Public Act 0822 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 


 
Public Act 103-0822
 
HB4500 EnrolledLRB103 36506 RLC 66612 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 Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by
changing Section 4.2 as follows:
 
    (225 ILCS 10/4.2)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2214.2)
    Sec. 4.2. (a) No applicant may receive a license from the
Department and no person may be employed by a licensed child
care facility who refuses to authorize an investigation as
required by Section 4.1.
    (b) In addition to the other provisions of this Section,
no applicant may receive a license from the Department and no
person may be employed by a child care facility licensed by the
Department who has been declared a sexually dangerous person
under the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act, or convicted of
committing or attempting to commit any of the following
offenses stipulated under the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
Criminal Code of 2012:
        (1) murder;
        (1.1) solicitation of murder;
        (1.2) solicitation of murder for hire;
        (1.3) intentional homicide of an unborn child;
        (1.4) voluntary manslaughter of an unborn child;
        (1.5) involuntary manslaughter;
        (1.6) reckless homicide;
        (1.7) concealment of a homicidal death;
        (1.8) involuntary manslaughter of an unborn child;
        (1.9) reckless homicide of an unborn child;
        (1.10) drug-induced homicide;
        (2) a sex offense under Article 11, except offenses
    described in Sections 11-7, 11-8, 11-12, 11-13, 11-35,
    11-40, and 11-45;
        (3) kidnapping;
        (3.1) aggravated unlawful restraint;
        (3.2) forcible detention;
        (3.3) harboring a runaway;
        (3.4) aiding and abetting child abduction;
        (4) aggravated kidnapping;
        (5) child abduction;
        (6) aggravated battery of a child as described in
    Section 12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05;
        (7) criminal sexual assault;
        (8) aggravated criminal sexual assault;
        (8.1) predatory criminal sexual assault of a child;
        (9) criminal sexual abuse;
        (10) aggravated sexual abuse;
        (11) heinous battery as described in Section 12-4.1 or
    subdivision (a)(2) of Section 12-3.05;
        (12) aggravated battery with a firearm as described in
    Section 12-4.2 or subdivision (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), or
    (e)(4) of Section 12-3.05;
        (13) tampering with food, drugs, or cosmetics;
        (14) drug induced infliction of great bodily harm as
    described in Section 12-4.7 or subdivision (g)(1) of
    Section 12-3.05;
        (15) hate crime;
        (16) stalking;
        (17) aggravated stalking;
        (18) threatening public officials;
        (19) home invasion;
        (20) vehicular invasion;
        (21) criminal transmission of HIV;
        (22) criminal abuse or neglect of an elderly person or
    person with a disability as described in Section 12-21 or
    subsection (e) of Section 12-4.4a;
        (23) child abandonment;
        (24) endangering the life or health of a child;
        (25) ritual mutilation;
        (26) ritualized abuse of a child;
        (27) an offense in any other jurisdiction the elements
    of which are similar and bear a substantial relationship
    to any of the foregoing offenses.
    (b-1) In addition to the other provisions of this Section,
beginning January 1, 2004, no new applicant and, on the date of
licensure renewal, no current licensee may operate or receive
a license from the Department to operate, no person may be
employed by, and no adult person may reside in a child care
facility licensed by the Department who has been convicted of
committing or attempting to commit any of the following
offenses or an offense in any other jurisdiction the elements
of which are similar and bear a substantial relationship to
any of the following offenses:
 
(I) BODILY HARM

 
        (1) Felony aggravated assault.
        (2) Vehicular endangerment.
        (3) Felony domestic battery.
        (4) Aggravated battery.
        (5) Heinous battery.
        (6) Aggravated battery with a firearm.
        (7) Aggravated battery of an unborn child.
        (8) Aggravated battery of a senior citizen.
        (9) Intimidation.
        (10) Compelling organization membership of persons.
        (11) Abuse and criminal neglect of a long term care
    facility resident.
        (12) Felony violation of an order of protection.
 
(II) OFFENSES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND DECENCY

 
        (1) Felony unlawful possession use of weapons.
        (2) Aggravated discharge of a firearm.
        (3) Reckless discharge of a firearm.
        (4) Unlawful use of metal piercing bullets.
        (5) Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms on the
    premises of any school.
        (6) Disarming a police officer.
        (7) Obstructing justice.
        (8) Concealing or aiding a fugitive.
        (9) Armed violence.
        (10) Felony contributing to the criminal delinquency
    of a juvenile.
 
(III) DRUG OFFENSES

 
        (1) Possession of more than 30 grams of cannabis.
        (2) Manufacture of more than 10 grams of cannabis.
        (3) Cannabis trafficking.
        (4) Delivery of cannabis on school grounds.
        (5) Unauthorized production of more than 5 cannabis
    sativa plants.
        (6) Calculated criminal cannabis conspiracy.
        (7) Unauthorized manufacture or delivery of controlled
    substances.
        (8) Controlled substance trafficking.
        (9) Manufacture, distribution, or advertisement of
    look-alike substances.
        (10) Calculated criminal drug conspiracy.
        (11) Street gang criminal drug conspiracy.
        (12) Permitting unlawful use of a building.
        (13) Delivery of controlled, counterfeit, or
    look-alike substances to persons under age 18, or at truck
    stops, rest stops, or safety rest areas, or on school
    property.
        (14) Using, engaging, or employing persons under 18 to
    deliver controlled, counterfeit, or look-alike substances.
        (15) Delivery of controlled substances.
        (16) Sale or delivery of drug paraphernalia.
        (17) Felony possession, sale, or exchange of
    instruments adapted for use of a controlled substance,
    methamphetamine, or cannabis by subcutaneous injection.
        (18) Felony possession of a controlled substance.
        (19) Any violation of the Methamphetamine Control and
    Community Protection Act.
    (b-1.5) In addition to any other provision of this
Section, for applicants with access to confidential financial
information or who submit documentation to support billing,
the Department may, in its discretion, deny or refuse to renew
a license to an applicant who has been convicted of committing
or attempting to commit any of the following felony offenses:
        (1) financial institution fraud under Section 17-10.6
    of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
        (2) identity theft under Section 16-30 of the Criminal
    Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
        (3) financial exploitation of an elderly person or a
    person with a disability under Section 17-56 of the
    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
        (4) computer tampering under Section 17-51 of the
    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
        (5) aggravated computer tampering under Section 17-52
    of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
        (6) computer fraud under Section 17-50 of the Criminal
    Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
        (7) deceptive practices under Section 17-1 of the
    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
        (8) forgery under Section 17-3 of the Criminal Code of
    1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
        (9) State benefits fraud under Section 17-6 of the
    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
        (10) mail fraud and wire fraud under Section 17-24 of
    the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
        (11) theft under paragraphs (1.1) through (11) of
    subsection (b) of Section 16-1 of the Criminal Code of
    1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.
    (b-2) Notwithstanding subsection (b-1), the Department may
make an exception and, for child care facilities other than
foster family homes, issue a new child care facility license
to or renew the existing child care facility license of an
applicant, a person employed by a child care facility, or an
applicant who has an adult residing in a home child care
facility who was convicted of an offense described in
subsection (b-1), provided that all of the following
requirements are met:
        (1) The relevant criminal offense occurred more than 5
    years prior to the date of application or renewal, except
    for drug offenses. The relevant drug offense must have
    occurred more than 10 years prior to the date of
    application or renewal, unless the applicant passed a drug
    test, arranged and paid for by the child care facility, no
    less than 5 years after the offense.
        (2) The Department must conduct a background check and
    assess all convictions and recommendations of the child
    care facility to determine if hiring or licensing the
    applicant is in accordance with Department administrative
    rules and procedures.
        (3) The applicant meets all other requirements and
    qualifications to be licensed as the pertinent type of
    child care facility under this Act and the Department's
    administrative rules.
    (c) In addition to the other provisions of this Section,
no applicant may receive a license from the Department to
operate a foster family home, and no adult person may reside in
a foster family home licensed by the Department, who has been
convicted of committing or attempting to commit any of the
following offenses stipulated under the Criminal Code of 1961,
the Criminal Code of 2012, the Cannabis Control Act, the
Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, and the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act:
 
(I) OFFENSES DIRECTED AGAINST THE PERSON

 
    (A) KIDNAPPING AND RELATED OFFENSES
        (1) Unlawful restraint.
 
    (B) BODILY HARM
        (2) Felony aggravated assault.
        (3) Vehicular endangerment.
        (4) Felony domestic battery.
        (5) Aggravated battery.
        (6) Heinous battery.
        (7) Aggravated battery with a firearm.
        (8) Aggravated battery of an unborn child.
        (9) Aggravated battery of a senior citizen.
        (10) Intimidation.
        (11) Compelling organization membership of persons.
        (12) Abuse and criminal neglect of a long term care
    facility resident.
        (13) Felony violation of an order of protection.
 
(II) OFFENSES DIRECTED AGAINST PROPERTY

 
        (14) Felony theft.
        (15) Robbery.
        (16) Armed robbery.
        (17) Aggravated robbery.
        (18) Vehicular hijacking.
        (19) Aggravated vehicular hijacking.
        (20) Burglary.
        (21) Possession of burglary tools.
        (22) Residential burglary.
        (23) Criminal fortification of a residence or
    building.
        (24) Arson.
        (25) Aggravated arson.
        (26) Possession of explosive or explosive incendiary
    devices.
 
(III) OFFENSES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND DECENCY

 
        (27) Felony unlawful possession use of weapons.
        (28) Aggravated discharge of a firearm.
        (29) Reckless discharge of a firearm.
        (30) Unlawful use of metal piercing bullets.
        (31) Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms on the
    premises of any school.
        (32) Disarming a police officer.
        (33) Obstructing justice.
        (34) Concealing or aiding a fugitive.
        (35) Armed violence.
        (36) Felony contributing to the criminal delinquency
    of a juvenile.
 
(IV) DRUG OFFENSES

 
        (37) Possession of more than 30 grams of cannabis.
        (38) Manufacture of more than 10 grams of cannabis.
        (39) Cannabis trafficking.
        (40) Delivery of cannabis on school grounds.
        (41) Unauthorized production of more than 5 cannabis
    sativa plants.
        (42) Calculated criminal cannabis conspiracy.
        (43) Unauthorized manufacture or delivery of
    controlled substances.
        (44) Controlled substance trafficking.
        (45) Manufacture, distribution, or advertisement of
    look-alike substances.
        (46) Calculated criminal drug conspiracy.
        (46.5) Streetgang criminal drug conspiracy.
        (47) Permitting unlawful use of a building.
        (48) Delivery of controlled, counterfeit, or
    look-alike substances to persons under age 18, or at truck
    stops, rest stops, or safety rest areas, or on school
    property.
        (49) Using, engaging, or employing persons under 18 to
    deliver controlled, counterfeit, or look-alike substances.
        (50) Delivery of controlled substances.
        (51) Sale or delivery of drug paraphernalia.
        (52) Felony possession, sale, or exchange of
    instruments adapted for use of a controlled substance,
    methamphetamine, or cannabis by subcutaneous injection.
        (53) Any violation of the Methamphetamine Control and
    Community Protection Act.
    (d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Department may
make an exception and issue a new foster family home license or
may renew an existing foster family home license of an
applicant who was convicted of an offense described in
subsection (c), provided all of the following requirements are
met:
        (1) The relevant criminal offense or offenses occurred
    more than 10 years prior to the date of application or
    renewal.
        (2) The applicant had previously disclosed the
    conviction or convictions to the Department for purposes
    of a background check.
        (3) After the disclosure, the Department either placed
    a child in the home or the foster family home license was
    issued.
        (4) During the background check, the Department had
    assessed and waived the conviction in compliance with the
    existing statutes and rules in effect at the time of the
    hire or licensure.
        (5) The applicant meets all other requirements and
    qualifications to be licensed as a foster family home
    under this Act and the Department's administrative rules.
        (6) The applicant has a history of providing a safe,
    stable home environment and appears able to continue to
    provide a safe, stable home environment.
    (e) In evaluating the exception pursuant to subsections
(b-2) and (d), the Department must carefully review any
relevant documents to determine whether the applicant, despite
the disqualifying convictions, poses a substantial risk to
State resources or clients. In making such a determination,
the following guidelines shall be used:
        (1) the age of the applicant when the offense was
    committed;
        (2) the circumstances surrounding the offense;
        (3) the length of time since the conviction;
        (4) the specific duties and responsibilities
    necessarily related to the license being applied for and
    the bearing, if any, that the applicant's conviction
    history may have on the applicant's fitness to perform
    these duties and responsibilities;
        (5) the applicant's employment references;
        (6) the applicant's character references and any
    certificates of achievement;
        (7) an academic transcript showing educational
    attainment since the disqualifying conviction;
        (8) a Certificate of Relief from Disabilities or
    Certificate of Good Conduct; and
        (9) anything else that speaks to the applicant's
    character.
(Source: P.A. 103-22, eff. 8-8-23.)
 
    Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Section 6-206 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/6-206)
    Sec. 6-206. Discretionary authority to suspend or revoke
license or permit; right to a hearing.
    (a) The Secretary of State is authorized to suspend or
revoke the driving privileges of any person without
preliminary hearing upon a showing of the person's records or
other sufficient evidence that the person:
        1. Has committed an offense for which mandatory
    revocation of a driver's license or permit is required
    upon conviction;
        2. Has been convicted of not less than 3 offenses
    against traffic regulations governing the movement of
    vehicles committed within any 12-month period. No
    revocation or suspension shall be entered more than 6
    months after the date of last conviction;
        3. Has been repeatedly involved as a driver in motor
    vehicle collisions or has been repeatedly convicted of
    offenses against laws and ordinances regulating the
    movement of traffic, to a degree that indicates lack of
    ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable care in the
    safe operation of a motor vehicle or disrespect for the
    traffic laws and the safety of other persons upon the
    highway;
        4. Has by the unlawful operation of a motor vehicle
    caused or contributed to a crash resulting in injury
    requiring immediate professional treatment in a medical
    facility or doctor's office to any person, except that any
    suspension or revocation imposed by the Secretary of State
    under the provisions of this subsection shall start no
    later than 6 months after being convicted of violating a
    law or ordinance regulating the movement of traffic, which
    violation is related to the crash, or shall start not more
    than one year after the date of the crash, whichever date
    occurs later;
        5. Has permitted an unlawful or fraudulent use of a
    driver's license, identification card, or permit;
        6. Has been lawfully convicted of an offense or
    offenses in another state, including the authorization
    contained in Section 6-203.1, which if committed within
    this State would be grounds for suspension or revocation;
        7. Has refused or failed to submit to an examination
    provided for by Section 6-207 or has failed to pass the
    examination;
        8. Is ineligible for a driver's license or permit
    under the provisions of Section 6-103;
        9. Has made a false statement or knowingly concealed a
    material fact or has used false information or
    identification in any application for a license,
    identification card, or permit;
        10. Has possessed, displayed, or attempted to
    fraudulently use any license, identification card, or
    permit not issued to the person;
        11. Has operated a motor vehicle upon a highway of
    this State when the person's driving privilege or
    privilege to obtain a driver's license or permit was
    revoked or suspended unless the operation was authorized
    by a monitoring device driving permit, judicial driving
    permit issued prior to January 1, 2009, probationary
    license to drive, or restricted driving permit issued
    under this Code;
        12. Has submitted to any portion of the application
    process for another person or has obtained the services of
    another person to submit to any portion of the application
    process for the purpose of obtaining a license,
    identification card, or permit for some other person;
        13. Has operated a motor vehicle upon a highway of
    this State when the person's driver's license or permit
    was invalid under the provisions of Sections 6-107.1 and
    6-110;
        14. Has committed a violation of Section 6-301,
    6-301.1, or 6-301.2 of this Code, or Section 14, 14A, or
    14B of the Illinois Identification Card Act or a similar
    offense in another state if, at the time of the offense,
    the person held an Illinois driver's license or
    identification card;
        15. Has been convicted of violating Section 21-2 of
    the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012
    relating to criminal trespass to vehicles if the person
    exercised actual physical control over the vehicle during
    the commission of the offense, in which case the
    suspension shall be for one year;
        16. Has been convicted of violating Section 11-204 of
    this Code relating to fleeing from a peace officer;
        17. Has refused to submit to a test, or tests, as
    required under Section 11-501.1 of this Code and the
    person has not sought a hearing as provided for in Section
    11-501.1;
        18. (Blank);
        19. Has committed a violation of paragraph (a) or (b)
    of Section 6-101 relating to driving without a driver's
    license;
        20. Has been convicted of violating Section 6-104
    relating to classification of driver's license;
        21. Has been convicted of violating Section 11-402 of
    this Code relating to leaving the scene of a crash
    resulting in damage to a vehicle in excess of $1,000, in
    which case the suspension shall be for one year;
        22. Has used a motor vehicle in violating paragraph
    (3), (4), (7), or (9) of subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of
    the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012
    relating to unlawful possession use of weapons, in which
    case the suspension shall be for one year;
        23. Has, as a driver, been convicted of committing a
    violation of paragraph (a) of Section 11-502 of this Code
    for a second or subsequent time within one year of a
    similar violation;
        24. Has been convicted by a court-martial or punished
    by non-judicial punishment by military authorities of the
    United States at a military installation in Illinois or in
    another state of or for a traffic-related offense that is
    the same as or similar to an offense specified under
    Section 6-205 or 6-206 of this Code;
        25. Has permitted any form of identification to be
    used by another in the application process in order to
    obtain or attempt to obtain a license, identification
    card, or permit;
        26. Has altered or attempted to alter a license or has
    possessed an altered license, identification card, or
    permit;
        27. (Blank);
        28. Has been convicted for a first time of the illegal
    possession, while operating or in actual physical control,
    as a driver, of a motor vehicle, of any controlled
    substance prohibited under the Illinois Controlled
    Substances Act, any cannabis prohibited under the Cannabis
    Control Act, or any methamphetamine prohibited under the
    Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, in
    which case the person's driving privileges shall be
    suspended for one year. Any defendant found guilty of this
    offense while operating a motor vehicle shall have an
    entry made in the court record by the presiding judge that
    this offense did occur while the defendant was operating a
    motor vehicle and order the clerk of the court to report
    the violation to the Secretary of State;
        29. Has been convicted of the following offenses that
    were committed while the person was operating or in actual
    physical control, as a driver, of a motor vehicle:
    criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault
    of a child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal
    sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, juvenile
    pimping, soliciting for a juvenile prostitute, promoting
    juvenile prostitution as described in subdivision (a)(1),
    (a)(2), or (a)(3) of Section 11-14.4 of the Criminal Code
    of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, and the manufacture,
    sale or delivery of controlled substances or instruments
    used for illegal drug use or abuse in which case the
    driver's driving privileges shall be suspended for one
    year;
        30. Has been convicted a second or subsequent time for
    any combination of the offenses named in paragraph 29 of
    this subsection, in which case the person's driving
    privileges shall be suspended for 5 years;
        31. Has refused to submit to a test as required by
    Section 11-501.6 of this Code or Section 5-16c of the Boat
    Registration and Safety Act or has submitted to a test
    resulting in an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more or
    any amount of a drug, substance, or compound resulting
    from the unlawful use or consumption of cannabis as listed
    in the Cannabis Control Act, a controlled substance as
    listed in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, an
    intoxicating compound as listed in the Use of Intoxicating
    Compounds Act, or methamphetamine as listed in the
    Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, in
    which case the penalty shall be as prescribed in Section
    6-208.1;
        32. Has been convicted of Section 24-1.2 of the
    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012
    relating to the aggravated discharge of a firearm if the
    offender was located in a motor vehicle at the time the
    firearm was discharged, in which case the suspension shall
    be for 3 years;
        33. Has as a driver, who was less than 21 years of age
    on the date of the offense, been convicted a first time of
    a violation of paragraph (a) of Section 11-502 of this
    Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance;
        34. Has committed a violation of Section 11-1301.5 of
    this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance;
        35. Has committed a violation of Section 11-1301.6 of
    this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance;
        36. Is under the age of 21 years at the time of arrest
    and has been convicted of not less than 2 offenses against
    traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles
    committed within any 24-month period. No revocation or
    suspension shall be entered more than 6 months after the
    date of last conviction;
        37. Has committed a violation of subsection (c) of
    Section 11-907 of this Code that resulted in damage to the
    property of another or the death or injury of another;
        38. Has been convicted of a violation of Section 6-20
    of the Liquor Control Act of 1934 or a similar provision of
    a local ordinance and the person was an occupant of a motor
    vehicle at the time of the violation;
        39. Has committed a second or subsequent violation of
    Section 11-1201 of this Code;
        40. Has committed a violation of subsection (a-1) of
    Section 11-908 of this Code;
        41. Has committed a second or subsequent violation of
    Section 11-605.1 of this Code, a similar provision of a
    local ordinance, or a similar violation in any other state
    within 2 years of the date of the previous violation, in
    which case the suspension shall be for 90 days;
        42. Has committed a violation of subsection (a-1) of
    Section 11-1301.3 of this Code or a similar provision of a
    local ordinance;
        43. Has received a disposition of court supervision
    for a violation of subsection (a), (d), or (e) of Section
    6-20 of the Liquor Control Act of 1934 or a similar
    provision of a local ordinance and the person was an
    occupant of a motor vehicle at the time of the violation,
    in which case the suspension shall be for a period of 3
    months;
        44. Is under the age of 21 years at the time of arrest
    and has been convicted of an offense against traffic
    regulations governing the movement of vehicles after
    having previously had his or her driving privileges
    suspended or revoked pursuant to subparagraph 36 of this
    Section;
        45. Has, in connection with or during the course of a
    formal hearing conducted under Section 2-118 of this Code:
    (i) committed perjury; (ii) submitted fraudulent or
    falsified documents; (iii) submitted documents that have
    been materially altered; or (iv) submitted, as his or her
    own, documents that were in fact prepared or composed for
    another person;
        46. Has committed a violation of subsection (j) of
    Section 3-413 of this Code;
        47. Has committed a violation of subsection (a) of
    Section 11-502.1 of this Code;
        48. Has submitted a falsified or altered medical
    examiner's certificate to the Secretary of State or
    provided false information to obtain a medical examiner's
    certificate;
        49. Has been convicted of a violation of Section
    11-1002 or 11-1002.5 that resulted in a Type A injury to
    another, in which case the driving privileges of the
    person shall be suspended for 12 months;
        50. Has committed a violation of subsection (b-5) of
    Section 12-610.2 that resulted in great bodily harm,
    permanent disability, or disfigurement, in which case the
    driving privileges of the person shall be suspended for 12
    months;
        51. Has committed a violation of Section 10-15 Of the
    Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act or a similar provision of
    a local ordinance while in a motor vehicle; or
        52. Has committed a violation of subsection (b) of
    Section 10-20 of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act or a
    similar provision of a local ordinance.
    For purposes of paragraphs 5, 9, 10, 12, 14, 19, 25, 26,
and 27 of this subsection, license means any driver's license,
any traffic ticket issued when the person's driver's license
is deposited in lieu of bail, a suspension notice issued by the
Secretary of State, a duplicate or corrected driver's license,
a probationary driver's license, or a temporary driver's
license.
    (b) If any conviction forming the basis of a suspension or
revocation authorized under this Section is appealed, the
Secretary of State may rescind or withhold the entry of the
order of suspension or revocation, as the case may be,
provided that a certified copy of a stay order of a court is
filed with the Secretary of State. If the conviction is
affirmed on appeal, the date of the conviction shall relate
back to the time the original judgment of conviction was
entered and the 6-month limitation prescribed shall not apply.
    (c) 1. Upon suspending or revoking the driver's license or
permit of any person as authorized in this Section, the
Secretary of State shall immediately notify the person in
writing of the revocation or suspension. The notice to be
deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, to the
last known address of the person.
    2. If the Secretary of State suspends the driver's license
of a person under subsection 2 of paragraph (a) of this
Section, a person's privilege to operate a vehicle as an
occupation shall not be suspended, provided an affidavit is
properly completed, the appropriate fee received, and a permit
issued prior to the effective date of the suspension, unless 5
offenses were committed, at least 2 of which occurred while
operating a commercial vehicle in connection with the driver's
regular occupation. All other driving privileges shall be
suspended by the Secretary of State. Any driver prior to
operating a vehicle for occupational purposes only must submit
the affidavit on forms to be provided by the Secretary of State
setting forth the facts of the person's occupation. The
affidavit shall also state the number of offenses committed
while operating a vehicle in connection with the driver's
regular occupation. The affidavit shall be accompanied by the
driver's license. Upon receipt of a properly completed
affidavit, the Secretary of State shall issue the driver a
permit to operate a vehicle in connection with the driver's
regular occupation only. Unless the permit is issued by the
Secretary of State prior to the date of suspension, the
privilege to drive any motor vehicle shall be suspended as set
forth in the notice that was mailed under this Section. If an
affidavit is received subsequent to the effective date of this
suspension, a permit may be issued for the remainder of the
suspension period.
    The provisions of this subparagraph shall not apply to any
driver required to possess a CDL for the purpose of operating a
commercial motor vehicle.
    Any person who falsely states any fact in the affidavit
required herein shall be guilty of perjury under Section 6-302
and upon conviction thereof shall have all driving privileges
revoked without further rights.
    3. At the conclusion of a hearing under Section 2-118 of
this Code, the Secretary of State shall either rescind or
continue an order of revocation or shall substitute an order
of suspension; or, good cause appearing therefor, rescind,
continue, change, or extend the order of suspension. If the
Secretary of State does not rescind the order, the Secretary
may upon application, to relieve undue hardship (as defined by
the rules of the Secretary of State), issue a restricted
driving permit granting the privilege of driving a motor
vehicle between the petitioner's residence and petitioner's
place of employment or within the scope of the petitioner's
employment-related duties, or to allow the petitioner to
transport himself or herself, or a family member of the
petitioner's household to a medical facility, to receive
necessary medical care, to allow the petitioner to transport
himself or herself to and from alcohol or drug remedial or
rehabilitative activity recommended by a licensed service
provider, or to allow the petitioner to transport himself or
herself or a family member of the petitioner's household to
classes, as a student, at an accredited educational
institution, or to allow the petitioner to transport children,
elderly persons, or persons with disabilities who do not hold
driving privileges and are living in the petitioner's
household to and from daycare. The petitioner must demonstrate
that no alternative means of transportation is reasonably
available and that the petitioner will not endanger the public
safety or welfare.
        (A) If a person's license or permit is revoked or
    suspended due to 2 or more convictions of violating
    Section 11-501 of this Code or a similar provision of a
    local ordinance or a similar out-of-state offense, or
    Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
    Code of 2012, where the use of alcohol or other drugs is
    recited as an element of the offense, or a similar
    out-of-state offense, or a combination of these offenses,
    arising out of separate occurrences, that person, if
    issued a restricted driving permit, may not operate a
    vehicle unless it has been equipped with an ignition
    interlock device as defined in Section 1-129.1.
        (B) If a person's license or permit is revoked or
    suspended 2 or more times due to any combination of:
            (i) a single conviction of violating Section
        11-501 of this Code or a similar provision of a local
        ordinance or a similar out-of-state offense or Section
        9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code
        of 2012, where the use of alcohol or other drugs is
        recited as an element of the offense, or a similar
        out-of-state offense; or
            (ii) a statutory summary suspension or revocation
        under Section 11-501.1; or
            (iii) a suspension under Section 6-203.1;
    arising out of separate occurrences; that person, if
    issued a restricted driving permit, may not operate a
    vehicle unless it has been equipped with an ignition
    interlock device as defined in Section 1-129.1.
        (B-5) If a person's license or permit is revoked or
    suspended due to a conviction for a violation of
    subparagraph (C) or (F) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d)
    of Section 11-501 of this Code, or a similar provision of a
    local ordinance or similar out-of-state offense, that
    person, if issued a restricted driving permit, may not
    operate a vehicle unless it has been equipped with an
    ignition interlock device as defined in Section 1-129.1.
        (C) The person issued a permit conditioned upon the
    use of an ignition interlock device must pay to the
    Secretary of State DUI Administration Fund an amount not
    to exceed $30 per month. The Secretary shall establish by
    rule the amount and the procedures, terms, and conditions
    relating to these fees.
        (D) If the restricted driving permit is issued for
    employment purposes, then the prohibition against
    operating a motor vehicle that is not equipped with an
    ignition interlock device does not apply to the operation
    of an occupational vehicle owned or leased by that
    person's employer when used solely for employment
    purposes. For any person who, within a 5-year period, is
    convicted of a second or subsequent offense under Section
    11-501 of this Code, or a similar provision of a local
    ordinance or similar out-of-state offense, this employment
    exemption does not apply until either a one-year period
    has elapsed during which that person had his or her
    driving privileges revoked or a one-year period has
    elapsed during which that person had a restricted driving
    permit which required the use of an ignition interlock
    device on every motor vehicle owned or operated by that
    person.
        (E) In each case the Secretary may issue a restricted
    driving permit for a period deemed appropriate, except
    that all permits shall expire no later than 2 years from
    the date of issuance. A restricted driving permit issued
    under this Section shall be subject to cancellation,
    revocation, and suspension by the Secretary of State in
    like manner and for like cause as a driver's license
    issued under this Code may be cancelled, revoked, or
    suspended; except that a conviction upon one or more
    offenses against laws or ordinances regulating the
    movement of traffic shall be deemed sufficient cause for
    the revocation, suspension, or cancellation of a
    restricted driving permit. The Secretary of State may, as
    a condition to the issuance of a restricted driving
    permit, require the applicant to participate in a
    designated driver remedial or rehabilitative program. The
    Secretary of State is authorized to cancel a restricted
    driving permit if the permit holder does not successfully
    complete the program.
        (F) A person subject to the provisions of paragraph 4
    of subsection (b) of Section 6-208 of this Code may make
    application for a restricted driving permit at a hearing
    conducted under Section 2-118 of this Code after the
    expiration of 5 years from the effective date of the most
    recent revocation or after 5 years from the date of
    release from a period of imprisonment resulting from a
    conviction of the most recent offense, whichever is later,
    provided the person, in addition to all other requirements
    of the Secretary, shows by clear and convincing evidence:
            (i) a minimum of 3 years of uninterrupted
        abstinence from alcohol and the unlawful use or
        consumption of cannabis under the Cannabis Control
        Act, a controlled substance under the Illinois
        Controlled Substances Act, an intoxicating compound
        under the Use of Intoxicating Compounds Act, or
        methamphetamine under the Methamphetamine Control and
        Community Protection Act; and
            (ii) the successful completion of any
        rehabilitative treatment and involvement in any
        ongoing rehabilitative activity that may be
        recommended by a properly licensed service provider
        according to an assessment of the person's alcohol or
        drug use under Section 11-501.01 of this Code.
        In determining whether an applicant is eligible for a
    restricted driving permit under this subparagraph (F), the
    Secretary may consider any relevant evidence, including,
    but not limited to, testimony, affidavits, records, and
    the results of regular alcohol or drug tests. Persons
    subject to the provisions of paragraph 4 of subsection (b)
    of Section 6-208 of this Code and who have been convicted
    of more than one violation of paragraph (3), paragraph
    (4), or paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of Section 11-501
    of this Code shall not be eligible to apply for a
    restricted driving permit under this subparagraph (F).
        A restricted driving permit issued under this
    subparagraph (F) shall provide that the holder may only
    operate motor vehicles equipped with an ignition interlock
    device as required under paragraph (2) of subsection (c)
    of Section 6-205 of this Code and subparagraph (A) of
    paragraph 3 of subsection (c) of this Section. The
    Secretary may revoke a restricted driving permit or amend
    the conditions of a restricted driving permit issued under
    this subparagraph (F) if the holder operates a vehicle
    that is not equipped with an ignition interlock device, or
    for any other reason authorized under this Code.
        A restricted driving permit issued under this
    subparagraph (F) shall be revoked, and the holder barred
    from applying for or being issued a restricted driving
    permit in the future, if the holder is convicted of a
    violation of Section 11-501 of this Code, a similar
    provision of a local ordinance, or a similar offense in
    another state.
    (c-3) In the case of a suspension under paragraph 43 of
subsection (a), reports received by the Secretary of State
under this Section shall, except during the actual time the
suspension is in effect, be privileged information and for use
only by the courts, police officers, prosecuting authorities,
the driver licensing administrator of any other state, the
Secretary of State, or the parent or legal guardian of a driver
under the age of 18. However, beginning January 1, 2008, if the
person is a CDL holder, the suspension shall also be made
available to the driver licensing administrator of any other
state, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the affected
driver or motor carrier or prospective motor carrier upon
request.
    (c-4) In the case of a suspension under paragraph 43 of
subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall notify the person
by mail that his or her driving privileges and driver's
license will be suspended one month after the date of the
mailing of the notice.
    (c-5) The Secretary of State may, as a condition of the
reissuance of a driver's license or permit to an applicant
whose driver's license or permit has been suspended before he
or she reached the age of 21 years pursuant to any of the
provisions of this Section, require the applicant to
participate in a driver remedial education course and be
retested under Section 6-109 of this Code.
    (d) This Section is subject to the provisions of the
Driver License Compact.
    (e) The Secretary of State shall not issue a restricted
driving permit to a person under the age of 16 years whose
driving privileges have been suspended or revoked under any
provisions of this Code.
    (f) In accordance with 49 CFR 384, the Secretary of State
may not issue a restricted driving permit for the operation of
a commercial motor vehicle to a person holding a CDL whose
driving privileges have been suspended, revoked, cancelled, or
disqualified under any provisions of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 102-299, eff. 8-6-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21;
102-749, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-982, eff.
7-1-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
 
