Bill Amendment: IL HB5037 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
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Bill Title: FIREARM USED TO COMMIT CRIME
Status: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB5037 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB5037-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: FIREARM USED TO COMMIT CRIME
Status: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB5037 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB5037-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5037 | ||||||
2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5037 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Sections 8-4, 9-1.2, 10-2, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 12-3.05, | ||||||
6 | 18-2, 18-4, and 19-6 as follows:
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7 | (720 ILCS 5/8-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 8-4) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 8-4. Attempt. | ||||||
9 | (a) Elements of the offense. | ||||||
10 | A person commits the offense of attempt when, with intent | ||||||
11 | to commit a specific offense, he or she does any act that | ||||||
12 | constitutes a substantial step toward the commission of that | ||||||
13 | offense. | ||||||
14 | (b) Impossibility. | ||||||
15 | It is not a defense to a charge of attempt that because of | ||||||
16 | a misapprehension of the circumstances it would have been |
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1 | impossible for the accused to commit the offense attempted. | ||||||
2 | (c) Sentence. | ||||||
3 | A person convicted of attempt may be fined or imprisoned | ||||||
4 | or both not to exceed the maximum provided for the offense | ||||||
5 | attempted but, except for an attempt to commit the offense | ||||||
6 | defined in Section 33A-2 of this Code: | ||||||
7 | (1) the sentence for attempt to commit first degree | ||||||
8 | murder is the sentence for a Class X felony, except that | ||||||
9 | (A) an attempt to commit first degree murder when | ||||||
10 | at least one of the aggravating factors specified in | ||||||
11 | clauses (iii), (iv), and (v) of subsection (a)(1)(c) | ||||||
12 | of Section 5-8-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections is | ||||||
13 | present is a Class X felony for which the sentence | ||||||
14 | shall be a term of imprisonment of not less than 20 | ||||||
15 | years and not more than 80 years; | ||||||
16 | (B) an attempt to commit first degree murder while | ||||||
17 | armed with a firearm is a Class X felony for which up | ||||||
18 | to 15 years may shall be added to the term of | ||||||
19 | imprisonment imposed by the court if the person | ||||||
20 | committed the offense while personally armed with the | ||||||
21 | firearm and while personally displaying the firearm ; | ||||||
22 | (C) an attempt to commit first degree murder | ||||||
23 | during which the person personally discharged a | ||||||
24 | firearm is a Class X felony for which up to 20 years | ||||||
25 | may shall be added to the term of imprisonment imposed | ||||||
26 | by the court; |
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1 | (D) an attempt to commit first degree murder | ||||||
2 | during which the person personally discharged a | ||||||
3 | firearm that proximately caused great bodily harm, | ||||||
4 | permanent disability, permanent disfigurement, or | ||||||
5 | death to another person is a Class X felony for which | ||||||
6 | up to 25 years may or up to a term of natural life | ||||||
7 | shall be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by | ||||||
8 | the court; and | ||||||
9 | (E) if the defendant proves by a preponderance of | ||||||
10 | the evidence at sentencing that, at the time of the | ||||||
11 | attempted murder, he or she was acting under a sudden | ||||||
12 | and intense passion resulting from serious provocation | ||||||
13 | by the individual whom the defendant endeavored to | ||||||
14 | kill, or another, and, had the individual the | ||||||
15 | defendant endeavored to kill died, the defendant would | ||||||
16 | have negligently or accidentally caused that death, | ||||||
17 | then the sentence for the attempted murder is the | ||||||
18 | sentence for a Class 1 felony; | ||||||
19 | (2) the sentence for attempt to commit a Class X | ||||||
20 | felony is the sentence for a Class 1 felony; | ||||||
21 | (3) the sentence for attempt to commit a Class 1 | ||||||
22 | felony is the sentence for a Class 2 felony; | ||||||
23 | (4) the sentence for attempt to commit a Class 2 | ||||||
24 | felony is the sentence for a Class 3 felony; and | ||||||
25 | (5) the sentence for attempt to commit any felony | ||||||
26 | other than those specified in items (1), (2), (3), and (4) |
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1 | of this subsection (c) is the sentence for a Class A | ||||||
2 | misdemeanor. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 103-51, eff. 1-1-24 .)
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4 | (720 ILCS 5/9-1.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 9-1.2) | ||||||
5 | Sec. 9-1.2. Intentional homicide of an unborn child. | ||||||
6 | (a) A person commits the offense of intentional homicide | ||||||
7 | of an unborn child if, in performing acts which cause the death | ||||||
8 | of an unborn child, he without lawful justification: | ||||||
9 | (1) either intended to cause the death of or do great | ||||||
10 | bodily harm to the pregnant individual or unborn child or | ||||||
11 | knew that such acts would cause death or great bodily harm | ||||||
12 | to the pregnant individual or unborn child; or | ||||||
13 | (2) knew that his acts created a strong probability of | ||||||
14 | death or great bodily harm to the pregnant individual or | ||||||
15 | unborn child; and | ||||||
16 | (3) knew that the individual was pregnant. | ||||||
17 | (b) For purposes of this Section, (1) "unborn child" shall | ||||||
18 | mean any individual of the human species from the implantation | ||||||
19 | of an embryo until birth, and (2) "person" shall not include | ||||||
20 | the pregnant woman whose unborn child is killed. | ||||||
21 | (c) This Section shall not apply to acts which cause the | ||||||
22 | death of an unborn child if those acts were committed during | ||||||
23 | any abortion, as defined in Section 1-10 of the Reproductive | ||||||
24 | Health Act, to which the pregnant individual has consented. | ||||||
25 | This Section shall not apply to acts which were committed |
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1 | pursuant to usual and customary standards of medical practice | ||||||
2 | during diagnostic testing or therapeutic treatment. | ||||||
3 | (d) Penalty. The sentence for intentional homicide of an | ||||||
4 | unborn child shall be the same as for first degree murder, | ||||||
5 | except that: | ||||||
6 | (1) (blank); | ||||||
7 | (2) if the person committed the offense while | ||||||
8 | personally armed with a firearm, and while personally | ||||||
9 | displaying the firearm, up to 15 years may shall be added | ||||||
10 | to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court; | ||||||
11 | (3) if, during the commission of the offense, the | ||||||
12 | person personally discharged a firearm, up to 20 years may | ||||||
13 | shall be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the | ||||||
14 | court; | ||||||
15 | (4) if, during the commission of the offense, the | ||||||
16 | person personally discharged a firearm that proximately | ||||||
17 | caused great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent | ||||||
18 | disfigurement, or death to another person, up to 25 years | ||||||
19 | may or up to a term of natural life shall be added to the | ||||||
20 | term of imprisonment imposed by the court. | ||||||
21 | (e) The provisions of this Act shall not be construed to | ||||||
22 | prohibit the prosecution of any person under any other | ||||||
23 | provision of law. | ||||||
24 | (Source: P.A. 103-51, eff. 1-1-24 .)
