103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4877

 

Introduced 2/7/2024, by Rep. Jackie Haas

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-204.1  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-204.1
725 ILCS 5/110-6.1  from Ch. 38, par. 110-6.1

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the penalties for aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer from a Class 4 felony for a first violation to a Class 2 felony and from a Class 3 violation for a second or subsequent offense to a Class 1 felony. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Defines "forcible felony" for the purposes of detainable offenses to include aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer.


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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 Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Section 11-204.1 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-204.1)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-204.1)
7    Sec. 11-204.1. Aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a
8peace officer.
9    (a) The offense of aggravated fleeing or attempting to
10elude a peace officer is committed by any driver or operator of
11a motor vehicle who flees or attempts to elude a peace officer,
12after being given a visual or audible signal by a peace officer
13in the manner prescribed in subsection (a) of Section 11-204
14of this Code, and such flight or attempt to elude:
15        (1) is at a rate of speed at least 21 miles per hour
16    over the legal speed limit;
17        (2) causes bodily injury to any individual;
18        (3) causes damage in excess of $300 to property;
19        (4) involves disobedience of 2 or more official
20    traffic control devices; or
21        (5) involves the concealing or altering of the
22    vehicle's registration plate or digital registration
23    plate.

 

 

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1    (b) Any person convicted of a first violation of this
2Section shall be guilty of a Class 2 4 felony. Upon notice of
3such a conviction the Secretary of State shall forthwith
4revoke the driver's license of the person so convicted, as
5provided in Section 6-205 of this Code. Any person convicted
6of a second or subsequent violation of this Section shall be
7guilty of a Class 1 3 felony, and upon notice of such a
8conviction the Secretary of State shall forthwith revoke the
9driver's license of the person convicted, as provided in
10Section 6-205 of the Code.
11    (c) The motor vehicle used in a violation of this Section
12is subject to seizure and forfeiture as provided in Sections
1336-1 and 36-2 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
14(Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)
 
15    Section 10. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
16amended by changing Section 110-6.1 as follows:
 
17    (725 ILCS 5/110-6.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 110-6.1)
18    Sec. 110-6.1. Denial of pretrial release.
19    (a) Upon verified petition by the State, the court shall
20hold a hearing and may deny a defendant pretrial release only
21if:
22        (1) the defendant is charged with a felony offense
23    other than a forcible felony for which, based on the
24    charge or the defendant's criminal history, a sentence of

 

 

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1    imprisonment, without probation, periodic imprisonment or
2    conditional discharge, is required by law upon conviction,
3    and it is alleged that the defendant's pretrial release
4    poses a real and present threat to the safety of any person
5    or persons or the community, based on the specific
6    articulable facts of the case;
7        (1.5) the defendant's pretrial release poses a real
8    and present threat to the safety of any person or persons
9    or the community, based on the specific articulable facts
10    of the case, and the defendant is charged with a forcible
11    felony, which as used in this Section, means aggravated
12    fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer, treason,
13    first degree murder, second degree murder, predatory
14    criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal
15    sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, armed robbery,
16    aggravated robbery, robbery, burglary where there is use
17    of force against another person, residential burglary,
18    home invasion, vehicular invasion, aggravated arson,
19    arson, aggravated kidnaping, kidnaping, aggravated battery
20    resulting in great bodily harm or permanent disability or
21    disfigurement or any other felony which involves the
22    threat of or infliction of great bodily harm or permanent
23    disability or disfigurement;
24        (2) the defendant is charged with stalking or
25    aggravated stalking, and it is alleged that the
26    defendant's pre-trial release poses a real and present

 

 