    Section 15. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
changing Section 1-7 as follows:
 
    (705 ILCS 405/1-7)
    Sec. 1-7. Confidentiality of juvenile law enforcement and
municipal ordinance violation records.
    (A) All juvenile law enforcement records which have not
been expunged are confidential and may never be disclosed to
the general public or otherwise made widely available.
Juvenile law enforcement records may be obtained only under
this Section and Section 1-8 and Part 9 of Article V of this
Act, when their use is needed for good cause and with an order
from the juvenile court, as required by those not authorized
to retain them. Inspection, copying, and disclosure of
juvenile law enforcement records maintained by law enforcement
agencies or records of municipal ordinance violations
maintained by any State, local, or municipal agency that
relate to a minor who has been investigated, arrested, or
taken into custody before the minor's 18th birthday shall be
restricted to the following:
        (0.05) The minor who is the subject of the juvenile
    law enforcement record, the minor's parents, guardian, and
    counsel.
        (0.10) Judges of the circuit court and members of the
    staff of the court designated by the judge.
        (0.15) An administrative adjudication hearing officer
    or members of the staff designated to assist in the
    administrative adjudication process.
        (1) Any local, State, or federal law enforcement
    officers or designated law enforcement staff of any
    jurisdiction or agency when necessary for the discharge of
    their official duties during the investigation or
    prosecution of a crime or relating to a minor who has been
    adjudicated delinquent and there has been a previous
    finding that the act which constitutes the previous
    offense was committed in furtherance of criminal
    activities by a criminal street gang, or, when necessary
    for the discharge of its official duties in connection
    with a particular investigation of the conduct of a law
    enforcement officer, an independent agency or its staff
    created by ordinance and charged by a unit of local
    government with the duty of investigating the conduct of
    law enforcement officers. For purposes of this Section,
    "criminal street gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in
    Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
    Prevention Act.
        (2) Prosecutors, public defenders, probation officers,
    social workers, or other individuals assigned by the court
    to conduct a pre-adjudication or pre-disposition
    investigation, and individuals responsible for supervising
    or providing temporary or permanent care and custody for
    minors under the order of the juvenile court, when
    essential to performing their responsibilities.
        (3) Federal, State, or local prosecutors, public
    defenders, probation officers, and designated staff:
            (a) in the course of a trial when institution of
        criminal proceedings has been permitted or required
        under Section 5-805;
            (b) when institution of criminal proceedings has
        been permitted or required under Section 5-805 and the
        minor is the subject of a proceeding to determine the
        conditions of pretrial release;
            (c) when criminal proceedings have been permitted
        or required under Section 5-805 and the minor is the
        subject of a pre-trial investigation, pre-sentence
        investigation, fitness hearing, or proceedings on an
        application for probation; or
            (d) in the course of prosecution or administrative
        adjudication of a violation of a traffic, boating, or
        fish and game law, or a county or municipal ordinance.
        (4) Adult and Juvenile Prisoner Review Board.
        (5) Authorized military personnel.
        (5.5) Employees of the federal government authorized
    by law.
        (6) Persons engaged in bona fide research, with the
    permission of the Presiding Judge and the chief executive
    of the respective law enforcement agency; provided that
    publication of such research results in no disclosure of a
    minor's identity and protects the confidentiality of the
    minor's record.
        (7) Department of Children and Family Services child
    protection investigators acting in their official
    capacity.
        (8) The appropriate school official only if the agency
    or officer believes that there is an imminent threat of
    physical harm to students, school personnel, or others.
            (A) Inspection and copying shall be limited to
        juvenile law enforcement records transmitted to the
        appropriate school official or officials whom the
        school has determined to have a legitimate educational
        or safety interest by a local law enforcement agency
        under a reciprocal reporting system established and
        maintained between the school district and the local
        law enforcement agency under Section 10-20.14 of the
        School Code concerning a minor enrolled in a school
        within the school district who has been arrested or
        taken into custody for any of the following offenses:
                (i) any violation of Article 24 of the
            Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
            2012;
                (ii) a violation of the Illinois Controlled
            Substances Act;
                (iii) a violation of the Cannabis Control Act;
                (iv) a forcible felony as defined in Section
            2-8 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
            Code of 2012;
                (v) a violation of the Methamphetamine Control
            and Community Protection Act;
                (vi) a violation of Section 1-2 of the
            Harassing and Obscene Communications Act;
                (vii) a violation of the Hazing Act; or
                (viii) a violation of Section 12-1, 12-2,
            12-3, 12-3.05, 12-3.1, 12-3.2, 12-3.4, 12-3.5,
            12-5, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 25-1, or 25-5 of the
            Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
            2012.
            The information derived from the juvenile law
        enforcement records shall be kept separate from and
        shall not become a part of the official school record
        of that child and shall not be a public record. The
        information shall be used solely by the appropriate
        school official or officials whom the school has
        determined to have a legitimate educational or safety
        interest to aid in the proper rehabilitation of the
        child and to protect the safety of students and
        employees in the school. If the designated law
        enforcement and school officials deem it to be in the
        best interest of the minor, the student may be
        referred to in-school or community-based social
        services if those services are available.
        "Rehabilitation services" may include interventions by
        school support personnel, evaluation for eligibility
        for special education, referrals to community-based
        agencies such as youth services, behavioral healthcare
        service providers, drug and alcohol prevention or
        treatment programs, and other interventions as deemed
        appropriate for the student.
            (B) Any information provided to appropriate school
        officials whom the school has determined to have a
        legitimate educational or safety interest by local law
        enforcement officials about a minor who is the subject
        of a current police investigation that is directly
        related to school safety shall consist of oral
        information only, and not written juvenile law
        enforcement records, and shall be used solely by the
        appropriate school official or officials to protect
        the safety of students and employees in the school and
        aid in the proper rehabilitation of the child. The
        information derived orally from the local law
        enforcement officials shall be kept separate from and
        shall not become a part of the official school record
        of the child and shall not be a public record. This
        limitation on the use of information about a minor who
        is the subject of a current police investigation shall
        in no way limit the use of this information by
        prosecutors in pursuing criminal charges arising out
        of the information disclosed during a police
        investigation of the minor. For purposes of this
        paragraph, "investigation" means an official
        systematic inquiry by a law enforcement agency into
        actual or suspected criminal activity.
        (9) Mental health professionals on behalf of the
    Department of Corrections or the Department of Human
    Services or prosecutors who are evaluating, prosecuting,
    or investigating a potential or actual petition brought
    under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act relating
    to a person who is the subject of juvenile law enforcement
    records or the respondent to a petition brought under the
    Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act who is the subject
    of the juvenile law enforcement records sought. Any
    juvenile law enforcement records and any information
    obtained from those juvenile law enforcement records under
    this paragraph (9) may be used only in sexually violent
    persons commitment proceedings.
        (10) The president of a park district. Inspection and
    copying shall be limited to juvenile law enforcement
    records transmitted to the president of the park district
    by the Illinois State Police under Section 8-23 of the
    Park District Code or Section 16a-5 of the Chicago Park
    District Act concerning a person who is seeking employment
    with that park district and who has been adjudicated a
    juvenile delinquent for any of the offenses listed in
    subsection (c) of Section 8-23 of the Park District Code
    or subsection (c) of Section 16a-5 of the Chicago Park
    District Act.
        (11) Persons managing and designated to participate in
    a court diversion program as designated in subsection (6)
    of Section 5-105.
        (12) The Public Access Counselor of the Office of the
    Attorney General, when reviewing juvenile law enforcement
    records under its powers and duties under the Freedom of
    Information Act.
        (13) Collection agencies, contracted or otherwise
    engaged by a governmental entity, to collect any debts due
    and owing to the governmental entity.
    (B)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no law
enforcement officer or other person or agency may knowingly
transmit to the Department of Corrections, the Illinois State
Police, or the Federal Bureau of Investigation any fingerprint
or photograph relating to a minor who has been arrested or
taken into custody before the minor's 18th birthday, unless
the court in proceedings under this Act authorizes the
transmission or enters an order under Section 5-805 permitting
or requiring the institution of criminal proceedings.
    (2) Law enforcement officers or other persons or agencies
shall transmit to the Illinois State Police copies of
fingerprints and descriptions of all minors who have been
arrested or taken into custody before their 18th birthday for
the offense of unlawful possession use of weapons under
Article 24 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
2012, a Class X or Class 1 felony, a forcible felony as defined
in Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
Code of 2012, or a Class 2 or greater felony under the Cannabis
Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the
Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, or
Chapter 4 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, pursuant to Section 5
of the Criminal Identification Act. Information reported to
the Department pursuant to this Section may be maintained with
records that the Department files pursuant to Section 2.1 of
the Criminal Identification Act. Nothing in this Act prohibits
a law enforcement agency from fingerprinting a minor taken
into custody or arrested before the minor's 18th birthday for
an offense other than those listed in this paragraph (2).
    (C) The records of law enforcement officers, or of an
independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit
of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct
of law enforcement officers, concerning all minors under 18
years of age must be maintained separate from the records of
arrests and may not be open to public inspection or their
contents disclosed to the public. For purposes of obtaining
documents under this Section, a civil subpoena is not an order
of the court.
        (1) In cases where the law enforcement, or independent
    agency, records concern a pending juvenile court case, the
    party seeking to inspect the records shall provide actual
    notice to the attorney or guardian ad litem of the minor
    whose records are sought.
        (2) In cases where the records concern a juvenile
    court case that is no longer pending, the party seeking to
    inspect the records shall provide actual notice to the
    minor or the minor's parent or legal guardian, and the
    matter shall be referred to the chief judge presiding over
    matters pursuant to this Act.
        (3) In determining whether the records should be
    available for inspection, the court shall consider the
    minor's interest in confidentiality and rehabilitation
    over the moving party's interest in obtaining the
    information. Any records obtained in violation of this
    subsection (C) shall not be admissible in any criminal or
    civil proceeding, or operate to disqualify a minor from
    subsequently holding public office or securing employment,
    or operate as a forfeiture of any public benefit, right,
    privilege, or right to receive any license granted by
    public authority.
    (D) Nothing contained in subsection (C) of this Section
shall prohibit the inspection or disclosure to victims and
witnesses of photographs contained in the records of law
enforcement agencies when the inspection and disclosure is
conducted in the presence of a law enforcement officer for the
purpose of the identification or apprehension of any person
subject to the provisions of this Act or for the investigation
or prosecution of any crime.
    (E) Law enforcement officers, and personnel of an
independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit
of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct
of law enforcement officers, may not disclose the identity of
any minor in releasing information to the general public as to
the arrest, investigation or disposition of any case involving
a minor.
    (F) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit law
enforcement agencies from communicating with each other by
letter, memorandum, teletype, or intelligence alert bulletin
or other means the identity or other relevant information
pertaining to a person under 18 years of age if there are
reasonable grounds to believe that the person poses a real and
present danger to the safety of the public or law enforcement
officers. The information provided under this subsection (F)
shall remain confidential and shall not be publicly disclosed,
except as otherwise allowed by law.
    (G) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the right of a
Civil Service Commission or appointing authority of any
federal government, state, county or municipality examining
the character and fitness of an applicant for employment with
a law enforcement agency, correctional institution, or fire
department from obtaining and examining the records of any law
enforcement agency relating to any record of the applicant
having been arrested or taken into custody before the
applicant's 18th birthday.
    (G-5) Information identifying victims and alleged victims
of sex offenses shall not be disclosed or open to the public
under any circumstances. Nothing in this Section shall
prohibit the victim or alleged victim of any sex offense from
voluntarily disclosing this identity.
    (H) The changes made to this Section by Public Act 98-61
apply to law enforcement records of a minor who has been
arrested or taken into custody on or after January 1, 2014 (the
effective date of Public Act 98-61).
    (H-5) Nothing in this Section shall require any court or
adjudicative proceeding for traffic, boating, fish and game
law, or municipal and county ordinance violations to be closed
to the public.
    (I) Willful violation of this Section is a Class C
misdemeanor and each violation is subject to a fine of $1,000.
This subsection (I) shall not apply to the person who is the
subject of the record.
    (J) A person convicted of violating this Section is liable
for damages in the amount of $1,000 or actual damages,
whichever is greater.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-752, eff. 1-1-23;
102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-22, eff. 8-8-23.)
 