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25 | (720 ILCS 5/10-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 10-2) |
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1 | Sec. 10-2. Aggravated kidnaping. | ||||||
2 | (a) A person commits the offense of aggravated kidnaping | ||||||
3 | when he or she commits kidnapping and: | ||||||
4 | (1) kidnaps with the intent to obtain ransom from the | ||||||
5 | person kidnaped or from any other person; | ||||||
6 | (2) takes as his or her victim a child under the age of | ||||||
7 | 13 years, or a person with a severe or profound | ||||||
8 | intellectual disability; | ||||||
9 | (3) inflicts great bodily harm, other than by the | ||||||
10 | discharge of a firearm, or commits another felony upon his | ||||||
11 | or her victim; | ||||||
12 | (4) wears a hood, robe, or mask or conceals his or her | ||||||
13 | identity; | ||||||
14 | (5) commits the offense of kidnaping while armed with | ||||||
15 | a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm, as defined in | ||||||
16 | Section 33A-1 of this Code; | ||||||
17 | (6) commits the offense of kidnaping while armed with | ||||||
18 | a firearm; | ||||||
19 | (7) during the commission of the offense of kidnaping, | ||||||
20 | personally discharges a firearm; or | ||||||
21 | (8) during the commission of the offense of kidnaping, | ||||||
22 | personally discharges a firearm that proximately causes | ||||||
23 | great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent | ||||||
24 | disfigurement, or death to another person. | ||||||
25 | As used in this Section, "ransom" includes money, benefit, | ||||||
26 | or other valuable thing or concession. |
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1 | (b) Sentence. Aggravated kidnaping in violation of | ||||||
2 | paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of subsection (a) is a | ||||||
3 | Class X felony. A violation of subsection (a)(6) is a Class X | ||||||
4 | felony for which up to 15 years may shall be added to the term | ||||||
5 | of imprisonment imposed by the court , if the person committed | ||||||
6 | the offense while personally armed with a firearm, and while | ||||||
7 | personally displaying the firearm . A violation of subsection | ||||||
8 | (a)(7) is a Class X felony for which up to 20 years may shall | ||||||
9 | be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court. A | ||||||
10 | violation of subsection (a)(8) is a Class X felony for which up | ||||||
11 | to 25 years may or up to a term of natural life shall be added | ||||||
12 | to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court. An offender | ||||||
13 | under the age of 18 years at the time of the commission of | ||||||
14 | aggravated kidnaping in violation of paragraphs (1) through | ||||||
15 | (8) of subsection (a) shall be sentenced under Section | ||||||
16 | 5-4.5-105 of the Unified Code of Corrections. | ||||||
17 | A person who has attained the age of 18 years at the time | ||||||
18 | of the commission of the offense and who is convicted of a | ||||||
19 | second or subsequent offense of aggravated kidnaping shall be | ||||||
20 | sentenced to a term of natural life imprisonment; except that | ||||||
21 | a sentence of natural life imprisonment shall not be imposed | ||||||
22 | under this Section unless the second or subsequent offense was | ||||||
23 | committed after conviction on the first offense. An offender | ||||||
24 | under the age of 18 years at the time of the commission of the | ||||||
25 | second or subsequent offense shall be sentenced under Section | ||||||
26 | 5-4.5-105 of the Unified Code of Corrections. |
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1 | (Source: P.A. 99-69, eff. 1-1-16; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; | ||||||
2 | 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
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3 | (720 ILCS 5/11-1.30) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-14) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 11-1.30. Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault. | ||||||
5 | (a) A person commits aggravated criminal sexual assault if | ||||||
6 | that person commits criminal sexual assault and any of the | ||||||
7 | following aggravating circumstances exist during the | ||||||
8 | commission of the offense or, for purposes of paragraph (7), | ||||||
9 | occur as part of the same course of conduct as the commission | ||||||
10 | of the offense: | ||||||
11 | (1) the person displays, threatens to use, or uses a | ||||||
12 | dangerous weapon, other than a firearm, or any other | ||||||
13 | object fashioned or used in a manner that leads the | ||||||
14 | victim, under the circumstances, reasonably to believe | ||||||
15 | that the object is a dangerous weapon; | ||||||
16 | (2) the person causes bodily harm to the victim, | ||||||
17 | except as provided in paragraph (10); | ||||||
18 | (3) the person acts in a manner that threatens or | ||||||
19 | endangers the life of the victim or any other person; | ||||||
20 | (4) the person commits the criminal sexual assault | ||||||
21 | during the course of committing or attempting to commit | ||||||
22 | any other felony; | ||||||
23 | (5) the victim is 60 years of age or older; | ||||||
24 | (6) the victim is a person with a physical disability; | ||||||
25 | (7) the person delivers (by injection, inhalation, |
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1 | ingestion, transfer of possession, or any other means) any | ||||||
2 | controlled substance to the victim without the victim's | ||||||
3 | consent or by threat or deception for other than medical | ||||||
4 | purposes; | ||||||
5 | (8) the person is armed with a firearm; | ||||||
6 | (9) the person personally discharges a firearm during | ||||||
7 | the commission of the offense; or | ||||||
8 | (10) the person personally discharges a firearm during | ||||||
9 | the commission of the offense, and that discharge | ||||||
10 | proximately causes great bodily harm, permanent | ||||||
11 | disability, permanent disfigurement, or death to another | ||||||
12 | person. | ||||||
13 | (b) A person commits aggravated criminal sexual assault if | ||||||
14 | that person is under 17 years of age and: (i) commits an act of | ||||||
15 | sexual penetration with a victim who is under 9 years of age; | ||||||
16 | or (ii) commits an act of sexual penetration with a victim who | ||||||
17 | is at least 9 years of age but under 13 years of age and the | ||||||
18 | person uses force or threat of force to commit the act. | ||||||
19 | (c) A person commits aggravated criminal sexual assault if | ||||||
20 | that person commits an act of sexual penetration with a victim | ||||||
21 | who is a person with a severe or profound intellectual | ||||||
22 | disability. | ||||||
23 | (d) Sentence. | ||||||
24 | (1) Aggravated criminal sexual assault in violation of | ||||||
25 | paragraph (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7) of subsection | ||||||
26 | (a) or in violation of subsection (b) or (c) is a Class X |
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1 | felony. A violation of subsection (a)(1) is a Class X | ||||||
2 | felony for which 10 years shall be added to the term of | ||||||
3 | imprisonment imposed by the court. A violation of | ||||||
4 | subsection (a)(8) is a Class X felony for which up to 15 | ||||||
5 | years may shall be added to the term of imprisonment | ||||||
6 | imposed by the court , if the person committed the offense | ||||||
7 | while personally armed with a firearm, and while | ||||||
8 | personally displaying the firearm . A violation of | ||||||
9 | subsection (a)(9) is a Class X felony for which up to 20 | ||||||
10 | years may shall be added to the term of imprisonment | ||||||
11 | imposed by the court. A violation of subsection (a)(10) is | ||||||
12 | a Class X felony for which up to 25 years may or up to a | ||||||
13 | term of natural life imprisonment shall be added to the | ||||||
14 | term of imprisonment imposed by the court. An offender | ||||||
15 | under the age of 18 years at the time of the commission of | ||||||
16 | aggravated criminal sexual assault in violation of | ||||||
17 | paragraphs (1) through (10) of subsection (a) shall be | ||||||
18 | sentenced under Section 5-4.5-105 of the Unified Code of | ||||||
19 | Corrections. | ||||||
20 | (2) A person who has attained the age of 18 years at | ||||||
21 | the time of the commission of the offense and who is | ||||||
22 | convicted of a second or subsequent offense of aggravated | ||||||
23 | criminal sexual assault, or who is convicted of the | ||||||
24 | offense of aggravated criminal sexual assault after having | ||||||
25 | previously been convicted of the offense of criminal | ||||||
26 | sexual assault or the offense of predatory criminal sexual |
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1 | assault of a child, or who is convicted of the offense of | ||||||
2 | aggravated criminal sexual assault after having previously | ||||||
3 | been convicted under the laws of this or any other state of | ||||||
4 | an offense that is substantially equivalent to the offense | ||||||
5 | of criminal sexual assault, the offense of aggravated | ||||||
6 | criminal sexual assault or the offense of predatory | ||||||
7 | criminal sexual assault of a child, shall be sentenced to | ||||||
8 | a term of natural life imprisonment. The commission of the | ||||||
9 | second or subsequent offense is required to have been | ||||||
10 | after the initial conviction for this paragraph (2) to | ||||||
