Bill Text: IL HB2059 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Expands the crime of bribery to include an elector of President and Vice-President of the United States (in addition to public officers, public employees, jurors, and witnesses).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB2059 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2059-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2059 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Didech SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Expands the crime of bribery to include an elector of the President and Vice-President of the United States (in addition to public officers, public employees, jurors, and witnesses).
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
changing Section 33-1 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/33-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 33-1)
Sec. 33-1. Bribery. A person commits bribery when:
(a) With intent to influence the performance of any
act related to the employment or function of any public
officer, public employee, elector of President and
Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness, he
or she promises or tenders to that person any property or
personal advantage which he or she is not authorized by
law to accept; or
(b) With intent to influence the performance of any
act related to the employment or function of any public
officer, public employee, elector of President and
Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness, he
or she promises or tenders to one whom he or she believes
to be a public officer, public employee, elector of
President and Vice-President of the United States, juror
or witness, any property or personal advantage which a
public officer, public employee, elector of President and

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Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness
would not be authorized by law to accept; or
(c) With intent to cause any person to influence the
performance of any act related to the employment or
function of any public officer, public employee, elector
of President and Vice-President of the United States,
juror or witness, he or she promises or tenders to that
person any property or personal advantage which he or she
is not authorized by law to accept; or
(d) He or she receives, retains or agrees to accept
any property or personal advantage which he or she is not
authorized by law to accept knowing that the property or
personal advantage was promised or tendered with intent to
cause him or her to influence the performance of any act
related to the employment or function of any public
officer, public employee, elector of President and
Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness; or
(e) He or she solicits, receives, retains, or agrees
to accept any property or personal advantage pursuant to
an understanding that he or she shall improperly influence
or attempt to influence the performance of any act related
to the employment or function of any public officer,
public employee, elector of President and Vice-President
of the United States, juror or witness.
As used in this Section, "tenders" means any delivery or
proffer made with the requisite intent.

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Sentence. Bribery is a Class 2 felony.
(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)