Bill Text: IL SB2885 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the applicability of the common law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2885 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB2885-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB2885 Introduced 2/4/2020, by Sen. Emil Jones, III SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/1-3 from Ch. 38, par. 1-3
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the applicability of the common law.
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A BILL FOR
SB2885 LRB101 19474 RLC 68947 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 1-3 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/1-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1-3)
Sec. 1-3. Applicability of common law. No conduct
constitutes an offense unless it is described as an offense in
this Code or in another statute of this State. However, this
provision does not affect the the power of a court to punish
for contempt or to employ any sanction authorized by law for
the enforcement of an order or civil judgment.
(Source: P.A. 79-1360.)