11 | apply. An offender under the age of 18 years at the time of | ||||||
12 | the commission of the offense covered by this paragraph | ||||||
13 | (2) shall be sentenced under Section 5-4.5-105 of the | ||||||
14 | Unified Code of Corrections. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 99-69, eff. 1-1-16; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; | ||||||
16 | 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
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17 | (720 ILCS 5/11-1.40) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-14.1) | ||||||
18 | Sec. 11-1.40. Predatory criminal sexual assault of a | ||||||
19 | child. | ||||||
20 | (a) A person commits predatory criminal sexual assault of | ||||||
21 | a child if that person is 17 years of age or older, and commits | ||||||
22 | an act of contact, however slight, between the sex organ or | ||||||
23 | anus of one person and the part of the body of another for the | ||||||
24 | purpose of sexual gratification or arousal of the victim or | ||||||
25 | the accused, or an act of sexual penetration, and: |
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1 | (1) the victim is under 13 years of age; or | ||||||
2 | (2) the victim is under 13 years of age and that | ||||||
3 | person: | ||||||
4 | (A) is armed with a firearm; | ||||||
5 | (B) personally discharges a firearm during the | ||||||
6 | commission of the offense; | ||||||
7 | (C) causes great bodily harm to the victim that: | ||||||
8 | (i) results in permanent disability; or | ||||||
9 | (ii) is life threatening; or | ||||||
10 | (D) delivers (by injection, inhalation, ingestion, | ||||||
11 | transfer of possession, or any other means) any | ||||||
12 | controlled substance to the victim without the | ||||||
13 | victim's consent or by threat or deception, for other | ||||||
14 | than medical purposes. | ||||||
15 | (b) Sentence. | ||||||
16 | (1) A person convicted of a violation of subsection | ||||||
17 | (a)(1) commits a Class X felony, for which the person | ||||||
18 | shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less | ||||||
19 | than 6 years and not more than 60 years. A person convicted | ||||||
20 | of a violation of subsection (a)(2)(A) commits a Class X | ||||||
21 | felony for which up to 15 years may shall be added to the | ||||||
22 | term of imprisonment imposed by the court , if the person | ||||||
23 | committed the offense while personally armed with a | ||||||
24 | firearm, and while personally displaying the firearm . A | ||||||
25 | person convicted of a violation of subsection (a)(2)(B) | ||||||
26 | commits a Class X felony for which up to 20 years may shall |
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1 | be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court. | ||||||
2 | A person who has attained the age of 18 years at the time | ||||||
3 | of the commission of the offense and who is convicted of a | ||||||
4 | violation of subsection (a)(2)(C) commits a Class X felony | ||||||
5 | for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of | ||||||
6 | imprisonment of not less than 50 years or up to a term of | ||||||
7 | natural life imprisonment. An offender under the age of 18 | ||||||
8 | years at the time of the commission of predatory criminal | ||||||
9 | sexual assault of a child in violation of subsections | ||||||
10 | (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), and (a)(2)(C) shall be | ||||||
11 | sentenced under Section 5-4.5-105 of the Unified Code of | ||||||
12 | Corrections. | ||||||
13 | (1.1) A person convicted of a violation of subsection | ||||||
14 | (a)(2)(D) commits a Class X felony for which the person | ||||||
15 | shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less | ||||||
16 | than 50 years and not more than 60 years. An offender under | ||||||
17 | the age of 18 years at the time of the commission of | ||||||
18 | predatory criminal sexual assault of a child in violation | ||||||
19 | of subsection (a)(2)(D) shall be sentenced under Section | ||||||
20 | 5-4.5-105 of the Unified Code of Corrections. | ||||||
21 | (1.2) A person who has attained the age of 18 years at | ||||||
22 | the time of the commission of the offense and convicted of | ||||||
23 | predatory criminal sexual assault of a child committed | ||||||
24 | against 2 or more persons regardless of whether the | ||||||
25 | offenses occurred as the result of the same act or of | ||||||
26 | several related or unrelated acts shall be sentenced to a |
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1 | term of natural life imprisonment and an offender under | ||||||
2 | the age of 18 years at the time of the commission of the | ||||||
3 | offense shall be sentenced under Section 5-4.5-105 of the | ||||||
4 | Unified Code of Corrections. | ||||||
5 | (2) A person who has attained the age of 18 years at | ||||||
6 | the time of the commission of the offense and who is | ||||||
7 | convicted of a second or subsequent offense of predatory | ||||||
8 | criminal sexual assault of a child, or who is convicted of | ||||||
9 | the offense of predatory criminal sexual assault of a | ||||||
10 | child after having previously been convicted of the | ||||||
11 | offense of criminal sexual assault or the offense of | ||||||
12 | aggravated criminal sexual assault, or who is convicted of | ||||||
13 | the offense of predatory criminal sexual assault of a | ||||||
14 | child after having previously been convicted under the | ||||||
15 | laws of this State or any other state of an offense that is | ||||||
16 | substantially equivalent to the offense of predatory | ||||||
17 | criminal sexual assault of a child, the offense of | ||||||
18 | aggravated criminal sexual assault or the offense of | ||||||
19 | criminal sexual assault, shall be sentenced to a term of | ||||||
20 | natural life imprisonment. The commission of the second or | ||||||
21 | subsequent offense is required to have been after the | ||||||
22 | initial conviction for this paragraph (2) to apply. An | ||||||
23 | offender under the age of 18 years at the time of the | ||||||
24 | commission of the offense covered by this paragraph (2) | ||||||
25 | shall be sentenced under Section 5-4.5-105 of the Unified | ||||||
26 | Code of Corrections. |
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1 | (Source: P.A. 98-370, eff. 1-1-14; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; | ||||||
2 | 98-903, eff. 8-15-14; 99-69, eff. 1-1-16 .)
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3 | (720 ILCS 5/12-3.05) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-4) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 12-3.05. Aggravated battery. | ||||||
5 | (a) Offense based on injury. A person commits aggravated | ||||||
6 | battery when, in committing a battery, other than by the | ||||||
7 | discharge of a firearm, he or she knowingly does any of the | ||||||
8 | following: | ||||||
9 | (1) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability | ||||||
10 | or disfigurement. | ||||||
11 | (2) Causes severe and permanent disability, great | ||||||
12 | bodily harm, or disfigurement by means of a caustic or | ||||||
13 | flammable substance, a poisonous gas, a deadly biological | ||||||
14 | or chemical contaminant or agent, a radioactive substance, | ||||||
15 | or a bomb or explosive compound. | ||||||
16 | (3) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability | ||||||
17 | or disfigurement to an individual whom the person knows to | ||||||
18 | be a peace officer, community policing volunteer, fireman, | ||||||
19 | private security officer, correctional institution | ||||||
20 | employee, or Department of Human Services employee | ||||||
21 | supervising or controlling sexually dangerous persons or | ||||||
22 | sexually violent persons: | ||||||
23 | (i) performing his or her official duties; | ||||||
24 | (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her | ||||||
25 | official duties; or |
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1 | (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his | ||||||
2 | or her official duties. | ||||||
3 | (4) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability | ||||||
4 | or disfigurement to an individual 60 years of age or | ||||||
5 | older. | ||||||
6 | (5) Strangles another individual. | ||||||
7 | (b) Offense based on injury to a child or person with an | ||||||
8 | intellectual disability. A person who is at least 18 years of | ||||||
9 | age commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, | ||||||
10 | he or she knowingly and without legal justification by any | ||||||
11 | means: | ||||||
12 | (1) causes great bodily harm or permanent disability | ||||||
13 | or disfigurement to any child under the age of 13 years, or | ||||||
14 | to any person with a severe or profound intellectual | ||||||
15 | disability; or | ||||||
16 | (2) causes bodily harm or disability or disfigurement | ||||||
17 | to any child under the age of 13 years or to any person | ||||||
18 | with a severe or profound intellectual disability. | ||||||
19 | (c) Offense based on location of conduct. A person commits | ||||||
20 | aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than | ||||||
21 | by the discharge of a firearm, he or she is or the person | ||||||
22 | battered is on or about a public way, public property, a public | ||||||
23 | place of accommodation or amusement, a sports venue, or a | ||||||
24 | domestic violence shelter, or in a church, synagogue, mosque, | ||||||
25 | or other building, structure, or place used for religious | ||||||
26 | worship. |