    Section 20. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
changing Sections 2-13, 8-2, 24-1, 24-1.1, 24-1.6, 24-1.7,
24-2.1, 24-3.6, and 36-1 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/2-13)  (from Ch. 38, par. 2-13)
    Sec. 2-13. "Peace officer". "Peace officer" means (i) any
person who by virtue of his office or public employment is
vested by law with a duty to maintain public order or to make
arrests for offenses, whether that duty extends to all
offenses or is limited to specific offenses, or (ii) any
person who, by statute, is granted and authorized to exercise
powers similar to those conferred upon any peace officer
employed by a law enforcement agency of this State.
    For purposes of Sections concerning unlawful possession
use of weapons, for the purposes of assisting an Illinois
peace officer in an arrest, or when the commission of any
offense under Illinois law is directly observed by the person,
and statutes involving the false personation of a peace
officer, false personation of a peace officer while carrying a
deadly weapon, false personation of a peace officer in
attempting or committing a felony, and false personation of a
peace officer in attempting or committing a forcible felony,
then officers, agents, or employees of the federal government
commissioned by federal statute to make arrests for violations
of federal criminal laws shall be considered "peace officers"
under this Code, including, but not limited to, all criminal
investigators of:
        (1) the United States Department of Justice, the
    Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Drug Enforcement
    Administration and all United States Marshals or Deputy
    United States Marshals whose duties involve the
    enforcement of federal criminal laws;
        (1.5) the United States Department of Homeland
    Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration
    Services, United States Coast Guard, United States Customs
    and Border Protection, and United States Immigration and
    Customs Enforcement;
        (2) the United States Department of the Treasury, the
    Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, and the United
    States Secret Service;
        (3) the United States Internal Revenue Service;
        (4) the United States General Services Administration;
        (5) the United States Postal Service;
        (6) (blank); and
        (7) the United States Department of Defense.
(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
    (720 ILCS 5/8-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 8-2)
    Sec. 8-2. Conspiracy.
    (a) Elements of the offense. A person commits the offense
of conspiracy when, with intent that an offense be committed,
he or she agrees with another to the commission of that
offense. No person may be convicted of conspiracy to commit an
offense unless an act in furtherance of that agreement is
alleged and proved to have been committed by him or her or by a
co-conspirator.
    (b) Co-conspirators. It is not a defense to conspiracy
that the person or persons with whom the accused is alleged to
have conspired:
        (1) have not been prosecuted or convicted,
        (2) have been convicted of a different offense,
        (3) are not amenable to justice,
        (4) have been acquitted, or
        (5) lacked the capacity to commit an offense.
    (c) Sentence.
        (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection or
    Code, a person convicted of conspiracy to commit:
            (A) a Class X felony shall be sentenced for a Class
        1 felony;
            (B) a Class 1 felony shall be sentenced for a Class
        2 felony;
            (C) a Class 2 felony shall be sentenced for a Class
        3 felony;
            (D) a Class 3 felony shall be sentenced for a Class
        4 felony;
            (E) a Class 4 felony shall be sentenced for a Class
        4 felony; and
            (F) a misdemeanor may be fined or imprisoned or
        both not to exceed the maximum provided for the
        offense that is the object of the conspiracy.
        (2) A person convicted of conspiracy to commit any of
    the following offenses shall be sentenced for a Class X
    felony:
            (A) aggravated insurance fraud conspiracy when the
        person is an organizer of the conspiracy (720 ILCS
        5/46-4); or
            (B) aggravated governmental entity insurance fraud
        conspiracy when the person is an organizer of the
        conspiracy (720 ILCS 5/46-4).
        (3) A person convicted of conspiracy to commit any of
    the following offenses shall be sentenced for a Class 1
    felony:
            (A) first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1); or
            (B) aggravated insurance fraud (720 ILCS 5/46-3)
        or aggravated governmental insurance fraud (720 ILCS
        5/46-3).
        (4) A person convicted of conspiracy to commit
    insurance fraud (720 ILCS 5/46-3) or governmental entity
    insurance fraud (720 ILCS 5/46-3) shall be sentenced for a
    Class 2 felony.
        (5) A person convicted of conspiracy to commit any of
    the following offenses shall be sentenced for a Class 3
    felony:
            (A) soliciting for a prostitute (720 ILCS
        5/11-14.3(a)(1));
            (B) pandering (720 ILCS 5/11-14.3(a)(2)(A) or
        5/11-14.3(a)(2)(B));
            (C) keeping a place of prostitution (720 ILCS
        5/11-14.3(a)(1));
            (D) pimping (720 ILCS 5/11-14.3(a)(2)(C));
            (E) unlawful possession use of weapons under
        Section 24-1(a)(1) (720 ILCS 5/24-1(a)(1));
            (F) unlawful possession use of weapons under
        Section 24-1(a)(7) (720 ILCS 5/24-1(a)(7));
            (G) gambling (720 ILCS 5/28-1);
            (H) keeping a gambling place (720 ILCS 5/28-3);
            (I) registration of federal gambling stamps
        violation (720 ILCS 5/28-4);
            (J) look-alike substances violation (720 ILCS
        570/404);
            (K) miscellaneous controlled substance violation
        under Section 406(b) (720 ILCS 570/406(b)); or
            (L) an inchoate offense related to any of the
        principal offenses set forth in this item (5).
(Source: P.A. 96-710, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)
 
    (720 ILCS 5/24-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)
    Sec. 24-1. Unlawful possession use of weapons.
    (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful possession
use of weapons when he knowingly:
        (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
    carries any bludgeon, black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club,
    sand-bag, metal knuckles or other knuckle weapon
    regardless of its composition, throwing star, or any
    knife, commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which
    has a blade that opens automatically by hand pressure
    applied to a button, spring or other device in the handle
    of the knife, or a ballistic knife, which is a device that
    propels a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a
    coil spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
        (2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
    unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk, billy,
    dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or other
    piece of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous or
    deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or
        (2.5) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
    unlawfully against another, any firearm in a church,
    synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place
    used for religious worship; or
        (3) Carries on or about his person or in any vehicle, a
    tear gas gun projector or bomb or any object containing
    noxious liquid gas or substance, other than an object
    containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas or substance
    designed solely for personal defense carried by a person
    18 years of age or older; or
        (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed
    on or about his person except when on his land or in his
    own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or
    on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as
    an invitee with that person's permission, any pistol,
    revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm, except that
    this subsection (a)(4) does not apply to or affect
    transportation of weapons that meet one of the following
    conditions:
            (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
            (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
            (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
        carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
        person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
        Owner's Identification Card; or
            (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with
        the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has
        been issued a currently valid license under the
        Firearm Concealed Carry Act; or
        (5) Sets a spring gun; or
        (6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind
    designed, used or intended for use in silencing the report
    of any firearm; or
        (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
    carries:
            (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the
        purposes of this subsection as any weapon, which
        shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily
        restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot
        without manually reloading by a single function of the
        trigger, including the frame or receiver of any such
        weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses,
        or carries any combination of parts designed or
        intended for use in converting any weapon into a
        machine gun, or any combination or parts from which a
        machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the
        possession or under the control of a person;
            (ii) any rifle having one or more barrels less
        than 16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or
        more barrels less than 18 inches in length or any
        weapon made from a rifle or shotgun, whether by
        alteration, modification, or otherwise, if such a
        weapon as modified has an overall length of less than
        26 inches; or
            (iii) any bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or
        other container containing an explosive substance of
        over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such as, but
        not limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov
        cocktails or artillery projectiles; or
        (8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or
    taser or other deadly weapon in any place which is
    licensed to sell intoxicating beverages, or at any public
    gathering held pursuant to a license issued by any
    governmental body or any public gathering at which an
    admission is charged, excluding a place where a showing,
    demonstration or lecture involving the exhibition of
    unloaded firearms is conducted.
        This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction
    or raffle of a firearm held pursuant to a license or permit
    issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to
    persons engaged in firearm safety training courses; or
        (9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or about
    his or her person any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser
    or firearm or ballistic knife, when he or she is hooded,
    robed or masked in such manner as to conceal his or her
    identity; or
        (10) Carries or possesses on or about his or her
    person, upon any public street, alley, or other public
    lands within the corporate limits of a city, village, or
    incorporated town, except when an invitee thereon or
    therein, for the purpose of the display of such weapon or
    the lawful commerce in weapons, or except when on his land
    or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place
    of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of
    another person as an invitee with that person's
    permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun, or taser or
    other firearm, except that this subsection (a)(10) does
    not apply to or affect transportation of weapons that meet
    one of the following conditions:
            (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
            (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
            (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
        carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
        person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
        Owner's Identification Card; or
            (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with
        the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has
        been issued a currently valid license under the
        Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
        A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a)
    means (i) any device which is powered by electrical
    charging units, such as, batteries, and which fires one or
    several barbs attached to a length of wire and which, upon
    hitting a human, can send out a current capable of
    disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
    to render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii) any
    device which is powered by electrical charging units, such
    as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or
    clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of
    disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
    to render him incapable of normal functioning; or
        (11) Sells, manufactures, delivers, imports,
    possesses, or purchases any assault weapon attachment or
    .50 caliber cartridge in violation of Section 24-1.9 or
    any explosive bullet. For purposes of this paragraph (a)
    "explosive bullet" means the projectile portion of an
    ammunition cartridge which contains or carries an
    explosive charge which will explode upon contact with the
    flesh of a human or an animal. "Cartridge" means a tubular
    metal case having a projectile affixed at the front
    thereof and a cap or primer at the rear end thereof, with
    the propellant contained in such tube between the
    projectile and the cap; or
        (12) (Blank); or
        (13) Carries or possesses on or about his or her
    person while in a building occupied by a unit of
    government, a billy club, other weapon of like character,
    or other instrument of like character intended for use as
    a weapon. For the purposes of this Section, "billy club"
    means a short stick or club commonly carried by police
    officers which is either telescopic or constructed of a
    solid piece of wood or other man-made material; or
        (14) Manufactures, possesses, sells, or offers to
    sell, purchase, manufacture, import, transfer, or use any
    device, part, kit, tool, accessory, or combination of
    parts that is designed to and functions to increase the
    rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm above the standard
    rate of fire for semiautomatic firearms that is not
    equipped with that device, part, or combination of parts;
    or
        (15) Carries or possesses any assault weapon or .50
    caliber rifle in violation of Section 24-1.9; or
        (16) Manufactures, sells, delivers, imports, or
    purchases any assault weapon or .50 caliber rifle in
    violation of Section 24-1.9.
    (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of
subsection 24-1(a)(1) through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10),
subsection 24-1(a)(11), subsection 24-1(a)(13), or 24-1(a)(15)
commits a Class A misdemeanor. A person convicted of a
violation of subsection 24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9) commits a
Class 4 felony; a person convicted of a violation of
subsection 24-1(a)(6), 24-1(a)(7)(ii), 24-1(a)(7)(iii), or
24-1(a)(16) commits a Class 3 felony. A person convicted of a
violation of subsection 24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a Class 2 felony
and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less
than 3 years and not more than 7 years, unless the weapon is
possessed in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle as
defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, or on
the person, while the weapon is loaded, in which case it shall
be a Class X felony. A person convicted of a second or
subsequent violation of subsection 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8),
24-1(a)(9), 24-1(a)(10), or 24-1(a)(15) commits a Class 3
felony. A person convicted of a violation of subsection
24-1(a)(2.5) or 24-1(a)(14) commits a Class 2 felony. The
possession of each weapon or device in violation of this
Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
    (c) Violations in specific places.
        (1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
    24-1(a)(7) in any school, regardless of the time of day or
    the time of year, in residential property owned, operated
    or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
    housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
    development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on the
    real property comprising any school, regardless of the
    time of day or the time of year, on residential property
    owned, operated or managed by a public housing agency or
    leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
    site or mixed-income development, on the real property
    comprising any public park, on the real property
    comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance owned, leased
    or contracted by a school to transport students to or from
    school or a school related activity, in any conveyance
    owned, leased, or contracted by a public transportation
    agency, or on any public way within 1,000 feet of the real
    property comprising any school, public park, courthouse,
    public transportation facility, or residential property
    owned, operated, or managed by a public housing agency or
    leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
    site or mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony
    and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
    less than 3 years and not more than 7 years.
        (1.5) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4),
    24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of
    the time of day or the time of year, in residential
    property owned, operated, or managed by a public housing
    agency or leased by a public housing agency as part of a
    scattered site or mixed-income development, in a public
    park, in a courthouse, on the real property comprising any
    school, regardless of the time of day or the time of year,
    on residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development,
    on the real property comprising any public park, on the
    real property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
    owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport
    students to or from school or a school related activity,
    in any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
    transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
    feet of the real property comprising any school, public
    park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
    commits a Class 3 felony.
        (2) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1),
    24-1(a)(2), or 24-1(a)(3) in any school, regardless of the
    time of day or the time of year, in residential property
    owned, operated or managed by a public housing agency or
    leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
    site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
    courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
    regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
    residential property owned, operated or managed by a
    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development,
    on the real property comprising any public park, on the
    real property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
    owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport
    students to or from school or a school related activity,
    in any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
    transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
    feet of the real property comprising any school, public
    park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
    commits a Class 4 felony. "Courthouse" means any building
    that is used by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court
    of this State for the conduct of official business.
        (3) Paragraphs (1), (1.5), and (2) of this subsection
    (c) shall not apply to law enforcement officers or
    security officers of such school, college, or university
    or to students carrying or possessing firearms for use in
    training courses, parades, hunting, target shooting on
    school ranges, or otherwise with the consent of school
    authorities and which firearms are transported unloaded
    enclosed in a suitable case, box, or transportation
    package.
        (4) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "school"
    means any public or private elementary or secondary
    school, community college, college, or university.
        (5) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "public
    transportation agency" means a public or private agency
    that provides for the transportation or conveyance of
    persons by means available to the general public, except
    for transportation by automobiles not used for conveyance
    of the general public as passengers; and "public
    transportation facility" means a terminal or other place
    where one may obtain public transportation.
    (d) The presence in an automobile other than a public
omnibus of any weapon, instrument or substance referred to in
subsection (a)(7) is prima facie evidence that it is in the
possession of, and is being carried by, all persons occupying
such automobile at the time such weapon, instrument or
substance is found, except under the following circumstances:
(i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is found
upon the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if
such weapon, instrument or substance is found in an automobile
operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful
and proper pursuit of his or her trade, then such presumption
shall not apply to the driver.
    (e) Exemptions.
        (1) Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and Underwater
    Spearguns are exempted from the definition of ballistic
    knife as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of
    this Section.
        (2) The provision of paragraph (1) of subsection (a)
    of this Section prohibiting the sale, manufacture,
    purchase, possession, or carrying of any knife, commonly
    referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a blade that
    opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button,
    spring or other device in the handle of the knife, does not
    apply to a person who possesses a currently valid Firearm
    Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his or
    her name by the Illinois State Police or to a person or an
    entity engaged in the business of selling or manufacturing
    switchblade knives.
(Source: P.A. 101-223, eff. 1-1-20; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
102-1116, eff. 1-10-23.)
 
