Illinois House Bill 1836

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-29 - Referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the offense of methamphetamine trafficking may be tried in any county. Permits the Attorney General to authorize certain eavesdropping requests from law enforcement. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Permits the Attorney General or an Assistant Attorney General authorized by the Attorney General to authorize an application to a circuit judge or an associate judge assigned by the Chief Judge of the circuit for, and such judge may grant in conformity with the Judicial Supervision of the Use of Eavesdropping Devices Article of the Code, an order authorizing or approving the use of an eavesdropping device by a law enforcement officer or agency having the responsibility for the investigation of any felony under Illinois law where any one party to a conversation to be monitored, or previously monitored in the case of an emergency situation, has consented to such monitoring. Amends the Statewide Grand Jury Act. Provides that a Statewide Grand Jury may investigate, indict, and prosecute theft, retail theft, Internet offenses, continuing financial crimes enterprise, vehicular hijacking, aggravated vehicular hijacking, vehicular invasion, burglary, residential burglary, and home invasion if the offense involves acts occurring in more than one county of the State.

EAVESDROP-STATEWIDE GRAND JURY

Rep. Mary Canty [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-29	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2025-01-29	House	First Reading
2025-01-28	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary Beth Canty

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	5	1-6	Amended Code	Citation Text
720	5	14-3	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	215	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	215	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	215	4	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	5	108A-1	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	5	108A-11	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	5	108A-3	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	5	108A-6	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1836&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/104/HB/10400HB1836.htm