HB1969 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1969

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Avery Bourne

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/31A-1.3 new

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of penal institution riot. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she is an inmate in a penal institution and knowingly and in consort with one or more other inmates disturbs the good order of the institution by use or threat of force. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony.


LRB102 04134 RLC 14151 b

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB1969LRB102 04134 RLC 14151 b

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 adding
5Section 31A-1.3 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/31A-1.3 new)
7    Sec. 31A-1.3. Penal institution riot.
8    (a) A person commits penal institution riot when he or she
9is an inmate in a penal institution and knowingly and in
10consort with one or more other inmates disturbs the good order
11of the institution by use or threat of force.
12    (b) Sentence. Penal institution riot is a Class 4 felony.