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1 | (d) Offense based on status of victim. A person commits | ||||||
2 | aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than | ||||||
3 | by discharge of a firearm, he or she knows the individual | ||||||
4 | battered to be any of the following: | ||||||
5 | (1) A person 60 years of age or older. | ||||||
6 | (2) A person who is pregnant or has a physical | ||||||
7 | disability. | ||||||
8 | (3) A teacher or school employee upon school grounds | ||||||
9 | or grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a | ||||||
10 | building used for school purposes. | ||||||
11 | (4) A peace officer, community policing volunteer, | ||||||
12 | fireman, private security officer, correctional | ||||||
13 | institution employee, or Department of Human Services | ||||||
14 | employee supervising or controlling sexually dangerous | ||||||
15 | persons or sexually violent persons: | ||||||
16 | (i) performing his or her official duties; | ||||||
17 | (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her | ||||||
18 | official duties; or | ||||||
19 | (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his | ||||||
20 | or her official duties. | ||||||
21 | (5) A judge, emergency management worker, emergency | ||||||
22 | medical services personnel, or utility worker: | ||||||
23 | (i) performing his or her official duties; | ||||||
24 | (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her | ||||||
25 | official duties; or | ||||||
26 | (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his |
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1 | or her official duties. | ||||||
2 | (6) An officer or employee of the State of Illinois, a | ||||||
3 | unit of local government, or a school district, while | ||||||
4 | performing his or her official duties. | ||||||
5 | (7) A transit employee performing his or her official | ||||||
6 | duties, or a transit passenger. | ||||||
7 | (8) A taxi driver on duty. | ||||||
8 | (9) A merchant who detains the person for an alleged | ||||||
9 | commission of retail theft under Section 16-26 of this | ||||||
10 | Code and the person without legal justification by any | ||||||
11 | means causes bodily harm to the merchant. | ||||||
12 | (10) A person authorized to serve process under | ||||||
13 | Section 2-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure or a special | ||||||
14 | process server appointed by the circuit court while that | ||||||
15 | individual is in the performance of his or her duties as a | ||||||
16 | process server. | ||||||
17 | (11) A nurse while in the performance of his or her | ||||||
18 | duties as a nurse. | ||||||
19 | (12) A merchant: (i) while performing his or her | ||||||
20 | duties, including, but not limited to, relaying directions | ||||||
21 | for healthcare or safety from his or her supervisor or | ||||||
22 | employer or relaying health or safety guidelines, | ||||||
23 | recommendations, regulations, or rules from a federal, | ||||||
24 | State, or local public health agency; and (ii) during a | ||||||
25 | disaster declared by the Governor, or a state of emergency | ||||||
26 | declared by the mayor of the municipality in which the |
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1 | merchant is located, due to a public health emergency and | ||||||
2 | for a period of 6 months after such declaration. | ||||||
3 | (e) Offense based on use of a firearm. A person commits | ||||||
4 | aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he or she | ||||||
5 | knowingly does any of the following: | ||||||
6 | (1) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or | ||||||
7 | a firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury | ||||||
8 | to another person. | ||||||
9 | (2) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or | ||||||
10 | a firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury | ||||||
11 | to a person he or she knows to be a peace officer, | ||||||
12 | community policing volunteer, person summoned by a police | ||||||
13 | officer, fireman, private security officer, correctional | ||||||
14 | institution employee, or emergency management worker: | ||||||
15 | (i) performing his or her official duties; | ||||||
16 | (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her | ||||||
17 | official duties; or | ||||||
18 | (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his | ||||||
19 | or her official duties. | ||||||
20 | (3) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or | ||||||
21 | a firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury | ||||||
22 | to a person he or she knows to be emergency medical | ||||||
23 | services personnel: | ||||||
24 | (i) performing his or her official duties; | ||||||
25 | (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her | ||||||
26 | official duties; or |
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1 | (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his | ||||||
2 | or her official duties. | ||||||
3 | (4) Discharges a firearm and causes any injury to a | ||||||
4 | person he or she knows to be a teacher, a student in a | ||||||
5 | school, or a school employee, and the teacher, student, or | ||||||
6 | employee is upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a | ||||||
7 | school or in any part of a building used for school | ||||||
8 | purposes. | ||||||
9 | (5) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped | ||||||
10 | with a silencer, and causes any injury to another person. | ||||||
11 | (6) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped | ||||||
12 | with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or | ||||||
13 | she knows to be a peace officer, community policing | ||||||
14 | volunteer, person summoned by a police officer, fireman, | ||||||
15 | private security officer, correctional institution | ||||||
16 | employee or emergency management worker: | ||||||
17 | (i) performing his or her official duties; | ||||||
18 | (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her | ||||||
19 | official duties; or | ||||||
20 | (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his | ||||||
21 | or her official duties. | ||||||
22 | (7) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped | ||||||
23 | with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or | ||||||
24 | she knows to be emergency medical services personnel: | ||||||
25 | (i) performing his or her official duties; | ||||||
26 | (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her |
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1 | official duties; or | ||||||
2 | (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his | ||||||
3 | or her official duties. | ||||||
4 | (8) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped | ||||||
5 | with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or | ||||||
6 | she knows to be a teacher, or a student in a school, or a | ||||||
7 | school employee, and the teacher, student, or employee is | ||||||
8 | upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a school or in | ||||||
9 | any part of a building used for school purposes. | ||||||
10 | (f) Offense based on use of a weapon or device. A person | ||||||
11 | commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he | ||||||
12 | or she does any of the following: | ||||||
13 | (1) Uses a deadly weapon other than by discharge of a | ||||||
14 | firearm, or uses an air rifle as defined in Section | ||||||
15 | 24.8-0.1 of this Code. | ||||||
16 | (2) Wears a hood, robe, or mask to conceal his or her | ||||||
17 | identity. | ||||||
18 | (3) Knowingly and without lawful justification shines | ||||||
19 | or flashes a laser gunsight or other laser device attached | ||||||
20 | to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so that | ||||||
21 | the laser beam strikes upon or against the person of | ||||||
22 | another. | ||||||
23 | (4) Knowingly video or audio records the offense with | ||||||
24 | the intent to disseminate the recording. | ||||||
25 | (g) Offense based on certain conduct. A person commits | ||||||
26 | aggravated battery when, other than by discharge of a firearm, |
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1 | he or she does any of the following: | ||||||
2 | (1) Violates Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled | ||||||
3 | Substances Act by unlawfully delivering a controlled | ||||||
4 | substance to another and any user experiences great bodily | ||||||
5 | harm or permanent disability as a result of the injection, | ||||||
6 | inhalation, or ingestion of any amount of the controlled | ||||||
7 | substance. | ||||||
8 | (2) Knowingly administers to an individual or causes | ||||||
9 | him or her to take, without his or her consent or by threat | ||||||
10 | or deception, and for other than medical purposes, any | ||||||
11 | intoxicating, poisonous, stupefying, narcotic, | ||||||
12 | anesthetic, or controlled substance, or gives to another | ||||||
13 | person any food containing any substance or object | ||||||
14 | intended to cause physical injury if eaten. | ||||||
15 | (3) Knowingly causes or attempts to cause a | ||||||
16 | correctional institution employee or Department of Human | ||||||
17 | Services employee to come into contact with blood, seminal | ||||||
18 | fluid, urine, or feces by throwing, tossing, or expelling | ||||||
19 | the fluid or material, and the person is an inmate of a | ||||||
20 | penal institution or is a sexually dangerous person or | ||||||
21 | sexually violent person in the custody of the Department | ||||||