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1    threat to the safety of a victim of the alleged offense,
2    and denial of release is necessary to prevent fulfillment
3    of the threat upon which the charge is based;
4        (3) the defendant is charged with a violation of an
5    order of protection issued under Section 112A-14 of this
6    Code or Section 214 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act
7    of 1986, a stalking no contact order under Section 80 of
8    the Stalking No Contact Order Act, or of a civil no contact
9    order under Section 213 of the Civil No Contact Order Act,
10    and it is alleged that the defendant's pretrial release
11    poses a real and present threat to the safety of any person
12    or persons or the community, based on the specific
13    articulable facts of the case;
14        (4) the defendant is charged with domestic battery or
15    aggravated domestic battery under Section 12-3.2 or 12-3.3
16    of the Criminal Code of 2012 and it is alleged that the
17    defendant's pretrial release poses a real and present
18    threat to the safety of any person or persons or the
19    community, based on the specific articulable facts of the
20    case;
21        (5) the defendant is charged with any offense under
22    Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 2012, except for
23    Sections 11-14, 11-14.1, 11-18, 11-20, 11-30, 11-35,
24    11-40, and 11-45 of the Criminal Code of 2012, or similar
25    provisions of the Criminal Code of 1961 and it is alleged
26    that the defendant's pretrial release poses a real and

 

 

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1    present threat to the safety of any person or persons or
2    the community, based on the specific articulable facts of
3    the case;
4        (6) the defendant is charged with any of the following
5    offenses under the Criminal Code of 2012, and it is
6    alleged that the defendant's pretrial release poses a real
7    and present threat to the safety of any person or persons
8    or the community, based on the specific articulable facts
9    of the case:
10            (A) Section 24-1.2 (aggravated discharge of a
11        firearm);
12            (B) Section 24-2.5 (aggravated discharge of a
13        machine gun or a firearm equipped with a device
14        designed or use for silencing the report of a
15        firearm);
16            (C) Section 24-1.5 (reckless discharge of a
17        firearm);
18            (D) Section 24-1.7 (armed habitual criminal);
19            (E) Section 24-2.2 (manufacture, sale or transfer
20        of bullets or shells represented to be armor piercing
21        bullets, dragon's breath shotgun shells, bolo shells,
22        or flechette shells);
23            (F) Section 24-3 (unlawful sale or delivery of
24        firearms);
25            (G) Section 24-3.3 (unlawful sale or delivery of
26        firearms on the premises of any school);

 

 

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1            (H) Section 24-34 (unlawful sale of firearms by
2        liquor license);
3            (I) Section 24-3.5 (unlawful purchase of a
4        firearm);
5            (J) Section 24-3A (gunrunning);
6            (K) Section 24-3B (firearms trafficking);
7            (L) Section 10-9 (b) (involuntary servitude);
8            (M) Section 10-9 (c) (involuntary sexual servitude
9        of a minor);
10            (N) Section 10-9(d) (trafficking in persons);
11            (O) Non-probationable violations: (i) unlawful use
12        or possession of weapons by felons or persons in the
13        Custody of the Department of Corrections facilities
14        (Section 24-1.1), (ii) aggravated unlawful use of a
15        weapon (Section 24-1.6), or (iii) aggravated
16        possession of a stolen firearm (Section 24-3.9);
17            (P) Section 9-3 (reckless homicide and involuntary
18        manslaughter);
19            (Q) Section 19-3 (residential burglary);
20            (R) Section 10-5 (child abduction);
21            (S) Felony violations of Section 12C-5 (child
22        endangerment);
23            (T) Section 12-7.1 (hate crime);
24            (U) Section 10-3.1 (aggravated unlawful
25        restraint);
26            (V) Section 12-9 (threatening a public official);

 

 

