HB1489 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB103 03539 RLC 48545 b

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1489

Introduced 1/31/2023, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/1-3

from Ch. 38, par. 1-3

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the applicability of the common law.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing Section 1-3 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/1-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1-3)

Sec. 1-3. Applicability of common law. No conduct constitutes an offense unless it is described as an offense in this Code or in another statute of this State. However, this provision does not affect the the power of a court to punish for contempt or to employ any sanction authorized by law for the enforcement of an order or civil judgment.

(Source: P.A. 79-1360.)