22 | of Human Services. | ||||||
23 | (h) Sentence. Unless otherwise provided, aggravated | ||||||
24 | battery is a Class 3 felony. | ||||||
25 | Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(4), | ||||||
26 | (d)(4), or (g)(3) is a Class 2 felony. |
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1 | Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(3) or | ||||||
2 | (g)(1) is a Class 1 felony. | ||||||
3 | Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(1) is a | ||||||
4 | Class 1 felony when the aggravated battery was intentional and | ||||||
5 | involved the infliction of torture, as defined in paragraph | ||||||
6 | (10) of subsection (b-5) of Section 5-8-1 of the Unified Code | ||||||
7 | of Corrections, as the infliction of or subjection to extreme | ||||||
8 | physical pain, motivated by an intent to increase or prolong | ||||||
9 | the pain, suffering, or agony of the victim. | ||||||
10 | Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(1) is a | ||||||
11 | Class 2 felony when the person causes great bodily harm or | ||||||
12 | permanent disability to an individual whom the person knows to | ||||||
13 | be a member of a congregation engaged in prayer or other | ||||||
14 | religious activities at a church, synagogue, mosque, or other | ||||||
15 | building, structure, or place used for religious worship. | ||||||
16 | Aggravated battery under subdivision (a)(5) is a Class 1 | ||||||
17 | felony if: | ||||||
18 | (A) the person used or attempted to use a dangerous | ||||||
19 | instrument while committing the offense; | ||||||
20 | (B) the person caused great bodily harm or permanent | ||||||
21 | disability or disfigurement to the other person while | ||||||
22 | committing the offense; or | ||||||
23 | (C) the person has been previously convicted of a | ||||||
24 | violation of subdivision (a)(5) under the laws of this | ||||||
25 | State or laws similar to subdivision (a)(5) of any other | ||||||
26 | state. |
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1 | Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(1) is a | ||||||
2 | Class X felony. | ||||||
3 | Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(2) is a | ||||||
4 | Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term | ||||||
5 | of imprisonment of a minimum of 6 years and a maximum of 45 | ||||||
6 | years. | ||||||
7 | Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(5) is a | ||||||
8 | Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term | ||||||
9 | of imprisonment of a minimum of 12 years and a maximum of 45 | ||||||
10 | years. | ||||||
11 | Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(2), | ||||||
12 | (e)(3), or (e)(4) is a Class X felony for which a person shall | ||||||
13 | be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 15 years | ||||||
14 | and a maximum of 60 years. | ||||||
15 | Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(6), | ||||||
16 | (e)(7), or (e)(8) is a Class X felony for which a person shall | ||||||
17 | be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 20 years | ||||||
18 | and a maximum of 60 years. | ||||||
19 | Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (b)(1) is a | ||||||
20 | Class X felony, except that: | ||||||
21 | (1) if the person committed the offense while | ||||||
22 | personally armed with a firearm, and while personally | ||||||
23 | displaying the firearm, up to 15 years may shall be added | ||||||
24 | to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court; | ||||||
25 | (2) if, during the commission of the offense, the | ||||||
26 | person personally discharged a firearm, up to 20 years may |
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1 | shall be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the | ||||||
2 | court; | ||||||
3 | (3) if, during the commission of the offense, the | ||||||
4 | person personally discharged a firearm that proximately | ||||||
5 | caused great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent | ||||||
6 | disfigurement, or death to another person, up to 25 years | ||||||
7 | may or up to a term of natural life shall be added to the | ||||||
8 | term of imprisonment imposed by the court. | ||||||
9 | (i) Definitions. In this Section: | ||||||
10 | "Building or other structure used to provide shelter" has | ||||||
11 | the meaning ascribed to "shelter" in Section 1 of the Domestic | ||||||
12 | Violence Shelters Act. | ||||||
13 | "Domestic violence" has the meaning ascribed to it in | ||||||
14 | Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. | ||||||
15 | "Domestic violence shelter" means any building or other | ||||||
16 | structure used to provide shelter or other services to victims | ||||||
17 | or to the dependent children of victims of domestic violence | ||||||
18 | pursuant to the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or the | ||||||
19 | Domestic Violence Shelters Act, or any place within 500 feet | ||||||
20 | of such a building or other structure in the case of a person | ||||||
21 | who is going to or from such a building or other structure. | ||||||
22 | "Firearm" has the meaning provided under Section 1.1 of | ||||||
23 | the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, and does not | ||||||
24 | include an air rifle as defined by Section 24.8-0.1 of this | ||||||
25 | Code. | ||||||
26 | "Machine gun" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section |
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1 | 24-1 of this Code. | ||||||
2 | "Merchant" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section | ||||||
3 | 16-0.1 of this Code. | ||||||
4 | "Strangle" means intentionally impeding the normal | ||||||
5 | breathing or circulation of the blood of an individual by | ||||||
6 | applying pressure on the throat or neck of that individual or | ||||||
7 | by blocking the nose or mouth of that individual. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 103-51, eff. 1-1-24 .)
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9 | (720 ILCS 5/18-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 18-2) | ||||||
10 | Sec. 18-2. Armed robbery. | ||||||
11 | (a) A person commits armed robbery when he or she violates | ||||||
12 | Section 18-1; and | ||||||
13 | (1) he or she carries on or about his or her person or | ||||||
14 | is otherwise armed with a dangerous weapon other than a | ||||||
15 | firearm; or | ||||||
16 | (2) he or she carries on or about his or her person or | ||||||
17 | is otherwise armed with a firearm; or | ||||||
18 | (3) he or she, during the commission of the offense, | ||||||
19 | personally discharges a firearm; or | ||||||
20 | (4) he or she, during the commission of the offense, | ||||||
21 | personally discharges a firearm that proximately causes | ||||||
22 | great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent | ||||||
23 | disfigurement, or death to another person. | ||||||
24 | (b) Sentence. | ||||||
25 | Armed robbery in violation of subsection (a)(1) is a Class |
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1 | X felony. A violation of subsection (a)(2) is a Class X felony | ||||||
2 | for which up to 15 years may shall be added to the term of | ||||||
3 | imprisonment imposed by the court , if the person committed the | ||||||
4 | offense while personally armed with a firearm, and while | ||||||
5 | personally displaying the firearm . A violation of subsection | ||||||
6 | (a)(3) is a Class X felony for which up to 20 years may shall | ||||||
7 | be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court. A | ||||||
8 | violation of subsection (a)(4) is a Class X felony for which up | ||||||
9 | to 25 years may or up to a term of natural life shall be added | ||||||
10 | to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court. | ||||||
11 | (Source: P.A. 91-404, eff. 1-1-00 .)
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12 | (720 ILCS 5/18-4) | ||||||
13 | Sec. 18-4. Aggravated vehicular hijacking. | ||||||
14 | (a) A person commits aggravated vehicular hijacking when | ||||||
15 | he or she violates Section 18-3; and | ||||||
16 | (1) the person from whose immediate presence the motor | ||||||
17 | vehicle is taken is a person with a physical disability or | ||||||
18 | a person 60 years of age or over; or | ||||||
19 | (2) a person under 16 years of age is a passenger in | ||||||
20 | the motor vehicle at the time of the offense; or | ||||||
21 | (3) he or she carries on or about his or her person, or | ||||||
22 | is otherwise armed with a dangerous weapon, other than a | ||||||
23 | firearm; or | ||||||
24 | (4) he or she carries on or about his or her person or | ||||||
25 | is otherwise armed with a firearm; or |
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1 | (5) he or she, during the commission of the offense, | ||||||
2 | personally discharges a firearm; or | ||||||
3 | (6) he or she, during the commission of the offense, | ||||||
4 | personally discharges a firearm that proximately causes | ||||||
5 | great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent | ||||||
6 | disfigurement, or death to another person. | ||||||
7 | (b) Sentence. Aggravated vehicular hijacking in violation | ||||||
8 | of subsections (a)(1) or (a)(2) is a Class X felony. A | ||||||
9 | violation of subsection (a)(3) is a Class X felony for which a | ||||||
10 | term of imprisonment of not less than 7 years shall be imposed. | ||||||
11 | A violation of subsection (a)(4) is a Class X felony for which | ||||||
12 | up to 15 years may shall be added to the term of imprisonment | ||||||
13 | imposed by the court , if the person committed the offense | ||||||
