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 Bill Status of HB5525  96th General Assembly


Short Description:  CRIM CD-PENAL-CONTRABAND

House Sponsors
Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough

Senate Sponsors
(Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.)

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  7/27/2010HousePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1325

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
720 ILCS 5/31A-1.2from Ch. 38, par. 31A-1.2


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is a Class 1 felony for an employee of a penal institution, without authority of any person designated or authorized to grant such authority, to bring into or to attempt to bring into the penal institution, or to possess in the penal institution a tool to defeat security mechanisms or a cutting tool. Provides that it is a Class X felony with a minimum term of imprisonment of 10 years for a person who is an employee of a penal institution to knowingly and without authority of any person designated or authorized to grant such authority to deliver or possess with intent to deliver electronic contraband in the penal institution. Effective immediately.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/8/2010HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
  2/9/2010HouseFirst Reading
  2/9/2010HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  3/8/2010HouseAssigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
  3/9/2010HouseMoved to Suspend Rule 25 Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
  3/9/2010HouseSuspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
  3/11/2010HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 006-000-000
  3/11/2010HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  3/17/2010HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
  3/17/2010HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  3/24/2010HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-001-000
  3/24/2010SenateArrive in Senate
  3/24/2010SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading
  3/24/2010SenateChief Senate Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
  3/24/2010SenateFirst Reading
  3/24/2010SenateReferred to Assignments
  4/6/2010SenateAssigned to Criminal Law
  4/14/2010SenateDo Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-000
  4/14/2010SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
  4/23/2010SenateSecond Reading
  4/23/2010SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2010
  5/4/2010SenateThird Reading - Passed; 055-000-000
  5/4/2010HousePassed Both Houses
  6/2/2010HouseSent to the Governor
  7/27/2010HouseGovernor Approved
  7/27/2010HouseEffective Date July 27, 2010
  7/27/2010HousePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1325

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