    (720 ILCS 5/24-1.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1.1)
    Sec. 24-1.1. Unlawful use or possession of weapons by
felons or persons in the custody of the Department of
Corrections facilities.
    (a) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly possess on or
about his person or on his land or in his own abode or fixed
place of business any weapon prohibited under Section 24-1 of
this Act or any firearm or any firearm ammunition if the person
has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this State or
any other jurisdiction. This Section shall not apply if the
person has been granted relief by the Director of the Illinois
State Police under Section 10 of the Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act.
    (b) It is unlawful for any person confined in a penal
institution, which is a facility of the Illinois Department of
Corrections, to possess any weapon prohibited under Section
24-1 of this Code or any firearm or firearm ammunition,
regardless of the intent with which he possesses it.
    (c) It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of
subsection (b), that such possession was specifically
authorized by rule, regulation, or directive of the Illinois
Department of Corrections or order issued pursuant thereto.
    (d) The defense of necessity is not available to a person
who is charged with a violation of subsection (b) of this
Section.
    (e) Sentence. Violation of this Section by a person not
confined in a penal institution shall be a Class 3 felony for
which the person shall be sentenced to no less than 2 years and
no more than 10 years. A second or subsequent violation of this
Section shall be a Class 2 felony for which the person shall be
sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years
and not more than 14 years, except as provided for in Section
5-4.5-110 of the Unified Code of Corrections. Violation of
this Section by a person not confined in a penal institution
who has been convicted of a forcible felony, a felony
violation of Article 24 of this Code or of the Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act, stalking or aggravated stalking, or a
Class 2 or greater felony under the Illinois Controlled
Substances Act, the Cannabis Control Act, or the
Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act is a
Class 2 felony for which the person shall be sentenced to not
less than 3 years and not more than 14 years, except as
provided for in Section 5-4.5-110 of the Unified Code of
Corrections. Violation of this Section by a person who is on
parole or mandatory supervised release is a Class 2 felony for
which the person shall be sentenced to not less than 3 years
and not more than 14 years, except as provided for in Section
5-4.5-110 of the Unified Code of Corrections. Violation of
this Section by a person not confined in a penal institution is
a Class X felony when the firearm possessed is a machine gun.
Any person who violates this Section while confined in a penal
institution, which is a facility of the Illinois Department of
Corrections, is guilty of a Class 1 felony, if he possesses any
weapon prohibited under Section 24-1 of this Code regardless
of the intent with which he possesses it, a Class X felony if
he possesses any firearm, firearm ammunition or explosive, and
a Class X felony for which the offender shall be sentenced to
not less than 12 years and not more than 50 years when the
firearm possessed is a machine gun. A violation of this
Section while wearing or in possession of body armor as
defined in Section 33F-1 is a Class X felony punishable by a
term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years and not more
than 40 years. The possession of each firearm or firearm
ammunition in violation of this Section constitutes a single
and separate violation.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
    (720 ILCS 5/24-1.6)
    Sec. 24-1.6. Aggravated unlawful possession use of a
weapon.
    (a) A person commits the offense of aggravated unlawful
possession use of a weapon when he or she knowingly:
        (1) Carries on or about his or her person or in any
    vehicle or concealed on or about his or her person except
    when on his or her land or in his or her abode, legal
    dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in
    the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with
    that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun
    or taser or other firearm; or
        (2) Carries or possesses on or about his or her
    person, upon any public street, alley, or other public
    lands within the corporate limits of a city, village or
    incorporated town, except when an invitee thereon or
    therein, for the purpose of the display of such weapon or
    the lawful commerce in weapons, or except when on his or
    her own land or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or
    fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal
    dwelling of another person as an invitee with that
    person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun or
    taser or other firearm; and
        (3) One of the following factors is present:
            (A) the firearm, other than a pistol, revolver, or
        handgun, possessed was uncased, loaded, and
        immediately accessible at the time of the offense; or
            (A-5) the pistol, revolver, or handgun possessed
        was uncased, loaded, and immediately accessible at the
        time of the offense and the person possessing the
        pistol, revolver, or handgun has not been issued a
        currently valid license under the Firearm Concealed
        Carry Act; or
            (B) the firearm, other than a pistol, revolver, or
        handgun, possessed was uncased, unloaded, and the
        ammunition for the weapon was immediately accessible
        at the time of the offense; or
            (B-5) the pistol, revolver, or handgun possessed
        was uncased, unloaded, and the ammunition for the
        weapon was immediately accessible at the time of the
        offense and the person possessing the pistol,
        revolver, or handgun has not been issued a currently
        valid license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act;
        or
            (C) the person possessing the firearm has not been
        issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's
        Identification Card; or
            (D) the person possessing the weapon was
        previously adjudicated a delinquent minor under the
        Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for an act that if committed
        by an adult would be a felony; or
            (E) the person possessing the weapon was engaged
        in a misdemeanor violation of the Cannabis Control
        Act, in a misdemeanor violation of the Illinois
        Controlled Substances Act, or in a misdemeanor
        violation of the Methamphetamine Control and Community
        Protection Act; or
            (F) (blank); or
            (G) the person possessing the weapon had an order
        of protection issued against him or her within the
        previous 2 years; or
            (H) the person possessing the weapon was engaged
        in the commission or attempted commission of a
        misdemeanor involving the use or threat of violence
        against the person or property of another; or
            (I) the person possessing the weapon was under 21
        years of age and in possession of a handgun, unless the
        person under 21 is engaged in lawful activities under
        the Wildlife Code or described in subsection
        24-2(b)(1), (b)(3), or 24-2(f).
    (a-5) "Handgun" as used in this Section has the meaning
given to it in Section 5 of the Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
    (b) "Stun gun or taser" as used in this Section has the
same definition given to it in Section 24-1 of this Code.
    (c) This Section does not apply to or affect the
transportation or possession of weapons that:
        (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
        (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
        (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
    carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a person
    who has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's
    Identification Card.
    (d) Sentence.
        (1) Aggravated unlawful possession use of a weapon is
    a Class 4 felony; a second or subsequent offense is a Class
    2 felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a term
    of imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than
    7 years, except as provided for in Section 5-4.5-110 of
    the Unified Code of Corrections.
        (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (3) and
    (4) of this subsection (d), a first offense of aggravated
    unlawful possession use of a weapon committed with a
    firearm by a person 18 years of age or older where the
    factors listed in both items (A) and (C) or both items
    (A-5) and (C) of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) are
    present is a Class 4 felony, for which the person shall be
    sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than one
    year and not more than 3 years.
        (3) Aggravated unlawful possession use of a weapon by
    a person who has been previously convicted of a felony in
    this State or another jurisdiction is a Class 2 felony for
    which the person shall be sentenced to a term of
    imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 7
    years, except as provided for in Section 5-4.5-110 of the
    Unified Code of Corrections.
        (4) Aggravated unlawful possession use of a weapon
    while wearing or in possession of body armor as defined in
    Section 33F-1 by a person who has not been issued a valid
    Firearms Owner's Identification Card in accordance with
    Section 5 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
    a Class X felony.
    (e) The possession of each firearm in violation of this
Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
(Source: P.A. 100-3, eff. 1-1-18; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
 
    (720 ILCS 5/24-1.7)
    Sec. 24-1.7. Unlawful possession of a firearm by a repeat
felony offender Armed habitual criminal.
    (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful possession of
a firearm by a repeat felony offender being an armed habitual
criminal if he or she receives, sells, possesses, or transfers
any firearm after having been convicted a total of 2 or more
times of any combination of the following offenses:
        (1) a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8 of
    this Code;
        (2) unlawful possession use of a weapon by a felon;
    aggravated unlawful possession use of a weapon; aggravated
    discharge of a firearm; vehicular hijacking; aggravated
    vehicular hijacking; aggravated battery of a child as
    described in Section 12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of
    Section 12-3.05; intimidation; aggravated intimidation;
    gunrunning; home invasion; or aggravated battery with a
    firearm as described in Section 12-4.2 or subdivision
    (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), or (e)(4) of Section 12-3.05; or
        (3) any violation of the Illinois Controlled
    Substances Act or the Cannabis Control Act that is
    punishable as a Class 3 felony or higher.
    (b) Sentence. Unlawful possession of a firearm by a repeat
felony offender Being an armed habitual criminal is a Class X
felony.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)
 