14 | while personally armed with a firearm, and while personally | ||||||
15 | displaying the firearm . A violation of subsection (a)(5) is a | ||||||
16 | Class X felony for which up to 20 years may shall be added to | ||||||
17 | the term of imprisonment imposed by the court. A violation of | ||||||
18 | subsection (a)(6) is a Class X felony for which up to 25 years | ||||||
19 | may or up to a term of natural life shall be added to the term | ||||||
20 | of imprisonment imposed by the court. | ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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22 | (720 ILCS 5/19-6) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-11) | ||||||
23 | Sec. 19-6. Home Invasion. | ||||||
24 | (a) A person who is not a peace officer acting in the line | ||||||
25 | of duty commits home invasion when without authority he or she |
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1 | knowingly enters the dwelling place of another when he or she | ||||||
2 | knows or has reason to know that one or more persons is present | ||||||
3 | or he or she knowingly enters the dwelling place of another and | ||||||
4 | remains in the dwelling place until he or she knows or has | ||||||
5 | reason to know that one or more persons is present or who | ||||||
6 | falsely represents himself or herself, including but not | ||||||
7 | limited to, falsely representing himself or herself to be a | ||||||
8 | representative of any unit of government or a construction, | ||||||
9 | telecommunications, or utility company, for the purpose of | ||||||
10 | gaining entry to the dwelling place of another when he or she | ||||||
11 | knows or has reason to know that one or more persons are | ||||||
12 | present and | ||||||
13 | (1) While armed with a dangerous weapon, other than a | ||||||
14 | firearm, uses force or threatens the imminent use of force | ||||||
15 | upon any person or persons within the dwelling place | ||||||
16 | whether or not injury occurs, or | ||||||
17 | (2) Intentionally causes any injury, except as | ||||||
18 | provided in subsection (a)(5), to any person or persons | ||||||
19 | within the dwelling place, or | ||||||
20 | (3) While armed with a firearm uses force or threatens | ||||||
21 | the imminent use of force upon any person or persons | ||||||
22 | within the dwelling place whether or not injury occurs, or | ||||||
23 | (4) Uses force or threatens the imminent use of force | ||||||
24 | upon any person or persons within the dwelling place | ||||||
25 | whether or not injury occurs and during the commission of | ||||||
26 | the offense personally discharges a firearm, or |
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1 | (5) Personally discharges a firearm that proximately | ||||||
2 | causes great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent | ||||||
3 | disfigurement, or death to another person within the | ||||||
4 | dwelling place, or | ||||||
5 | (6) Commits, against any person or persons within that | ||||||
6 | dwelling place, a violation of Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, | ||||||
7 | 11-1.40, 11-1.50, or 11-1.60 of this Code. | ||||||
8 | (b) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of home | ||||||
9 | invasion that the accused who knowingly enters the dwelling | ||||||
10 | place of another and remains in the dwelling place until he or | ||||||
11 | she knows or has reason to know that one or more persons is | ||||||
12 | present either immediately leaves the premises or surrenders | ||||||
13 | to the person or persons lawfully present therein without | ||||||
14 | either attempting to cause or causing serious bodily injury to | ||||||
15 | any person present therein. | ||||||
16 | (c) Sentence. Home invasion in violation of subsection | ||||||
17 | (a)(1), (a)(2) or (a)(6) is a Class X felony. A violation of | ||||||
18 | subsection (a)(3) is a Class X felony for which up to 15 years | ||||||
19 | may shall be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the | ||||||
20 | court , if the person committed the offense while personally | ||||||
21 | armed with a firearm, and while personally displaying the | ||||||
22 | firearm . A violation of subsection (a)(4) is a Class X felony | ||||||
23 | for which up to 20 years may shall be added to the term of | ||||||
24 | imprisonment imposed by the court. A violation of subsection | ||||||
25 | (a)(5) is a Class X felony for which up to 25 years may or up | ||||||
26 | to a term of natural life shall be added to the term of |
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1 | imprisonment imposed by the court. | ||||||
2 | (d) For purposes of this Section, "dwelling place of | ||||||
3 | another" includes a dwelling place where the defendant | ||||||
4 | maintains a tenancy interest but from which the defendant has | ||||||
5 | been barred by a divorce decree, judgment of dissolution of | ||||||
6 | marriage, order of protection, or other court order. | ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 96-1113, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; | ||||||
8 | 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
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9 | Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | ||||||
10 | changing Section 5-8-1 as follows:
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11 | (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1) | ||||||
12 | Sec. 5-8-1. Natural life imprisonment; enhancements for | ||||||
13 | use of a firearm; mandatory supervised release terms. | ||||||
14 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in the statute defining | ||||||
15 | the offense or in Article 4.5 of Chapter V, a sentence of | ||||||
16 | imprisonment for a felony shall be a determinate sentence set | ||||||
17 | by the court under this Section, subject to Section 5-4.5-115 | ||||||
18 | of this Code, according to the following limitations: | ||||||
19 | (1) for first degree murder, | ||||||
20 | (a) (blank), | ||||||
21 | (b) if a trier of fact finds beyond a reasonable | ||||||
22 | doubt that the murder was accompanied by exceptionally | ||||||
23 | brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton | ||||||
24 | cruelty or, except as set forth in subsection |
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1 | (a)(1)(c) of this Section, that any of the aggravating | ||||||
2 | factors listed in subparagraph (b-5) are present, the | ||||||
3 | court may sentence the defendant, subject to Section | ||||||
4 | 5-4.5-105, to a term of natural life imprisonment, or | ||||||
5 | (b-5) A defendant who at the time of the | ||||||
6 | commission of the offense has attained the age of 18 or | ||||||
7 | more and who has been found guilty of first degree | ||||||
8 | murder may be sentenced to a term of natural life | ||||||
9 | imprisonment if: | ||||||
10 | (1) the murdered individual was an inmate at | ||||||
11 | an institution or facility of the Department of | ||||||
12 | Corrections, or any similar local correctional | ||||||
13 | agency and was killed on the grounds thereof, or | ||||||
14 | the murdered individual was otherwise present in | ||||||
15 | such institution or facility with the knowledge | ||||||
16 | and approval of the chief administrative officer | ||||||
17 | thereof; | ||||||
18 | (2) the murdered individual was killed as a | ||||||
19 | result of the hijacking of an airplane, train, | ||||||
20 | ship, bus, or other public conveyance; | ||||||
21 | (3) the defendant committed the murder | ||||||
22 | pursuant to a contract, agreement, or | ||||||
23 | understanding by which he or she was to receive | ||||||
24 | money or anything of value in return for | ||||||
25 | committing the murder or procured another to | ||||||
26 | commit the murder for money or anything of value; |
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1 | (4) the murdered individual was killed in the | ||||||
2 | course of another felony if: | ||||||
3 | (A) the murdered individual: | ||||||
4 | (i) was actually killed by the | ||||||
5 | defendant, or | ||||||
6 | (ii) received physical injuries | ||||||
7 | personally inflicted by the defendant | ||||||
8 | substantially contemporaneously with | ||||||
9 | physical injuries caused by one or more | ||||||
10 | persons for whose conduct the defendant is | ||||||
11 | legally accountable under Section 5-2 of | ||||||
12 | this Code, and the physical injuries | ||||||
13 | inflicted by either the defendant or the | ||||||
14 | other person or persons for whose conduct | ||||||
15 | he is legally accountable caused the death | ||||||
16 | of the murdered individual; and (B) in | ||||||
17 | performing the acts which caused the death | ||||||
18 | of the murdered individual or which | ||||||
19 | resulted in physical injuries personally | ||||||
20 | inflicted by the defendant on the murdered | ||||||
21 | individual under the circumstances of | ||||||
22 | subdivision (ii) of clause (A) of this | ||||||
23 | clause (4), the defendant acted with the | ||||||
24 | intent to kill the murdered individual or | ||||||
25 | with the knowledge that his or her acts | ||||||
26 | created a strong probability of death or |
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1 | great bodily harm to the murdered | ||||||
2 | individual or another; and | ||||||
3 | (B) in performing the acts which caused | ||||||
4 | the death of the murdered individual or which | ||||||
5 | resulted in physical injuries personally | ||||||
6 | inflicted by the defendant on the murdered | ||||||
7 | individual under the circumstances of | ||||||
