Illinois Senate Bill 1856 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Transmitters of Money Act. Deletes provision that a person who engages in conduct requiring a license under the Act and fails to obtain a license from the Director is guilty of a Class 3 felony. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the statute concerning money laundering, provides that the laundering of property of a value exceeding $1,000,000 is a Class X felony. Creates the offense of engaging in monetary transactions in criminally derived property and the offense of unlawful money transmitting business. Defines offenses and establishes penalties. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that 2 or more acts or transactions involving money laundering, engaging in monetary transactions in criminally derived property, unlawful money transmitting business, online sale of stolen property, online theft by deception, electronic fencing, or workers' compensation fraud, may be charged as a single offense in a single count of the same indictment, information, or complaint, if the acts or transactions by one or more defendants are in furtherance of a single intention and design or if the property, labor, or services obtained are of the same person or are of several persons having a common interest in the property, labor, or services. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections to make conforming changes.

MONEY LAUNDERING

Sen. Michael Connelly [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2013-03-22	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2013-03-20	Senate	Postponed - Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance
2013-03-07	Senate	To Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance
2013-02-27	Senate	Assigned to Criminal Law
2013-02-15	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2013-02-15	Senate	First Reading
2013-02-15	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Connelly

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
205	657	90	Amended Code	Citation Text
720	5	29B-1	Amended Code	Citation Text
720	5	29B-2	New Code	See Bill Text
720	5	29B-3	New Code	See Bill Text
725	5	111-4	Amended Code	Citation Text
730	5	5-5-3	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1856&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/SB/09800SB1856.htm