103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2059
 
Introduced 2/7/2023, by Rep. Daniel Didech
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



720 ILCS 5/33-1  from Ch. 38, par. 33-1

     Amends the Criminal Code of 2012.  Expands the crime of bribery to include an elector of the President and Vice-President of the United States (in addition to public officers, public
employees, jurors, and witnesses).
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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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 33-1 as follows:
 



6    (720 ILCS 5/33-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 33-1)



7    Sec. 33-1. Bribery.  A person commits bribery when: 

8        (a) With intent to influence the performance of any 
9    act related
to the employment or function of any public 
10    officer, public
employee, elector of President and 
11    Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness, he 
12    or she promises or tenders to that person
any property or 
13    personal advantage which he or she is not authorized by

14    law to accept; or

15        (b) With intent to influence the performance of any 
16    act related
to the employment or function of any public 
17    officer, public
employee, elector of President and 
18    Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness, he 
19    or she promises or tenders to one whom he
or she believes 
20    to be a public officer, public employee, elector of 
21    President and Vice-President of the United States, juror 
22    or witness,
any property or personal advantage which a 
23    public officer, public
employee, elector of President and 
 
 
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1    Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness 
2    would not be authorized by law to accept; or

3        (c) With intent to cause any person to influence the 
4    performance
of any act related to the employment or 
5    function of any public
officer, public employee, elector 
6    of President and Vice-President of the United States, 
7    juror or witness, he or she promises or tenders
to that 
8    person any property or personal advantage which he or she 
9    is not
authorized by law to accept; or

10        (d) He or she receives, retains or agrees to accept 
11    any property or
personal advantage which he or she is not 
12    authorized by law to accept
knowing that the property or 
13    personal advantage was promised
or tendered with intent to 
14    cause him or her to influence the performance
of any act 
15    related to the employment or function of any public

16    officer, public employee, elector of President and 
17    Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness; or

18        (e) He or she solicits, receives, retains, or agrees 
19    to accept any property
or personal advantage pursuant to 
20    an understanding that he or she shall improperly
influence 
21    or attempt to influence the performance of any act related 
22    to the
employment or function of any public officer, 
23    public employee, elector of President and Vice-President 
24    of the United States, juror or witness.

25    As used in this Section, "tenders" means any delivery or 
26proffer made with the requisite intent.
 
 
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1    Sentence. Bribery is a Class 2 felony. 

2(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)