Illinois House Bill 2942 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on December 3 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of making a false statement to a peace officer or criminal investigative officer. Provides that a person commits the offense if: (1) the person knowingly makes a false statement to a peace officer or criminal investigative officer of the State or a unit of local government regarding a criminal matter that the person knows to be under investigation by the officer; and (2) during the interview, the person is first informed by a prosecutor who is working with the officer on the investigation that a knowing false statement to the officer relating to the investigation would constitute a criminal offense. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony.

CRIM CD-FALSE STATEMENTS

Rep. Scott Drury [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-03	House	Session Sine Die
2013-03-22	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2013-03-11	House	Assigned to Judiciary
2013-02-26	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2013-02-26	House	First Reading
2013-02-25	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Scott Drury

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	5	31-4.6	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2942&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB2942.htm