103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1968

 

Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Steve McClure

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/26-1  from Ch. 38, par. 26-1

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits disorderly conduct when he or she knowingly transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner a threat of destruction of a child care institution or day care center building or property, or a threat of violence, death, or bodily harm directed against persons at a child care institution or day care center, a child care institution or day care center function, or a child care institution or day care center event, whether or not the child care institution or day care center is in session. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.


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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 26-1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/26-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 26-1)
7    Sec. 26-1. Disorderly conduct.
8    (a) A person commits disorderly conduct when he or she
9knowingly:
10        (1) Does any act in such unreasonable manner as to
11    alarm or disturb another and to provoke a breach of the
12    peace;
13        (2) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
14    manner to the fire department of any city, town, village
15    or fire protection district a false alarm of fire, knowing
16    at the time of the transmission that there is no
17    reasonable ground for believing that the fire exists;
18        (3) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
19    manner to another a false alarm to the effect that a bomb
20    or other explosive of any nature or a container holding
21    poison gas, a deadly biological or chemical contaminant,
22    or radioactive substance is concealed in a place where its
23    explosion or release would endanger human life, knowing at

 

 

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1    the time of the transmission that there is no reasonable
2    ground for believing that the bomb, explosive or a
3    container holding poison gas, a deadly biological or
4    chemical contaminant, or radioactive substance is
5    concealed in the place;
6        (3.5) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
7    manner a threat of destruction of a school building or
8    school property, or a threat of violence, death, or bodily
9    harm directed against persons at a school, school
10    function, or school event, whether or not school is in
11    session;
12        (3.6) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
13    manner a threat of destruction of a child care institution
14    or day care center building or property, or a threat of
15    violence, death, or bodily harm directed against persons
16    at a child care institution or day care center, a child
17    care institution or day care center function, or a child
18    care institution or day care center event, whether or not
19    the child care institution or day care center is in
20    session;
21        (4) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
22    manner to any peace officer, public officer or public
23    employee a report to the effect that an offense will be
24    committed, is being committed, or has been committed,
25    knowing at the time of the transmission that there is no
26    reasonable ground for believing that the offense will be

 

 

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1    committed, is being committed, or has been committed;
2        (5) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
3    manner a false report to any public safety agency without
4    the reasonable grounds necessary to believe that
5    transmitting the report is necessary for the safety and
6    welfare of the public; or
7        (6) Calls the number "911" or transmits or causes to
8    be transmitted in any manner to a public safety agency for
9    the purpose of making or transmitting a false alarm or
10    complaint and reporting information when, at the time the
11    call or transmission is made, the person knows there is no
12    reasonable ground for making the call or transmission and
13    further knows that the call or transmission could result
14    in the emergency response of any public safety agency;
15        (7) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
16    manner a false report to the Department of Children and
17    Family Services under Section 4 of the Abused and
18    Neglected Child Reporting Act;
19        (8) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
20    manner a false report to the Department of Public Health
21    under the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental
22    Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community
23    Care Act, or the MC/DD Act;
24        (9) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
25    manner to the police department or fire department of any
26    municipality or fire protection district, or any privately

 

 

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1    owned and operated ambulance service, a false request for
2    an ambulance, emergency medical technician-ambulance or
3    emergency medical technician-paramedic knowing at the time
4    there is no reasonable ground for believing that the
5    assistance is required;
6        (10) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
7    manner a false report under Article II of Public Act
8    83-1432;
9        (11) Enters upon the property of another and for a
10    lewd or unlawful purpose deliberately looks into a
11    dwelling on the property through any window or other
12    opening in it; or
13        (12) While acting as a collection agency as defined in
14    the Collection Agency Act or as an employee of the
15    collection agency, and while attempting to collect an
16    alleged debt, makes a telephone call to the alleged debtor
17    which is designed to harass, annoy or intimidate the
18    alleged debtor.
19    (b) Sentence. A violation of subsection (a)(1) of this
20Section is a Class C misdemeanor. A violation of subsection
21(a)(5) or (a)(11) of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor. A
22violation of subsection (a)(8) or (a)(10) of this Section is a
23Class B misdemeanor. A violation of subsection (a)(2),
24(a)(3.5), (a)(3.6), (a)(4), (a)(6), (a)(7), or (a)(9) of this
25Section is a Class 4 felony. A violation of subsection (a)(3)
26of this Section is a Class 3 felony, for which a fine of not

 

 

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1less than $3,000 and no more than $10,000 shall be assessed in
2addition to any other penalty imposed.
3    A violation of subsection (a)(12) of this Section is a
4Business Offense and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
5$3,000. A second or subsequent violation of subsection (a)(7)
6or (a)(5) of this Section is a Class 4 felony. A third or
7subsequent violation of subsection (a)(11) of this Section is
8a Class 4 felony.
9    (c) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed,
10a court shall order any person convicted of disorderly conduct
11to perform community service for not less than 30 and not more
12than 120 hours, if community service is available in the
13jurisdiction and is funded and approved by the county board of
14the county where the offense was committed. In addition,
15whenever any person is placed on supervision for an alleged
16offense under this Section, the supervision shall be
17conditioned upon the performance of the community service.
18    This subsection does not apply when the court imposes a
19sentence of incarceration.
20    (d) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed,
21the court shall order any person convicted of disorderly
22conduct under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) involving a
23false alarm of a threat that a bomb or explosive device has
24been placed in a school that requires an emergency response to
25reimburse the unit of government that employs the emergency
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1school for the cost of the response. If the court determines
2that the person convicted of disorderly conduct that requires
3an emergency response to a school is indigent, the provisions
4of this subsection (d) do not apply.
5    (e) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed,
6the court shall order any person convicted of disorderly
7conduct under paragraph (3.5) or (6) of subsection (a) to
8reimburse the public agency for the reasonable costs of the
9emergency response by the public agency up to $10,000. If the
10court determines that the person convicted of disorderly
11conduct under paragraph (3.5) or (6) of subsection (a) is
12indigent, the provisions of this subsection (e) do not apply.
13    (f) For the purposes of this Section, "emergency response"
14means any condition that results in, or could result in, the
15response of a public official in an authorized emergency
16vehicle, any condition that jeopardizes or could jeopardize
17public safety and results in, or could result in, the
18evacuation of any area, building, structure, vehicle, or of
19any other place that any person may enter, or any incident
20requiring a response by a police officer, a firefighter, a
21State Fire Marshal employee, or an ambulance.
22(Source: P.A. 101-238, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.