Bill Text: IL HB5859 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is unlawful for a person, after receiving a warning not to approach from a first responder who is engaged in the lawful performance of a legal duty, to violate the warning and approach or remain within 14 feet of the first responder with the intent to: (1) interrupt, disrupt, hinder, impede, or interfere with the first responder's ability to perform the first responder's duty; (2) threaten the first responder with physical harm; or (3) harass the first responder by interfering with the first responder performing the first responder's duty. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor. Defines "first responder" and "harass".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-04 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John M. Cabello [HB5859 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5859-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5859 Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/26-8 new
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is unlawful for a person, after receiving a warning not to approach from a first responder who is engaged in the lawful performance of a legal duty, to violate the warning and approach or remain within 14 feet of the first responder with the intent to: (1) interrupt, disrupt, hinder, impede, or interfere with the first responder's ability to perform the first responder's duty; (2) threaten the first responder with physical harm; or (3) harass the first responder by interfering with the first responder performing the first responder's duty. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor. Defines "first responder" and "harass".
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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 adding
Section 26-8 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/26-8 new)
Sec. 26-8. Approaching a first responder after a warning
with intent to impede, threaten, or harass.
(a) In this Section:
(1) "First responder" includes a peace officer, a
firefighter, or an emergency medical technician.
(2) "Harass" means to engage in a course of conduct
directed at a first responder which causes substantial
emotional distress in that first responder.
(b) It is unlawful for a person, after receiving a warning
not to approach from a first responder who is engaged in the
lawful performance of a legal duty, to violate the warning and
approach or remain within 14 feet of the first responder with
the intent to:
(1) interrupt, disrupt, hinder, impede, or interfere
with the first responder's ability to perform the first
responder's duty;
(2) threaten the first responder with physical harm;

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