    (720 ILCS 5/24-2.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-2.1)
    Sec. 24-2.1. Unlawful possession use of firearm
projectiles.
    (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful possession
use of firearm projectiles when he or she knowingly
manufactures, sells, purchases, possesses, or carries any
armor piercing bullet, dragon's breath shotgun shell, bolo
shell, or flechette shell.
    For the purposes of this Section:
    "Armor piercing bullet" means any handgun bullet or
handgun ammunition with projectiles or projectile cores
constructed entirely (excluding the presence of traces of
other substances) from tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass,
bronze, beryllium copper or depleted uranium, or fully
jacketed bullets larger than 22 caliber designed and intended
for use in a handgun and whose jacket has a weight of more than
25% of the total weight of the projectile, and excluding those
handgun projectiles whose cores are composed of soft materials
such as lead or lead alloys, zinc or zinc alloys, frangible
projectiles designed primarily for sporting purposes, and any
other projectiles or projectile cores that the U. S. Secretary
of the Treasury finds to be primarily intended to be used for
sporting purposes or industrial purposes or that otherwise
does not constitute "armor piercing ammunition" as that term
is defined by federal law.
    The definition contained herein shall not be construed to
include shotgun shells.
    "Dragon's breath shotgun shell" means any shotgun shell
that contains exothermic pyrophoric mesh metal as the
projectile and is designed for the purpose of throwing or
spewing a flame or fireball to simulate a flame-thrower.
    "Bolo shell" means any shell that can be fired in a firearm
and expels as projectiles 2 or more metal balls connected by
solid metal wire.
    "Flechette shell" means any shell that can be fired in a
firearm and expels 2 or more pieces of fin-stabilized solid
metal wire or 2 or more solid dart-type projectiles.
    (b) Exemptions. This Section does not apply to or affect
any of the following:
        (1) Peace officers.
        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
    the United States or the Illinois National Guard while in
    the performance of their official duties.
        (4) Federal officials required to carry firearms,
    while engaged in the performance of their official duties.
        (5) United States Marshals, while engaged in the
    performance of their official duties.
        (6) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture,
    import, or sell firearms and firearm ammunition, and
    actually engaged in any such business, but only with
    respect to activities which are within the lawful scope of
    such business, such as the manufacture, transportation, or
    testing of such bullets or ammunition.
        This exemption does not authorize the general private
    possession of any armor piercing bullet, dragon's breath
    shotgun shell, bolo shell, or flechette shell, but only
    such possession and activities which are within the lawful
    scope of a licensed business described in this paragraph.
        (7) Laboratories having a department of forensic
    ballistics or specializing in the development of
    ammunition or explosive ordnance.
        (8) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of armor
    piercing bullets, dragon's breath shotgun shells, bolo
    shells, or flechette shells to persons specifically
    authorized under paragraphs (1) through (7) of this
    subsection to possess such bullets or shells.
    (c) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
this Section need not negate any exemption herein contained.
The defendant shall have the burden of proving such an
exemption.
    (d) Sentence. A person convicted of unlawful possession
use of armor piercing bullets shall be guilty of a Class 3
felony.
(Source: P.A. 92-423, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
    (720 ILCS 5/24-3.6)
    Sec. 24-3.6. Unlawful possession use of a firearm in the
shape of a wireless telephone.
    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "wireless telephone"
means a device that is capable of transmitting or receiving
telephonic communications without a wire connecting the device
to the telephone network.
    (b) A person commits the offense of unlawful possession
use of a firearm in the shape of a wireless telephone when he
or she manufactures, sells, transfers, purchases, possesses,
or carries a firearm shaped or designed to appear as a wireless
telephone.
    (c) This Section does not apply to or affect the sale to or
possession of a firearm in the shape of a wireless telephone by
a peace officer.
    (d) Sentence. Unlawful possession use of a firearm in the
shape of a wireless telephone is a Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 92-155, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
    (720 ILCS 5/36-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 36-1)
    Sec. 36-1. Property subject to forfeiture.
    (a) Any vessel or watercraft, vehicle, or aircraft is
subject to forfeiture under this Article if the vessel or
watercraft, vehicle, or aircraft is used with the knowledge
and consent of the owner in the commission of or in the attempt
to commit as defined in Section 8-4 of this Code:
        (1) an offense prohibited by Section 9-1 (first degree
    murder), Section 9-3 (involuntary manslaughter and
    reckless homicide), Section 10-2 (aggravated kidnaping),
    Section 11-1.20 (criminal sexual assault), Section 11-1.30
    (aggravated criminal sexual assault), Section 11-1.40
    (predatory criminal sexual assault of a child), subsection
    (a) of Section 11-1.50 (criminal sexual abuse), subsection
    (a), (c), or (d) of Section 11-1.60 (aggravated criminal
    sexual abuse), Section 11-6 (indecent solicitation of a
    child), Section 11-14.4 (promoting juvenile prostitution
    except for keeping a place of juvenile prostitution),
    Section 11-20.1 (child pornography), paragraph (a)(1),
    (a)(2), (a)(4), (b)(1), (b)(2), (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3),
    (e)(4), (e)(5), (e)(6), or (e)(7) of Section 12-3.05
    (aggravated battery), Section 12-7.3 (stalking), Section
    12-7.4 (aggravated stalking), Section 16-1 (theft if the
    theft is of precious metal or of scrap metal), subdivision
    (f)(2) or (f)(3) of Section 16-25 (retail theft), Section
    18-2 (armed robbery), Section 19-1 (burglary), Section
    19-2 (possession of burglary tools), Section 19-3
    (residential burglary), Section 20-1 (arson; residential
    arson; place of worship arson), Section 20-2 (possession
    of explosives or explosive or incendiary devices),
    subdivision (a)(6) or (a)(7) of Section 24-1 (unlawful
    possession use of weapons), Section 24-1.2 (aggravated
    discharge of a firearm), Section 24-1.2-5 (aggravated
    discharge of a machine gun or a firearm equipped with a
    device designed or used for silencing the report of a
    firearm), Section 24-1.5 (reckless discharge of a
    firearm), Section 28-1 (gambling), or Section 29D-15.2
    (possession of a deadly substance) of this Code;
        (2) an offense prohibited by Section 21, 22, 23, 24 or
    26 of the Cigarette Tax Act if the vessel or watercraft,
    vehicle, or aircraft contains more than 10 cartons of such
    cigarettes;
        (3) an offense prohibited by Section 28, 29, or 30 of
    the Cigarette Use Tax Act if the vessel or watercraft,
    vehicle, or aircraft contains more than 10 cartons of such
    cigarettes;
        (4) an offense prohibited by Section 44 of the
    Environmental Protection Act;
        (5) an offense prohibited by Section 11-204.1 of the
    Illinois Vehicle Code (aggravated fleeing or attempting to
    elude a peace officer);
        (6) an offense prohibited by Section 11-501 of the
    Illinois Vehicle Code (driving while under the influence
    of alcohol or other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound
    or compounds or any combination thereof) or a similar
    provision of a local ordinance, and:
            (A) during a period in which his or her driving
        privileges are revoked or suspended if the revocation
        or suspension was for:
                (i) Section 11-501 (driving under the
            influence of alcohol or other drug or drugs,
            intoxicating compound or compounds or any
            combination thereof),
                (ii) Section 11-501.1 (statutory summary
            suspension or revocation),
                (iii) paragraph (b) of Section 11-401 (motor
            vehicle crashes involving death or personal
            injuries), or
                (iv) reckless homicide as defined in Section
            9-3 of this Code;
            (B) has been previously convicted of reckless
        homicide or a similar provision of a law of another
        state relating to reckless homicide in which the
        person was determined to have been under the influence
        of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating
        compound or compounds as an element of the offense or
        the person has previously been convicted of committing
        a violation of driving under the influence of alcohol
        or other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or
        compounds or any combination thereof and was involved
        in a motor vehicle crash that resulted in death, great
        bodily harm, or permanent disability or disfigurement
        to another, when the violation was a proximate cause
        of the death or injuries;
            (C) the person committed a violation of driving
        under the influence of alcohol or other drug or drugs,
        intoxicating compound or compounds or any combination
        thereof under Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle
        Code or a similar provision for the third or
        subsequent time;
            (D) he or she did not possess a valid driver's
        license or permit or a valid restricted driving permit
        or a valid judicial driving permit or a valid
        monitoring device driving permit; or
            (E) he or she knew or should have known that the
        vehicle he or she was driving was not covered by a
        liability insurance policy;
        (7) an offense described in subsection (g) of Section
    6-303 of the Illinois Vehicle Code;
        (8) an offense described in subsection (e) of Section
    6-101 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; or
        (9)(A) operating a watercraft under the influence of
    alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or
    compounds, or combination thereof under Section 5-16 of
    the Boat Registration and Safety Act during a period in
    which his or her privileges to operate a watercraft are
    revoked or suspended and the revocation or suspension was
    for operating a watercraft under the influence of alcohol,
    other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds,
    or combination thereof; (B) operating a watercraft under
    the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs,
    intoxicating compound or compounds, or combination thereof
    and has been previously convicted of reckless homicide or
    a similar provision of a law in another state relating to
    reckless homicide in which the person was determined to
    have been under the influence of alcohol, other drug or
    drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds, or combination
    thereof as an element of the offense or the person has
    previously been convicted of committing a violation of
    operating a watercraft under the influence of alcohol,
    other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds,
    or combination thereof and was involved in an accident
    that resulted in death, great bodily harm, or permanent
    disability or disfigurement to another, when the violation
    was a proximate cause of the death or injuries; or (C) the
    person committed a violation of operating a watercraft
    under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs,
    intoxicating compound or compounds, or combination thereof
    under Section 5-16 of the Boat Registration and Safety Act
    or a similar provision for the third or subsequent time.
    (b) In addition, any mobile or portable equipment used in
the commission of an act which is in violation of Section 7g of
the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act shall be
subject to seizure and forfeiture under the same procedures
provided in this Article for the seizure and forfeiture of
vessels or watercraft, vehicles, and aircraft, and any such
equipment shall be deemed a vessel or watercraft, vehicle, or
aircraft for purposes of this Article.
    (c) In addition, when a person discharges a firearm at
another individual from a vehicle with the knowledge and
consent of the owner of the vehicle and with the intent to
cause death or great bodily harm to that individual and as a
result causes death or great bodily harm to that individual,
the vehicle shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture under
the same procedures provided in this Article for the seizure
and forfeiture of vehicles used in violations of clauses (1),
(2), (3), or (4) of subsection (a) of this Section.
    (d) If the spouse of the owner of a vehicle seized for an
offense described in subsection (g) of Section 6-303 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code, a violation of subdivision (d)(1)(A),
(d)(1)(D), (d)(1)(G), (d)(1)(H), or (d)(1)(I) of Section
11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, or Section 9-3 of this
Code makes a showing that the seized vehicle is the only source
of transportation and it is determined that the financial
hardship to the family as a result of the seizure outweighs the
benefit to the State from the seizure, the vehicle may be
forfeited to the spouse or family member and the title to the
vehicle shall be transferred to the spouse or family member
who is properly licensed and who requires the use of the
vehicle for employment or family transportation purposes. A
written declaration of forfeiture of a vehicle under this
Section shall be sufficient cause for the title to be
transferred to the spouse or family member. The provisions of
this paragraph shall apply only to one forfeiture per vehicle.
If the vehicle is the subject of a subsequent forfeiture
proceeding by virtue of a subsequent conviction of either
spouse or the family member, the spouse or family member to
whom the vehicle was forfeited under the first forfeiture
proceeding may not utilize the provisions of this paragraph in
another forfeiture proceeding. If the owner of the vehicle
seized owns more than one vehicle, the procedure set out in
this paragraph may be used for only one vehicle.
    (e) In addition, property subject to forfeiture under
Section 40 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
Prevention Act may be seized and forfeited under this Article.
(Source: P.A. 102-982, eff. 7-1-23.)
 
    Section 25. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
amended by changing Section 110-6.1 as follows:
 
