Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is a Class 1 felony for an employee of a penal institution, without authority of any person designated or authorized to grant such authority, to bring into or to attempt to bring into the penal institution, or to possess in the penal institution a tool to defeat security mechanisms or a cutting tool. Provides that it is a Class X felony with a minimum term of imprisonment of 10 years for a person who is an employee of a penal institution to knowingly and without authority of any person designated or authorized to grant such authority to deliver or possess with intent to deliver electronic contraband in the penal institution. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-07-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1325 [HB5525 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

---

Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Karen Yarbrough [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-007	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

Social Comments on IL HB5525