Bill Text: IL HB2636 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning possession of explosives or explosive or incendiary devices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2636 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB2636-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB2636 Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/20-2 from Ch. 38, par. 20-2
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning possession of explosives or explosive or incendiary devices.
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A BILL FOR
HB2636 LRB100 10592 RLC 20811 b
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 20-2 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/20-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 20-2)
Sec. 20-2. Possession of explosives or explosive or
incendiary devices.
(a) A person commits possession of explosives or explosive
or incendiary devices in violation of this Section when he or
she possesses, manufactures or transports any explosive
compound, timing or detonating device for use with any
explosive compound or incendiary device and and either intends
to use the explosive or device to commit any offense or knows
that another intends to use the explosive or device to commit a
felony.
(b) Sentence.
Possession of explosives or explosive or incendiary
devices is a Class 1 felony for which a person, if sentenced to
a term of imprisonment, shall be sentenced to not less than 4
years and not more than 30 years.
(c) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)