    (725 ILCS 5/110-6.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 110-6.1)
    Sec. 110-6.1. Denial of pretrial release.
    (a) Upon verified petition by the State, the court shall
hold a hearing and may deny a defendant pretrial release only
if:
        (1) the defendant is charged with a felony offense
    other than a forcible felony for which, based on the
    charge or the defendant's criminal history, a sentence of
    imprisonment, without probation, periodic imprisonment or
    conditional discharge, is required by law upon conviction,
    and it is alleged that the defendant's pretrial release
    poses a real and present threat to the safety of any person
    or persons or the community, based on the specific
    articulable facts of the case;
        (1.5) the defendant's pretrial release poses a real
    and present threat to the safety of any person or persons
    or the community, based on the specific articulable facts
    of the case, and the defendant is charged with a forcible
    felony, which as used in this Section, means treason,
    first degree murder, second degree murder, predatory
    criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal
    sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, armed robbery,
    aggravated robbery, robbery, burglary where there is use
    of force against another person, residential burglary,
    home invasion, vehicular invasion, aggravated arson,
    arson, aggravated kidnaping, kidnaping, aggravated battery
    resulting in great bodily harm or permanent disability or
    disfigurement or any other felony which involves the
    threat of or infliction of great bodily harm or permanent
    disability or disfigurement;
        (2) the defendant is charged with stalking or
    aggravated stalking, and it is alleged that the
    defendant's pre-trial release poses a real and present
    threat to the safety of a victim of the alleged offense,
    and denial of release is necessary to prevent fulfillment
    of the threat upon which the charge is based;
        (3) the defendant is charged with a violation of an
    order of protection issued under Section 112A-14 of this
    Code or Section 214 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act
    of 1986, a stalking no contact order under Section 80 of
    the Stalking No Contact Order Act, or of a civil no contact
    order under Section 213 of the Civil No Contact Order Act,
    and it is alleged that the defendant's pretrial release
    poses a real and present threat to the safety of any person
    or persons or the community, based on the specific
    articulable facts of the case;
        (4) the defendant is charged with domestic battery or
    aggravated domestic battery under Section 12-3.2 or 12-3.3
    of the Criminal Code of 2012 and it is alleged that the
    defendant's pretrial release poses a real and present
    threat to the safety of any person or persons or the
    community, based on the specific articulable facts of the
    case;
        (5) the defendant is charged with any offense under
    Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 2012, except for
    Sections 11-14, 11-14.1, 11-18, 11-20, 11-30, 11-35,
    11-40, and 11-45 of the Criminal Code of 2012, or similar
    provisions of the Criminal Code of 1961 and it is alleged
    that the defendant's pretrial release poses a real and
    present threat to the safety of any person or persons or
    the community, based on the specific articulable facts of
    the case;
        (6) the defendant is charged with any of the following
    offenses under the Criminal Code of 2012, and it is
    alleged that the defendant's pretrial release poses a real
    and present threat to the safety of any person or persons
    or the community, based on the specific articulable facts
    of the case:
            (A) Section 24-1.2 (aggravated discharge of a
        firearm);
            (B) Section 24-2.5 (aggravated discharge of a
        machine gun or a firearm equipped with a device
        designed or use for silencing the report of a
        firearm);
            (C) Section 24-1.5 (reckless discharge of a
        firearm);
            (D) Section 24-1.7 (unlawful possession of a
        firearm by a repeat felony offender armed habitual
        criminal);
            (E) Section 24-2.2 (manufacture, sale or transfer
        of bullets or shells represented to be armor piercing
        bullets, dragon's breath shotgun shells, bolo shells,
        or flechette shells);
            (F) Section 24-3 (unlawful sale or delivery of
        firearms);
            (G) Section 24-3.3 (unlawful sale or delivery of
        firearms on the premises of any school);
            (H) Section 24-34 (unlawful sale of firearms by
        liquor license);
            (I) Section 24-3.5 (unlawful purchase of a
        firearm);
            (J) Section 24-3A (gunrunning);
            (K) Section 24-3B (firearms trafficking);
            (L) Section 10-9 (b) (involuntary servitude);
            (M) Section 10-9 (c) (involuntary sexual servitude
        of a minor);
            (N) Section 10-9(d) (trafficking in persons);
            (O) Non-probationable violations: (i) unlawful use
        or possession of weapons by felons or persons in the
        Custody of the Department of Corrections facilities
        (Section 24-1.1), (ii) aggravated unlawful possession
        use of a weapon (Section 24-1.6), or (iii) aggravated
        possession of a stolen firearm (Section 24-3.9);
            (P) Section 9-3 (reckless homicide and involuntary
        manslaughter);
            (Q) Section 19-3 (residential burglary);
            (R) Section 10-5 (child abduction);
            (S) Felony violations of Section 12C-5 (child
        endangerment);
            (T) Section 12-7.1 (hate crime);
            (U) Section 10-3.1 (aggravated unlawful
        restraint);
            (V) Section 12-9 (threatening a public official);
            (W) Subdivision (f)(1) of Section 12-3.05
        (aggravated battery with a deadly weapon other than by
        discharge of a firearm);
        (6.5) the defendant is charged with any of the
    following offenses, and it is alleged that the defendant's
    pretrial release poses a real and present threat to the
    safety of any person or persons or the community, based on
    the specific articulable facts of the case:
            (A) Felony violations of Sections 3.01, 3.02, or
        3.03 of the Humane Care for Animals Act (cruel
        treatment, aggravated cruelty, and animal torture);
            (B) Subdivision (d)(1)(B) of Section 11-501 of the
        Illinois Vehicle Code (aggravated driving under the
        influence while operating a school bus with
        passengers);
            (C) Subdivision (d)(1)(C) of Section 11-501 of the
        Illinois Vehicle Code (aggravated driving under the
        influence causing great bodily harm);
            (D) Subdivision (d)(1)(D) of Section 11-501 of the
        Illinois Vehicle Code (aggravated driving under the
        influence after a previous reckless homicide
        conviction);
            (E) Subdivision (d)(1)(F) of Section 11-501 of the
        Illinois Vehicle Code (aggravated driving under the
        influence leading to death); or
            (F) Subdivision (d)(1)(J) of Section 11-501 of the
        Illinois Vehicle Code (aggravated driving under the
        influence that resulted in bodily harm to a child
        under the age of 16);
        (7) the defendant is charged with an attempt to commit
    any charge listed in paragraphs (1) through (6.5), and it
    is alleged that the defendant's pretrial release poses a
    real and present threat to the safety of any person or
    persons or the community, based on the specific
    articulable facts of the case; or
        (8) the person has a high likelihood of willful flight
    to avoid prosecution and is charged with:
            (A) Any felony described in subdivisions (a)(1)
        through (a)(7) of this Section; or
            (B) A felony offense other than a Class 4 offense.
    (b) If the charged offense is a felony, as part of the
detention hearing, the court shall determine whether there is
probable cause the defendant has committed an offense, unless
a hearing pursuant to Section 109-3 of this Code has already
been held or a grand jury has returned a true bill of
indictment against the defendant. If there is a finding of no
probable cause, the defendant shall be released. No such
finding is necessary if the defendant is charged with a
misdemeanor.
    (c) Timing of petition.
        (1) A petition may be filed without prior notice to
    the defendant at the first appearance before a judge, or
    within the 21 calendar days, except as provided in Section
    110-6, after arrest and release of the defendant upon
    reasonable notice to defendant; provided that while such
    petition is pending before the court, the defendant if
    previously released shall not be detained.
        (2) Upon filing, the court shall immediately hold a
    hearing on the petition unless a continuance is requested.
    If a continuance is requested and granted, the hearing
    shall be held within 48 hours of the defendant's first
    appearance if the defendant is charged with first degree
    murder or a Class X, Class 1, Class 2, or Class 3 felony,
    and within 24 hours if the defendant is charged with a
    Class 4 or misdemeanor offense. The Court may deny or
    grant the request for continuance. If the court decides to
    grant the continuance, the Court retains the discretion to
    detain or release the defendant in the time between the
    filing of the petition and the hearing.
    (d) Contents of petition.
        (1) The petition shall be verified by the State and
    shall state the grounds upon which it contends the
    defendant should be denied pretrial release, including the
    real and present threat to the safety of any person or
    persons or the community, based on the specific
    articulable facts or flight risk, as appropriate.
        (2) If the State seeks to file a second or subsequent
    petition under this Section, the State shall be required
    to present a verified application setting forth in detail
    any new facts not known or obtainable at the time of the
    filing of the previous petition.
    (e) Eligibility: All defendants shall be presumed eligible
for pretrial release, and the State shall bear the burden of
proving by clear and convincing evidence that:
        (1) the proof is evident or the presumption great that
    the defendant has committed an offense listed in
    subsection (a), and
        (2) for offenses listed in paragraphs (1) through (7)
    of subsection (a), the defendant poses a real and present
    threat to the safety of any person or persons or the
    community, based on the specific articulable facts of the
    case, by conduct which may include, but is not limited to,
    a forcible felony, the obstruction of justice,
    intimidation, injury, or abuse as defined by paragraph (1)
    of Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of
    1986, and
        (3) no condition or combination of conditions set
    forth in subsection (b) of Section 110-10 of this Article
    can mitigate (i) the real and present threat to the safety
    of any person or persons or the community, based on the
    specific articulable facts of the case, for offenses
    listed in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a), or
    (ii) the defendant's willful flight for offenses listed in
    paragraph (8) of subsection (a), and
        (4) for offenses under subsection (b) of Section 407
    of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act that are subject
    to paragraph (1) of subsection (a), no condition or
    combination of conditions set forth in subsection (b) of
    Section 110-10 of this Article can mitigate the real and
    present threat to the safety of any person or persons or
    the community, based on the specific articulable facts of
    the case, and the defendant poses a serious risk to not
    appear in court as required.
    (f) Conduct of the hearings.
        (1) Prior to the hearing, the State shall tender to
    the defendant copies of the defendant's criminal history
    available, any written or recorded statements, and the
    substance of any oral statements made by any person, if
    relied upon by the State in its petition, and any police
    reports in the prosecutor's possession at the time of the
    hearing.
        (2) The State or defendant may present evidence at the
    hearing by way of proffer based upon reliable information.
        (3) The defendant has the right to be represented by
    counsel, and if he or she is indigent, to have counsel
    appointed for him or her. The defendant shall have the
    opportunity to testify, to present witnesses on his or her
    own behalf, and to cross-examine any witnesses that are
    called by the State. Defense counsel shall be given
    adequate opportunity to confer with the defendant before
    any hearing at which conditions of release or the
    detention of the defendant are to be considered, with an
    accommodation for a physical condition made to facilitate
    attorney/client consultation. If defense counsel needs to
    confer or consult with the defendant during any hearing
    conducted via a two-way audio-visual communication system,
    such consultation shall not be recorded and shall be
    undertaken consistent with constitutional protections.
        (3.5) A hearing at which pretrial release may be
    denied must be conducted in person (and not by way of
    two-way audio visual communication) unless the accused
    waives the right to be present physically in court, the
    court determines that the physical health and safety of
    any person necessary to the proceedings would be
    endangered by appearing in court, or the chief judge of
    the circuit orders use of that system due to operational
    challenges in conducting the hearing in person. Such
    operational challenges must be documented and approved by
    the chief judge of the circuit, and a plan to address the
    challenges through reasonable efforts must be presented
    and approved by the Administrative Office of the Illinois
    Courts every 6 months.
        (4) If the defense seeks to compel the complaining
    witness to testify as a witness in its favor, it shall
    petition the court for permission. When the ends of
    justice so require, the court may exercise its discretion
    and compel the appearance of a complaining witness. The
    court shall state on the record reasons for granting a
    defense request to compel the presence of a complaining
    witness only on the issue of the defendant's pretrial
    detention. In making a determination under this Section,
    the court shall state on the record the reason for
    granting a defense request to compel the presence of a
    complaining witness, and only grant the request if the
    court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the
    defendant will be materially prejudiced if the complaining
    witness does not appear. Cross-examination of a
    complaining witness at the pretrial detention hearing for
    the purpose of impeaching the witness' credibility is
    insufficient reason to compel the presence of the witness.
    In deciding whether to compel the appearance of a
    complaining witness, the court shall be considerate of the
    emotional and physical well-being of the witness. The
    pre-trial detention hearing is not to be used for purposes
    of discovery, and the post arraignment rules of discovery
    do not apply. The State shall tender to the defendant,
    prior to the hearing, copies, if any, of the defendant's
    criminal history, if available, and any written or
    recorded statements and the substance of any oral
    statements made by any person, if in the State's
    Attorney's possession at the time of the hearing.
        (5) The rules concerning the admissibility of evidence
    in criminal trials do not apply to the presentation and
    consideration of information at the hearing. At the trial
    concerning the offense for which the hearing was conducted
    neither the finding of the court nor any transcript or
    other record of the hearing shall be admissible in the
    State's case-in-chief, but shall be admissible for
    impeachment, or as provided in Section 115-10.1 of this
    Code, or in a perjury proceeding.
        (6) The defendant may not move to suppress evidence or
    a confession, however, evidence that proof of the charged
    crime may have been the result of an unlawful search or
    seizure, or both, or through improper interrogation, is
    relevant in assessing the weight of the evidence against
    the defendant.
        (7) Decisions regarding release, conditions of
    release, and detention prior to trial must be
    individualized, and no single factor or standard may be
    used exclusively to order detention. Risk assessment tools
    may not be used as the sole basis to deny pretrial release.
    (g) Factors to be considered in making a determination of
dangerousness. The court may, in determining whether the
defendant poses a real and present threat to the safety of any
person or persons or the community, based on the specific
articulable facts of the case, consider, but shall not be
limited to, evidence or testimony concerning:
        (1) The nature and circumstances of any offense
    charged, including whether the offense is a crime of
    violence, involving a weapon, or a sex offense.
        (2) The history and characteristics of the defendant
    including:
            (A) Any evidence of the defendant's prior criminal
        history indicative of violent, abusive or assaultive
        behavior, or lack of such behavior. Such evidence may
        include testimony or documents received in juvenile
        proceedings, criminal, quasi-criminal, civil
        commitment, domestic relations, or other proceedings.
            (B) Any evidence of the defendant's psychological,
        psychiatric or other similar social history which
        tends to indicate a violent, abusive, or assaultive
        nature, or lack of any such history.
        (3) The identity of any person or persons to whose
    safety the defendant is believed to pose a threat, and the
    nature of the threat.
        (4) Any statements made by, or attributed to the
    defendant, together with the circumstances surrounding
    them.
        (5) The age and physical condition of the defendant.
        (6) The age and physical condition of any victim or
    complaining witness.
        (7) Whether the defendant is known to possess or have
    access to any weapon or weapons.
        (8) Whether, at the time of the current offense or any
    other offense or arrest, the defendant was on probation,
    parole, aftercare release, mandatory supervised release or
    other release from custody pending trial, sentencing,
    appeal or completion of sentence for an offense under
    federal or state law.
        (9) Any other factors, including those listed in
    Section 110-5 of this Article deemed by the court to have a
    reasonable bearing upon the defendant's propensity or
    reputation for violent, abusive, or assaultive behavior,
    or lack of such behavior.
    (h) Detention order. The court shall, in any order for
detention:
        (1) make a written finding summarizing the court's
    reasons for concluding that the defendant should be denied
    pretrial release, including why less restrictive
    conditions would not avoid a real and present threat to
    the safety of any person or persons or the community,
    based on the specific articulable facts of the case, or
    prevent the defendant's willful flight from prosecution;
        (2) direct that the defendant be committed to the
    custody of the sheriff for confinement in the county jail
    pending trial;
        (3) direct that the defendant be given a reasonable
    opportunity for private consultation with counsel, and for
    communication with others of his or her choice by
    visitation, mail and telephone; and
        (4) direct that the sheriff deliver the defendant as
    required for appearances in connection with court
    proceedings.
    (i) Detention. If the court enters an order for the
detention of the defendant pursuant to subsection (e) of this
Section, the defendant shall be brought to trial on the
offense for which he is detained within 90 days after the date
on which the order for detention was entered. If the defendant
is not brought to trial within the 90-day period required by
the preceding sentence, he shall not be denied pretrial
release. In computing the 90-day period, the court shall omit
any period of delay resulting from a continuance granted at
the request of the defendant and any period of delay resulting
from a continuance granted at the request of the State with
good cause shown pursuant to Section 103-5.
    (i-5) At each subsequent appearance of the defendant
before the court, the judge must find that continued detention
is necessary to avoid a real and present threat to the safety
of any person or persons or the community, based on the
specific articulable facts of the case, or to prevent the
defendant's willful flight from prosecution.
    (j) Rights of the defendant. The defendant shall be
entitled to appeal any order entered under this Section
denying his or her pretrial release.
    (k) Appeal. The State may appeal any order entered under
this Section denying any motion for denial of pretrial
release.
    (l) Presumption of innocence. Nothing in this Section
shall be construed as modifying or limiting in any way the
defendant's presumption of innocence in further criminal
proceedings.
    (m) Interest of victims.
    (1) Crime victims shall be given notice by the State's
Attorney's office of this hearing as required in paragraph (1)
of subsection (b) of Section 4.5 of the Rights of Crime Victims
and Witnesses Act and shall be informed of their opportunity
at this hearing to obtain a protective order.
    (2) If the defendant is denied pretrial release, the court
may impose a no contact provision with the victim or other
interested party that shall be enforced while the defendant
remains in custody.
(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1104, eff. 1-1-23.)
 