8 | subdivision (ii) of clause (A) of this clause | ||||||
9 | (4), the defendant acted with the intent to | ||||||
10 | kill the murdered individual or with the | ||||||
11 | knowledge that his or her acts created a | ||||||
12 | strong probability of death or great bodily | ||||||
13 | harm to the murdered individual or another; | ||||||
14 | and | ||||||
15 | (C) the other felony was an inherently | ||||||
16 | violent crime or the attempt to commit an | ||||||
17 | inherently violent crime. In this clause (C), | ||||||
18 | "inherently violent crime" includes, but is | ||||||
19 | not limited to, armed robbery, robbery, | ||||||
20 | predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, | ||||||
21 | aggravated criminal sexual assault, aggravated | ||||||
22 | kidnapping, aggravated vehicular hijacking, | ||||||
23 | aggravated arson, aggravated stalking, | ||||||
24 | residential burglary, and home invasion; | ||||||
25 | (5) the defendant committed the murder with | ||||||
26 | intent to prevent the murdered individual from |
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1 | testifying or participating in any criminal | ||||||
2 | investigation or prosecution or giving material | ||||||
3 | assistance to the State in any investigation or | ||||||
4 | prosecution, either against the defendant or | ||||||
5 | another; or the defendant committed the murder | ||||||
6 | because the murdered individual was a witness in | ||||||
7 | any prosecution or gave material assistance to the | ||||||
8 | State in any investigation or prosecution, either | ||||||
9 | against the defendant or another; for purposes of | ||||||
10 | this clause (5), "participating in any criminal | ||||||
11 | investigation or prosecution" is intended to | ||||||
12 | include those appearing in the proceedings in any | ||||||
13 | capacity such as trial judges, prosecutors, | ||||||
14 | defense attorneys, investigators, witnesses, or | ||||||
15 | jurors; | ||||||
16 | (6) the defendant, while committing an offense | ||||||
17 | punishable under Section 401, 401.1, 401.2, 405, | ||||||
18 | 405.2, 407 or 407.1 or subsection (b) of Section | ||||||
19 | 404 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or | ||||||
20 | while engaged in a conspiracy or solicitation to | ||||||
21 | commit such offense, intentionally killed an | ||||||
22 | individual or counseled, commanded, induced, | ||||||
23 | procured or caused the intentional killing of the | ||||||
24 | murdered individual; | ||||||
25 | (7) the defendant was incarcerated in an | ||||||
26 | institution or facility of the Department of |
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1 | Corrections at the time of the murder, and while | ||||||
2 | committing an offense punishable as a felony under | ||||||
3 | Illinois law, or while engaged in a conspiracy or | ||||||
4 | solicitation to commit such offense, intentionally | ||||||
5 | killed an individual or counseled, commanded, | ||||||
6 | induced, procured or caused the intentional | ||||||
7 | killing of the murdered individual; | ||||||
8 | (8) the murder was committed in a cold, | ||||||
9 | calculated and premeditated manner pursuant to a | ||||||
10 | preconceived plan, scheme or design to take a | ||||||
11 | human life by unlawful means, and the conduct of | ||||||
12 | the defendant created a reasonable expectation | ||||||
13 | that the death of a human being would result | ||||||
14 | therefrom; | ||||||
15 | (9) the defendant was a principal | ||||||
16 | administrator, organizer, or leader of a | ||||||
17 | calculated criminal drug conspiracy consisting of | ||||||
18 | a hierarchical position of authority superior to | ||||||
19 | that of all other members of the conspiracy, and | ||||||
20 | the defendant counseled, commanded, induced, | ||||||
21 | procured, or caused the intentional killing of the | ||||||
22 | murdered person; | ||||||
23 | (10) the murder was intentional and involved | ||||||
24 | the infliction of torture. For the purpose of this | ||||||
25 | clause (10), torture means the infliction of or | ||||||
26 | subjection to extreme physical pain, motivated by |
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1 | an intent to increase or prolong the pain, | ||||||
2 | suffering or agony of the victim; | ||||||
3 | (11) the murder was committed as a result of | ||||||
4 | the intentional discharge of a firearm by the | ||||||
5 | defendant from a motor vehicle and the victim was | ||||||
6 | not present within the motor vehicle; | ||||||
7 | (12) the murdered individual was a person with | ||||||
8 | a disability and the defendant knew or should have | ||||||
9 | known that the murdered individual was a person | ||||||
10 | with a disability. For purposes of this clause | ||||||
11 | (12), "person with a disability" means a person | ||||||
12 | who suffers from a permanent physical or mental | ||||||
13 | impairment resulting from disease, an injury, a | ||||||
14 | functional disorder, or a congenital condition | ||||||
15 | that renders the person incapable of adequately | ||||||
16 | providing for his or her own health or personal | ||||||
17 | care; | ||||||
18 | (13) the murdered individual was subject to an | ||||||
19 | order of protection and the murder was committed | ||||||
20 | by a person against whom the same order of | ||||||
21 | protection was issued under the Illinois Domestic | ||||||
22 | Violence Act of 1986; | ||||||
23 | (14) the murdered individual was known by the | ||||||
24 | defendant to be a teacher or other person employed | ||||||
25 | in any school and the teacher or other employee is | ||||||
26 | upon the grounds of a school or grounds adjacent |
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1 | to a school, or is in any part of a building used | ||||||
2 | for school purposes; | ||||||
3 | (15) the murder was committed by the defendant | ||||||
4 | in connection with or as a result of the offense of | ||||||
5 | terrorism as defined in Section 29D-14.9 of this | ||||||
6 | Code; | ||||||
7 | (16) the murdered individual was a member of a | ||||||
8 | congregation engaged in prayer or other religious | ||||||
9 | activities at a church, synagogue, mosque, or | ||||||
10 | other building, structure, or place used for | ||||||
11 | religious worship; or | ||||||
12 | (17)(i) the murdered individual was a | ||||||
13 | physician, physician assistant, psychologist, | ||||||
14 | nurse, or advanced practice registered nurse; | ||||||
15 | (ii) the defendant knew or should have known | ||||||
16 | that the murdered individual was a physician, | ||||||
17 | physician assistant, psychologist, nurse, or | ||||||
18 | advanced practice registered nurse; and | ||||||
19 | (iii) the murdered individual was killed in | ||||||
20 | the course of acting in his or her capacity as a | ||||||
21 | physician, physician assistant, psychologist, | ||||||
22 | nurse, or advanced practice registered nurse, or | ||||||
23 | to prevent him or her from acting in that | ||||||
24 | capacity, or in retaliation for his or her acting | ||||||
25 | in that capacity. | ||||||
26 | (c) the court shall sentence the defendant to a |
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1 | term of natural life imprisonment if the defendant, at | ||||||
2 | the time of the commission of the murder, had attained | ||||||
3 | the age of 18, and: | ||||||
4 | (i) has previously been convicted of first | ||||||
5 | degree murder under any state or federal law, or | ||||||
6 | (ii) is found guilty of murdering more than | ||||||
7 | one victim, or | ||||||
8 | (iii) is found guilty of murdering a peace | ||||||
9 | officer, fireman, or emergency management worker | ||||||
10 | when the peace officer, fireman, or emergency | ||||||
11 | management worker was killed in the course of | ||||||
12 | performing his official duties, or to prevent the | ||||||
13 | peace officer or fireman from performing his | ||||||
14 | official duties, or in retaliation for the peace | ||||||
15 | officer, fireman, or emergency management worker | ||||||
16 | from performing his official duties, and the | ||||||
17 | defendant knew or should have known that the | ||||||
18 | murdered individual was a peace officer, fireman, | ||||||
19 | or emergency management worker, or | ||||||
20 | (iv) is found guilty of murdering an employee | ||||||
21 | of an institution or facility of the Department of | ||||||
22 | Corrections, or any similar local correctional | ||||||
23 | agency, when the employee was killed in the course | ||||||
24 | of performing his official duties, or to prevent | ||||||
25 | the employee from performing his official duties, | ||||||
26 | or in retaliation for the employee performing his |
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1 | official duties, or | ||||||
2 | (v) is found guilty of murdering an emergency | ||||||
3 | medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical | ||||||
4 | technician - intermediate, emergency medical | ||||||
5 | technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other | ||||||
6 | medical assistance or first aid person while | ||||||
7 | employed by a municipality or other governmental | ||||||
8 | unit when the person was killed in the course of | ||||||
9 | performing official duties or to prevent the | ||||||
10 | person from performing official duties or in | ||||||
11 | retaliation for performing official duties and the | ||||||
12 | defendant knew or should have known that the | ||||||
13 | murdered individual was an emergency medical | ||||||
14 | technician - ambulance, emergency medical | ||||||