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1            (W) Subdivision (f)(1) of Section 12-3.05
2        (aggravated battery with a deadly weapon other than by
3        discharge of a firearm);
4        (6.5) the defendant is charged with any of the
5    following offenses, and it is alleged that the defendant's
6    pretrial release poses a real and present threat to the
7    safety of any person or persons or the community, based on
8    the specific articulable facts of the case:
9            (A) Felony violations of Sections 3.01, 3.02, or
10        3.03 of the Humane Care for Animals Act (cruel
11        treatment, aggravated cruelty, and animal torture);
12            (B) Subdivision (d)(1)(B) of Section 11-501 of the
13        Illinois Vehicle Code (aggravated driving under the
14        influence while operating a school bus with
15        passengers);
16            (C) Subdivision (d)(1)(C) of Section 11-501 of the
17        Illinois Vehicle Code (aggravated driving under the
18        influence causing great bodily harm);
19            (D) Subdivision (d)(1)(D) of Section 11-501 of the
20        Illinois Vehicle Code (aggravated driving under the
21        influence after a previous reckless homicide
22        conviction);
23            (E) Subdivision (d)(1)(F) of Section 11-501 of the
24        Illinois Vehicle Code (aggravated driving under the
25        influence leading to death); or
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1        Illinois Vehicle Code (aggravated driving under the
2        influence that resulted in bodily harm to a child
3        under the age of 16);
4        (7) the defendant is charged with an attempt to commit
5    any charge listed in paragraphs (1) through (6.5), and it
6    is alleged that the defendant's pretrial release poses a
7    real and present threat to the safety of any person or
8    persons or the community, based on the specific
9    articulable facts of the case; or
10        (8) the person has a high likelihood of willful flight
11    to avoid prosecution and is charged with:
12            (A) Any felony described in subdivisions (a)(1)
13        through (a)(7) of this Section; or
14            (B) A felony offense other than a Class 4 offense.
15    (b) If the charged offense is a felony, as part of the
16detention hearing, the court shall determine whether there is
17probable cause the defendant has committed an offense, unless
18a hearing pursuant to Section 109-3 of this Code has already
19been held or a grand jury has returned a true bill of
20indictment against the defendant. If there is a finding of no
21probable cause, the defendant shall be released. No such
22finding is necessary if the defendant is charged with a
23misdemeanor.
24    (c) Timing of petition.
25        (1) A petition may be filed without prior notice to
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1    within the 21 calendar days, except as provided in Section
2    110-6, after arrest and release of the defendant upon
3    reasonable notice to defendant; provided that while such
4    petition is pending before the court, the defendant if
5    previously released shall not be detained.
6        (2) Upon filing, the court shall immediately hold a
7    hearing on the petition unless a continuance is requested.
8    If a continuance is requested and granted, the hearing
9    shall be held within 48 hours of the defendant's first
10    appearance if the defendant is charged with first degree
11    murder or a Class X, Class 1, Class 2, or Class 3 felony,
12    and within 24 hours if the defendant is charged with a
13    Class 4 or misdemeanor offense. The Court may deny or
14    grant the request for continuance. If the court decides to
15    grant the continuance, the Court retains the discretion to
16    detain or release the defendant in the time between the
17    filing of the petition and the hearing.
18    (d) Contents of petition.
19        (1) The petition shall be verified by the State and
20    shall state the grounds upon which it contends the
21    defendant should be denied pretrial release, including the
22    real and present threat to the safety of any person or
23    persons or the community, based on the specific
24    articulable facts or flight risk, as appropriate.
25        (2) If the State seeks to file a second or subsequent
26    petition under this Section, the State shall be required

 

 

