property of anyone supposed
to have been guilty 
19    of a violation of the law, or for the purpose of
exercising 
20    correctional powers or regulative powers over any person 
21    by
violence;
22        (4) the knowing or reckless steering of a motor 
23    vehicle so that it makes a controlled skid sideways 
 
 
HB5797- 2 -LRB102 28899 RLC 40792 b

1    through a turn with the front wheels pointed in a 
2    direction opposite to that of the turn if the activity 
3    results in the use of force or violence disturbing the 
4    public peace; or
5        (5) the knowing or reckless act of street racing if 
6    the activity results in the use of force or violence 
7    disturbing the public peace. In this paragraph (5), 
8    "street racing" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 
9    11-506 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.

10    (b) Sentence.
11        (1) Mob action in violation of paragraph (1), (4), or 
12    (5) of subsection (a) is a Class 4
felony.

13        (2) Mob action in violation of paragraphs (2) and (3) 
14    of
subsection (a) is a Class C misdemeanor.

15        (3) A participant in a mob action that by violence 
16    inflicts
injury to the person or property of another 
17    commits a Class 4 felony.

18        (4) A participant in a mob action who does not 
19    withdraw when
commanded to do so by a peace officer 
20    commits a Class A misdemeanor.

21        (5) In addition to any other sentence that may be 
22    imposed, a court shall
order any person convicted of mob 
23    action to perform community service for not
less than 30 
24    and not more than 120 hours, if community service is 
25    available in
the jurisdiction and is funded and approved 
26    by the county board of the county
where the offense was 
 
 
HB5797- 3 -LRB102 28899 RLC 40792 b

1    committed. In addition, whenever any person is placed on

2    supervision for an alleged offense under this Section, the 
3    supervision shall be
conditioned upon the performance of 
4    the community service. This paragraph does not apply when 
5    the court imposes a sentence of
incarceration.

6(Source: P.A. 96-710, eff. 1-1-10; 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)