15 | technician - intermediate, emergency medical | ||||||
16 | technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other | ||||||
17 | medical assistant or first aid personnel, or | ||||||
18 | (vi) (blank), or | ||||||
19 | (vii) is found guilty of first degree murder | ||||||
20 | and the murder was committed by reason of any | ||||||
21 | person's activity as a community policing | ||||||
22 | volunteer or to prevent any person from engaging | ||||||
23 | in activity as a community policing volunteer. For | ||||||
24 | the purpose of this Section, "community policing | ||||||
25 | volunteer" has the meaning ascribed to it in | ||||||
26 | Section 2-3.5 of the Criminal Code of 2012. |
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1 | For purposes of clause (v), "emergency medical | ||||||
2 | technician - ambulance", "emergency medical technician - | ||||||
3 | intermediate", "emergency medical technician - | ||||||
4 | paramedic", have the meanings ascribed to them in the | ||||||
5 | Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. | ||||||
6 | (d)(i) if the person committed the offense while | ||||||
7 | personally armed with a firearm, and while | ||||||
8 | personally displaying the firearm, up to 15 years | ||||||
9 | may shall be added to the term of imprisonment | ||||||
10 | imposed by the court; | ||||||
11 | (ii) if, during the commission of the offense, the | ||||||
12 | person personally discharged a firearm, up to 20 years | ||||||
13 | may shall be added to the term of imprisonment imposed | ||||||
14 | by the court; | ||||||
15 | (iii) if, during the commission of the offense, | ||||||
16 | the person personally discharged a firearm that | ||||||
17 | proximately caused great bodily harm, permanent | ||||||
18 | disability, permanent disfigurement, or death to | ||||||
19 | another person, up to 25 years may or up to a term of | ||||||
20 | natural life shall be added to the term of | ||||||
21 | imprisonment imposed by the court. | ||||||
22 | (2) (blank); | ||||||
23 | (2.5) for a person who has attained the age of 18 years | ||||||
24 | at the time of the commission of the offense and who is | ||||||
25 | convicted under the circumstances described in subdivision | ||||||
26 | (b)(1)(B) of Section 11-1.20 or paragraph (3) of |
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1 | subsection (b) of Section 12-13, subdivision (d)(2) of | ||||||
2 | Section 11-1.30 or paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of | ||||||
3 | Section 12-14, subdivision (b)(1.2) of Section 11-1.40 or | ||||||
4 | paragraph (1.2) of subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1, | ||||||
5 | subdivision (b)(2) of Section 11-1.40 or paragraph (2) of | ||||||
6 | subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1 of the Criminal Code of | ||||||
7 | 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, the sentence shall be a | ||||||
8 | term of natural life imprisonment. | ||||||
9 | (b) (Blank). | ||||||
10 | (c) (Blank). | ||||||
11 | (d) Subject to earlier termination under Section 3-3-8, | ||||||
12 | the parole or mandatory supervised release term shall be | ||||||
13 | written as part of the sentencing order and shall be as | ||||||
14 | follows: | ||||||
15 | (1) for first degree murder or for the offenses of | ||||||
16 | predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated | ||||||
17 | criminal sexual assault, and criminal sexual assault if | ||||||
18 | committed on or before December 12, 2005, 3 years; | ||||||
19 | (1.5) except as provided in paragraph (7) of this | ||||||
20 | subsection (d), for a Class X felony except for the | ||||||
21 | offenses of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, | ||||||
22 | aggravated criminal sexual assault, and criminal sexual | ||||||
23 | assault if committed on or after December 13, 2005 (the | ||||||
24 | effective date of Public Act 94-715) and except for the | ||||||
25 | offense of aggravated child pornography under Section | ||||||
26 | 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, or 11-20.1 with sentencing under |
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1 | subsection (c-5) of Section 11-20.1 of the Criminal Code | ||||||
2 | of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, if committed on or | ||||||
3 | after January 1, 2009, 18 months; | ||||||
4 | (2) except as provided in paragraph (7) of this | ||||||
5 | subsection (d), for a Class 1 felony or a Class 2 felony | ||||||
6 | except for the offense of criminal sexual assault if | ||||||
7 | committed on or after December 13, 2005 (the effective | ||||||
8 | date of Public Act 94-715) and except for the offenses of | ||||||
9 | manufacture and dissemination of child pornography under | ||||||
10 | clauses (a)(1) and (a)(2) of Section 11-20.1 of the | ||||||
11 | Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, if | ||||||
12 | committed on or after January 1, 2009, 12 months; | ||||||
13 | (3) except as provided in paragraph (4), (6), or (7) | ||||||
14 | of this subsection (d), for a Class 3 felony or a Class 4 | ||||||
15 | felony, 6 months; no later than 45 days after the onset of | ||||||
16 | the term of mandatory supervised release, the Prisoner | ||||||
17 | Review Board shall conduct a discretionary discharge | ||||||
18 | review pursuant to the provisions of Section 3-3-8, which | ||||||
19 | shall include the results of a standardized risk and needs | ||||||
20 | assessment tool administered by the Department of | ||||||
21 | Corrections; the changes to this paragraph (3) made by | ||||||
22 | this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly apply to | ||||||
23 | all individuals released on mandatory supervised release | ||||||
24 | on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
25 | the 102nd General Assembly, including those individuals | ||||||
26 | whose sentences were imposed prior to the effective date |
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1 | of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly; | ||||||
2 | (4) for defendants who commit the offense of predatory | ||||||
3 | criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal | ||||||
4 | sexual assault, or criminal sexual assault, on or after | ||||||
5 | December 13, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act | ||||||
6 | 94-715), or who commit the offense of aggravated child | ||||||
7 | pornography under Section 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, or 11-20.1 | ||||||
8 | with sentencing under subsection (c-5) of Section 11-20.1 | ||||||
9 | of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, | ||||||
10 | manufacture of child pornography, or dissemination of | ||||||
11 | child pornography after January 1, 2009, the term of | ||||||
12 | mandatory supervised release shall range from a minimum of | ||||||
13 | 3 years to a maximum of the natural life of the defendant; | ||||||
14 | (5) if the victim is under 18 years of age, for a | ||||||
15 | second or subsequent offense of aggravated criminal sexual | ||||||
16 | abuse or felony criminal sexual abuse, 4 years, at least | ||||||
17 | the first 2 years of which the defendant shall serve in an | ||||||
18 | electronic monitoring or home detention program under | ||||||
19 | Article 8A of Chapter V of this Code; | ||||||
20 | (6) for a felony domestic battery, aggravated domestic | ||||||
21 | battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, and a felony | ||||||
22 | violation of an order of protection, 4 years; | ||||||
23 | (7) for any felony described in paragraph (a)(2)(ii), | ||||||
24 | (a)(2)(iii), (a)(2)(iv), (a)(2)(vi), (a)(2.1), (a)(2.3), | ||||||
25 | (a)(2.4), (a)(2.5), or (a)(2.6) of Article 5, Section | ||||||
26 | 3-6-3 of the Unified Code of Corrections requiring an |
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1 | inmate to serve a minimum of 85% of their court-imposed | ||||||
2 | sentence, except for the offenses of predatory criminal | ||||||
3 | sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual | ||||||
4 | assault, and criminal sexual assault if committed on or | ||||||
5 | after December 13, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act | ||||||
6 | 94-715) and except for the offense of aggravated child | ||||||
7 | pornography under Section 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, or 11-20.1 | ||||||
8 | with sentencing under subsection (c-5) of Section 11-20.1 | ||||||
9 | of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, | ||||||
10 | if committed on or after January 1, 2009 and except as | ||||||
11 | provided in paragraph (4) or paragraph (6) of this | ||||||
12 | subsection (d), the term of mandatory supervised release | ||||||
13 | shall be as follows: | ||||||
14 | (A) Class X felony, 3 years; | ||||||
15 | (B) Class 1 or Class 2 felonies, 2 years; | ||||||
16 | (C) Class 3 or Class 4 felonies, 1 year. | ||||||
17 | (e) (Blank). | ||||||
18 | (f) (Blank). | ||||||
19 | (g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act and | ||||||
20 | of Public Act 101-652: (i) the provisions of paragraph (3) of | ||||||
21 | subsection (d) are effective on July 1, 2022 and shall apply to | ||||||
22 | all individuals convicted on or after the effective date of | ||||||
23 | paragraph (3) of subsection (d); and (ii) the provisions of | ||||||
24 | paragraphs (1.5) and (2) of subsection (d) are effective on | ||||||
25 | July 1, 2021 and shall apply to all individuals convicted on or | ||||||
26 | after the effective date of paragraphs (1.5) and (2) of |
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