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1    to present a verified application setting forth in detail
2    any new facts not known or obtainable at the time of the
3    filing of the previous petition.
4    (e) Eligibility: All defendants shall be presumed eligible
5for pretrial release, and the State shall bear the burden of
6proving by clear and convincing evidence that:
7        (1) the proof is evident or the presumption great that
8    the defendant has committed an offense listed in
9    subsection (a), and
10        (2) for offenses listed in paragraphs (1) through (7)
11    of subsection (a), the defendant poses a real and present
12    threat to the safety of any person or persons or the
13    community, based on the specific articulable facts of the
14    case, by conduct which may include, but is not limited to,
15    a forcible felony, the obstruction of justice,
16    intimidation, injury, or abuse as defined by paragraph (1)
17    of Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of
18    1986, and
19        (3) no condition or combination of conditions set
20    forth in subsection (b) of Section 110-10 of this Article
21    can mitigate (i) the real and present threat to the safety
22    of any person or persons or the community, based on the
23    specific articulable facts of the case, for offenses
24    listed in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a), or
25    (ii) the defendant's willful flight for offenses listed in
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1        (4) for offenses under subsection (b) of Section 407
2    of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act that are subject
3    to paragraph (1) of subsection (a), no condition or
4    combination of conditions set forth in subsection (b) of
5    Section 110-10 of this Article can mitigate the real and
6    present threat to the safety of any person or persons or
7    the community, based on the specific articulable facts of
8    the case, and the defendant poses a serious risk to not
9    appear in court as required.
10    (f) Conduct of the hearings.
11        (1) Prior to the hearing, the State shall tender to
12    the defendant copies of the defendant's criminal history
13    available, any written or recorded statements, and the
14    substance of any oral statements made by any person, if
15    relied upon by the State in its petition, and any police
16    reports in the prosecutor's possession at the time of the
17    hearing.
18        (2) The State or defendant may present evidence at the
19    hearing by way of proffer based upon reliable information.
20        (3) The defendant has the right to be represented by
21    counsel, and if he or she is indigent, to have counsel
22    appointed for him or her. The defendant shall have the
23    opportunity to testify, to present witnesses on his or her
24    own behalf, and to cross-examine any witnesses that are
25    called by the State. Defense counsel shall be given
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1    any hearing at which conditions of release or the
2    detention of the defendant are to be considered, with an
3    accommodation for a physical condition made to facilitate
4    attorney/client consultation. If defense counsel needs to
5    confer or consult with the defendant during any hearing
6    conducted via a two-way audio-visual communication system,
7    such consultation shall not be recorded and shall be
8    undertaken consistent with constitutional protections.
9        (3.5) A hearing at which pretrial release may be
10    denied must be conducted in person (and not by way of
11    two-way audio visual communication) unless the accused
12    waives the right to be present physically in court, the
13    court determines that the physical health and safety of
14    any person necessary to the proceedings would be
15    endangered by appearing in court, or the chief judge of
16    the circuit orders use of that system due to operational
17    challenges in conducting the hearing in person. Such
18    operational challenges must be documented and approved by
19    the chief judge of the circuit, and a plan to address the
20    challenges through reasonable efforts must be presented
21    and approved by the Administrative Office of the Illinois
22    Courts every 6 months.
23        (4) If the defense seeks to compel the complaining
24    witness to testify as a witness in its favor, it shall
25    petition the court for permission. When the ends of
26    justice so require, the court may exercise its discretion

 

 

