Bill Text: IL SB3715 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a person's accountability for another person's conduct.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB3715 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB3715-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB3715 Introduced 2/10/2012, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/5-1 from Ch. 38, par. 5-1
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a person's accountability for another person's conduct.
LRB097 19260 RLC 64504 b
A BILL FOR
SB3715 LRB097 19260 RLC 64504 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 1961 is amended by changing
Section 5-1 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/5-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 5-1)
Sec. 5-1. Accountability for conduct of another.
A person is responsible for conduct which is an element of
an offense if the the conduct is either that of the person
himself, or that of another and he is legally accountable for
such conduct as provided in Section 5--2, or both.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)