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1    and compel the appearance of a complaining witness. The
2    court shall state on the record reasons for granting a
3    defense request to compel the presence of a complaining
4    witness only on the issue of the defendant's pretrial
5    detention. In making a determination under this Section,
6    the court shall state on the record the reason for
7    granting a defense request to compel the presence of a
8    complaining witness, and only grant the request if the
9    court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the
10    defendant will be materially prejudiced if the complaining
11    witness does not appear. Cross-examination of a
12    complaining witness at the pretrial detention hearing for
13    the purpose of impeaching the witness' credibility is
14    insufficient reason to compel the presence of the witness.
15    In deciding whether to compel the appearance of a
16    complaining witness, the court shall be considerate of the
17    emotional and physical well-being of the witness. The
18    pre-trial detention hearing is not to be used for purposes
19    of discovery, and the post arraignment rules of discovery
20    do not apply. The State shall tender to the defendant,
21    prior to the hearing, copies, if any, of the defendant's
22    criminal history, if available, and any written or
23    recorded statements and the substance of any oral
24    statements made by any person, if in the State's
25    Attorney's possession at the time of the hearing.
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1    in criminal trials do not apply to the presentation and
2    consideration of information at the hearing. At the trial
3    concerning the offense for which the hearing was conducted
4    neither the finding of the court nor any transcript or
5    other record of the hearing shall be admissible in the
6    State's case-in-chief, but shall be admissible for
7    impeachment, or as provided in Section 115-10.1 of this
8    Code, or in a perjury proceeding.
9        (6) The defendant may not move to suppress evidence or
10    a confession, however, evidence that proof of the charged
11    crime may have been the result of an unlawful search or
12    seizure, or both, or through improper interrogation, is
13    relevant in assessing the weight of the evidence against
14    the defendant.
15        (7) Decisions regarding release, conditions of
16    release, and detention prior to trial must be
17    individualized, and no single factor or standard may be
18    used exclusively to order detention. Risk assessment tools
19    may not be used as the sole basis to deny pretrial release.
20    (g) Factors to be considered in making a determination of
21dangerousness. The court may, in determining whether the
22defendant poses a real and present threat to the safety of any
23person or persons or the community, based on the specific
24articulable facts of the case, consider, but shall not be
25limited to, evidence or testimony concerning:
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1    charged, including whether the offense is a crime of
2    violence, involving a weapon, or a sex offense.
3        (2) The history and characteristics of the defendant
4    including:
5            (A) Any evidence of the defendant's prior criminal
6        history indicative of violent, abusive or assaultive
7        behavior, or lack of such behavior. Such evidence may
8        include testimony or documents received in juvenile
9        proceedings, criminal, quasi-criminal, civil
10        commitment, domestic relations, or other proceedings.
11            (B) Any evidence of the defendant's psychological,
12        psychiatric or other similar social history which
13        tends to indicate a violent, abusive, or assaultive
14        nature, or lack of any such history.
15        (3) The identity of any person or persons to whose
16    safety the defendant is believed to pose a threat, and the
17    nature of the threat.
18        (4) Any statements made by, or attributed to the
19    defendant, together with the circumstances surrounding
20    them.
21        (5) The age and physical condition of the defendant.
22        (6) The age and physical condition of any victim or
23    complaining witness.
24        (7) Whether the defendant is known to possess or have
25    access to any weapon or weapons.
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1    other offense or arrest, the defendant was on probation,
2    parole, aftercare release, mandatory supervised release or
3    other release from custody pending trial, sentencing,
4    appeal or completion of sentence for an offense under
5    federal or state law.
6        (9) Any other factors, including those listed in
7    Section 110-5 of this Article deemed by the court to have a
8    reasonable bearing upon the defendant's propensity or
9    reputation for violent, abusive, or assaultive behavior,
10    or lack of such behavior.
11    (h) Detention order. The court shall, in any order for
12detention:
13        (1) make a written finding summarizing the court's
14    reasons for concluding that the defendant should be denied
15    pretrial release, including why less restrictive
16    conditions would not avoid a real and present threat to
17    the safety of any person or persons or the community,
18    based on the specific articulable facts of the case, or
19    prevent the defendant's willful flight from prosecution;
20        (2) direct that the defendant be committed to the
21    custody of the sheriff for confinement in the county jail
22    pending trial;
23        (3) direct that the defendant be given a reasonable
24    opportunity for private consultation with counsel, and for
25    communication with others of his or her choice by
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1        (4) direct that the sheriff deliver the defendant as
2    required for appearances in connection with court
3    proceedings.
4    (i) Detention. If the court enters an order for the
5detention of the defendant pursuant to subsection (e) of this
6Section, the defendant shall be brought to trial on the
7offense for which he is detained within 90 days after the date
8on which the order for detention was entered. If the defendant
9is not brought to trial within the 90-day period required by
10the preceding sentence, he shall not be denied pretrial
11release. In computing the 90-day period, the court shall omit
12any period of delay resulting from a continuance granted at
13the request of the defendant and any period of delay resulting
14from a continuance granted at the request of the State with
15good cause shown pursuant to Section 103-5.
16    (i-5) At each subsequent appearance of the defendant
17before the court, the judge must find that continued detention
18is necessary to avoid a real and present threat to the safety
19of any person or persons or the community, based on the
20specific articulable facts of the case, or to prevent the
21defendant's willful flight from prosecution.
22    (j) Rights of the defendant. The defendant shall be
23entitled to appeal any order entered under this Section
24denying his or her pretrial release.
25    (k) Appeal. The State may appeal any order entered under
26this Section denying any motion for denial of pretrial

 

 

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1release.
2    (l) Presumption of innocence. Nothing in this Section
3shall be construed as modifying or limiting in any way the
4defendant's presumption of innocence in further criminal
5proceedings.
6    (m) Interest of victims.
7    (1) Crime victims shall be given notice by the State's
8Attorney's office of this hearing as required in paragraph (1)
9of subsection (b) of Section 4.5 of the Rights of Crime Victims
10and Witnesses Act and shall be informed of their opportunity
11at this hearing to obtain a protective order.
12    (2) If the defendant is denied pretrial release, the court
13may impose a no contact provision with the victim or other
14interested party that shall be enforced while the defendant
15remains in custody.
16(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1104, eff. 1-1-23.)