    Section 30. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
changing Sections 3-6-3, 5-5-3.2, and 5-6-3.6 as follows:
 
    (730 ILCS 5/3-6-3)
    Sec. 3-6-3. Rules and regulations for sentence credit.
    (a)(1) The Department of Corrections shall prescribe rules
and regulations for awarding and revoking sentence credit for
persons committed to the Department of Corrections and the
Department of Juvenile Justice shall prescribe rules and
regulations for awarding and revoking sentence credit for
persons committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice under
Section 5-8-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections, which shall
be subject to review by the Prisoner Review Board.
    (1.5) As otherwise provided by law, sentence credit may be
awarded for the following:
        (A) successful completion of programming while in
    custody of the Department of Corrections or the Department
    of Juvenile Justice or while in custody prior to
    sentencing;
        (B) compliance with the rules and regulations of the
    Department; or
        (C) service to the institution, service to a
    community, or service to the State.
    (2) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
subsection (a), the rules and regulations on sentence credit
shall provide, with respect to offenses listed in clause (i),
(ii), or (iii) of this paragraph (2) committed on or after June
19, 1998 or with respect to the offense listed in clause (iv)
of this paragraph (2) committed on or after June 23, 2005 (the
effective date of Public Act 94-71) or with respect to offense
listed in clause (vi) committed on or after June 1, 2008 (the
effective date of Public Act 95-625) or with respect to the
offense of unlawful possession of a firearm by a repeat felony
offender being an armed habitual criminal committed on or
after August 2, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act 94-398)
or with respect to the offenses listed in clause (v) of this
paragraph (2) committed on or after August 13, 2007 (the
effective date of Public Act 95-134) or with respect to the
offense of aggravated domestic battery committed on or after
July 23, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act 96-1224) or
with respect to the offense of attempt to commit terrorism
committed on or after January 1, 2013 (the effective date of
Public Act 97-990), the following:
        (i) that a prisoner who is serving a term of
    imprisonment for first degree murder or for the offense of
    terrorism shall receive no sentence credit and shall serve
    the entire sentence imposed by the court;
        (ii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for attempt to
    commit terrorism, attempt to commit first degree murder,
    solicitation of murder, solicitation of murder for hire,
    intentional homicide of an unborn child, predatory
    criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal
    sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, aggravated
    kidnapping, aggravated battery with a firearm as described
    in Section 12-4.2 or subdivision (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3),
    or (e)(4) of Section 12-3.05, heinous battery as described
    in Section 12-4.1 or subdivision (a)(2) of Section
    12-3.05, u
    nlawful possession of a firearm by a repeat
    felony offender being an armed habitual criminal,
    aggravated battery of a senior citizen as described in
    Section 12-4.6 or subdivision (a)(4) of Section 12-3.05,
    or aggravated battery of a child as described in Section
    12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05 shall
    receive no more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each
    month of his or her sentence of imprisonment;
        (iii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for home
    invasion, armed robbery, aggravated vehicular hijacking,
    aggravated discharge of a firearm, or armed violence with
    a category I weapon or category II weapon, when the court
    has made and entered a finding, pursuant to subsection
    (c-1) of Section 5-4-1 of this Code, that the conduct
    leading to conviction for the enumerated offense resulted
    in great bodily harm to a victim, shall receive no more
    than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his or
    her sentence of imprisonment;
        (iv) that a prisoner serving a sentence for aggravated
    discharge of a firearm, whether or not the conduct leading
    to conviction for the offense resulted in great bodily
    harm to the victim, shall receive no more than 4.5 days of
    sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of
    imprisonment;
        (v) that a person serving a sentence for gunrunning,
    narcotics racketeering, controlled substance trafficking,
    methamphetamine trafficking, drug-induced homicide,
    aggravated methamphetamine-related child endangerment,
    money laundering pursuant to clause (c) (4) or (5) of
    Section 29B-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
    Code of 2012, or a Class X felony conviction for delivery
    of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled
    substance with intent to manufacture or deliver,
    calculated criminal drug conspiracy, criminal drug
    conspiracy, street gang criminal drug conspiracy,
    participation in methamphetamine manufacturing,
    aggravated participation in methamphetamine
    manufacturing, delivery of methamphetamine, possession
    with intent to deliver methamphetamine, aggravated
    delivery of methamphetamine, aggravated possession with
    intent to deliver methamphetamine, methamphetamine
    conspiracy when the substance containing the controlled
    substance or methamphetamine is 100 grams or more shall
    receive no more than 7.5 days sentence credit for each
    month of his or her sentence of imprisonment;
        (vi) that a prisoner serving a sentence for a second
    or subsequent offense of luring a minor shall receive no
    more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his
    or her sentence of imprisonment; and
        (vii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for
    aggravated domestic battery shall receive no more than 4.5
    days of sentence credit for each month of his or her
    sentence of imprisonment.
    (2.1) For all offenses, other than those enumerated in
subdivision (a)(2)(i), (ii), or (iii) committed on or after
June 19, 1998 or subdivision (a)(2)(iv) committed on or after
June 23, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act 94-71) or
subdivision (a)(2)(v) committed on or after August 13, 2007
(the effective date of Public Act 95-134) or subdivision
(a)(2)(vi) committed on or after June 1, 2008 (the effective
date of Public Act 95-625) or subdivision (a)(2)(vii)
committed on or after July 23, 2010 (the effective date of
Public Act 96-1224), and other than the offense of aggravated
driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs,
or intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination
thereof as defined in subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of
subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
and other than the offense of aggravated driving under the
influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating
compound or compounds, or any combination thereof as defined
in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of
Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code committed on or
after January 1, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act
96-1230), the rules and regulations shall provide that a
prisoner who is serving a term of imprisonment shall receive
one day of sentence credit for each day of his or her sentence
of imprisonment or recommitment under Section 3-3-9. Each day
of sentence credit shall reduce by one day the prisoner's
period of imprisonment or recommitment under Section 3-3-9.
    (2.2) A prisoner serving a term of natural life
imprisonment shall receive no sentence credit.
    (2.3) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
subsection (a), the rules and regulations on sentence credit
shall provide that a prisoner who is serving a sentence for
aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug
or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds, or any
combination thereof as defined in subparagraph (F) of
paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code, shall receive no more than 4.5 days of
sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of
imprisonment.
    (2.4) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
subsection (a), the rules and regulations on sentence credit
shall provide with respect to the offenses of aggravated
battery with a machine gun or a firearm equipped with any
device or attachment designed or used for silencing the report
of a firearm or aggravated discharge of a machine gun or a
firearm equipped with any device or attachment designed or
used for silencing the report of a firearm, committed on or
after July 15, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act 91-121),
that a prisoner serving a sentence for any of these offenses
shall receive no more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each
month of his or her sentence of imprisonment.
    (2.5) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
subsection (a), the rules and regulations on sentence credit
shall provide that a prisoner who is serving a sentence for
aggravated arson committed on or after July 27, 2001 (the
effective date of Public Act 92-176) shall receive no more
than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his or her
sentence of imprisonment.
    (2.6) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
subsection (a), the rules and regulations on sentence credit
shall provide that a prisoner who is serving a sentence for
aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug
or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds or any
combination thereof as defined in subparagraph (C) of
paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code committed on or after January 1, 2011
(the effective date of Public Act 96-1230) shall receive no
more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his or
her sentence of imprisonment.
    (3) In addition to the sentence credits earned under
paragraphs (2.1), (4), (4.1), (4.2), and (4.7) of this
subsection (a), the rules and regulations shall also provide
that the Director of Corrections or the Director of Juvenile
Justice may award up to 180 days of earned sentence credit for
prisoners serving a sentence of incarceration of less than 5
years, and up to 365 days of earned sentence credit for
prisoners serving a sentence of 5 years or longer. The
Director may grant this credit for good conduct in specific
instances as either Director deems proper for eligible persons
in the custody of each Director's respective Department. The
good conduct may include, but is not limited to, compliance
with the rules and regulations of the Department, service to
the Department, service to a community, or service to the
State.
    Eligible inmates for an award of earned sentence credit
under this paragraph (3) may be selected to receive the credit
at either Director's or his or her designee's sole discretion.
Eligibility for the additional earned sentence credit under
this paragraph (3) may be based on, but is not limited to,
participation in programming offered by the Department as
appropriate for the prisoner based on the results of any
available risk/needs assessment or other relevant assessments
or evaluations administered by the Department using a
validated instrument, the circumstances of the crime,
demonstrated commitment to rehabilitation by a prisoner with a
history of conviction for a forcible felony enumerated in
Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of 2012, the inmate's
behavior and improvements in disciplinary history while
incarcerated, and the inmate's commitment to rehabilitation,
including participation in programming offered by the
Department.
    The Director of Corrections or the Director of Juvenile
Justice shall not award sentence credit under this paragraph
(3) to an inmate unless the inmate has served a minimum of 60
days of the sentence, including time served in a county jail;
except nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to permit
either Director to extend an inmate's sentence beyond that
which was imposed by the court. Prior to awarding credit under
this paragraph (3), each Director shall make a written
determination that the inmate:
        (A) is eligible for the earned sentence credit;
        (B) has served a minimum of 60 days, or as close to 60
    days as the sentence will allow;
        (B-1) has received a risk/needs assessment or other
    relevant evaluation or assessment administered by the
    Department using a validated instrument; and
        (C) has met the eligibility criteria established by
    rule for earned sentence credit.
    The Director of Corrections or the Director of Juvenile
Justice shall determine the form and content of the written
determination required in this subsection.
    (3.5) The Department shall provide annual written reports
to the Governor and the General Assembly on the award of earned
sentence credit no later than February 1 of each year. The
Department must publish both reports on its website within 48
hours of transmitting the reports to the Governor and the
General Assembly. The reports must include:
        (A) the number of inmates awarded earned sentence
    credit;
        (B) the average amount of earned sentence credit
    awarded;
        (C) the holding offenses of inmates awarded earned
    sentence credit; and
        (D) the number of earned sentence credit revocations.
    (4)(A) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
subsection (a), the rules and regulations shall also provide
that any prisoner who is engaged full-time in substance abuse
programs, correctional industry assignments, educational
programs, work-release programs or activities in accordance
with Article 13 of Chapter III of this Code, behavior
modification programs, life skills courses, or re-entry
planning provided by the Department under this paragraph (4)
and satisfactorily completes the assigned program as
determined by the standards of the Department, shall receive
one day of sentence credit for each day in which that prisoner
is engaged in the activities described in this paragraph. The
rules and regulations shall also provide that sentence credit
may be provided to an inmate who was held in pre-trial
detention prior to his or her current commitment to the
Department of Corrections and successfully completed a
full-time, 60-day or longer substance abuse program,
educational program, behavior modification program, life
skills course, or re-entry planning provided by the county
department of corrections or county jail. Calculation of this
county program credit shall be done at sentencing as provided
in Section 5-4.5-100 of this Code and shall be included in the
sentencing order. The rules and regulations shall also provide
that sentence credit may be provided to an inmate who is in
compliance with programming requirements in an adult
transition center.
    (B) The Department shall award sentence credit under this
paragraph (4) accumulated prior to January 1, 2020 (the
effective date of Public Act 101-440) in an amount specified
in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph (4) to an inmate serving
a sentence for an offense committed prior to June 19, 1998, if
the Department determines that the inmate is entitled to this
sentence credit, based upon:
        (i) documentation provided by the Department that the
    inmate engaged in any full-time substance abuse programs,
    correctional industry assignments, educational programs,
    behavior modification programs, life skills courses, or
    re-entry planning provided by the Department under this
    paragraph (4) and satisfactorily completed the assigned
    program as determined by the standards of the Department
    during the inmate's current term of incarceration; or
        (ii) the inmate's own testimony in the form of an
    affidavit or documentation, or a third party's
    documentation or testimony in the form of an affidavit
    that the inmate likely engaged in any full-time substance
    abuse programs, correctional industry assignments,
    educational programs, behavior modification programs, life
    skills courses, or re-entry planning provided by the
    Department under paragraph (4) and satisfactorily
    completed the assigned program as determined by the
    standards of the Department during the inmate's current
    term of incarceration.
    (C) If the inmate can provide documentation that he or she
is entitled to sentence credit under subparagraph (B) in
excess of 45 days of participation in those programs, the
inmate shall receive 90 days of sentence credit. If the inmate
cannot provide documentation of more than 45 days of
participation in those programs, the inmate shall receive 45
days of sentence credit. In the event of a disagreement
between the Department and the inmate as to the amount of
credit accumulated under subparagraph (B), if the Department
provides documented proof of a lesser amount of days of
participation in those programs, that proof shall control. If
the Department provides no documentary proof, the inmate's
proof as set forth in clause (ii) of subparagraph (B) shall
control as to the amount of sentence credit provided.
    (D) If the inmate has been convicted of a sex offense as
defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act,
sentencing credits under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph
(4) shall be awarded by the Department only if the conditions
set forth in paragraph (4.6) of subsection (a) are satisfied.
No inmate serving a term of natural life imprisonment shall
receive sentence credit under subparagraph (B) of this
paragraph (4).
    (E) The rules and regulations shall provide for the
recalculation of program credits awarded pursuant to this
paragraph (4) prior to July 1, 2021 (the effective date of
Public Act 101-652) at the rate set for such credits on and
after July 1, 2021.
    Educational, vocational, substance abuse, behavior
modification programs, life skills courses, re-entry planning,
and correctional industry programs under which sentence credit
may be earned under this paragraph (4) and paragraph (4.1) of
this subsection (a) shall be evaluated by the Department on
the basis of documented standards. The Department shall report
the results of these evaluations to the Governor and the
General Assembly by September 30th of each year. The reports
shall include data relating to the recidivism rate among
program participants.
    Availability of these programs shall be subject to the
limits of fiscal resources appropriated by the General
Assembly for these purposes. Eligible inmates who are denied
immediate admission shall be placed on a waiting list under
criteria established by the Department. The rules and
regulations shall provide that a prisoner who has been placed
on a waiting list but is transferred for non-disciplinary
reasons before beginning a program shall receive priority
placement on the waitlist for appropriate programs at the new
facility. The inability of any inmate to become engaged in any
such programs by reason of insufficient program resources or
for any other reason established under the rules and
regulations of the Department shall not be deemed a cause of
action under which the Department or any employee or agent of
the Department shall be liable for damages to the inmate. The
rules and regulations shall provide that a prisoner who begins
an educational, vocational, substance abuse, work-release
programs or activities in accordance with Article 13 of
Chapter III of this Code, behavior modification program, life
skills course, re-entry planning, or correctional industry
programs but is unable to complete the program due to illness,
disability, transfer, lockdown, or another reason outside of
the prisoner's control shall receive prorated sentence credits
for the days in which the prisoner did participate.
    (4.1) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
subsection (a), the rules and regulations shall also provide
that an additional 90 days of sentence credit shall be awarded
to any prisoner who passes high school equivalency testing
while the prisoner is committed to the Department of
Corrections. The sentence credit awarded under this paragraph
(4.1) shall be in addition to, and shall not affect, the award
of sentence credit under any other paragraph of this Section,
but shall also be pursuant to the guidelines and restrictions
set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of this Section.
The sentence credit provided for in this paragraph shall be
available only to those prisoners who have not previously
earned a high school diploma or a State of Illinois High School
Diploma. If, after an award of the high school equivalency
testing sentence credit has been made, the Department
determines that the prisoner was not eligible, then the award
shall be revoked. The Department may also award 90 days of
sentence credit to any committed person who passed high school
equivalency testing while he or she was held in pre-trial
detention prior to the current commitment to the Department of
Corrections. Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
subsection (a), the rules and regulations shall provide that
an additional 120 days of sentence credit shall be awarded to
any prisoner who obtains an associate degree while the
prisoner is committed to the Department of Corrections,
regardless of the date that the associate degree was obtained,
including if prior to July 1, 2021 (the effective date of
Public Act 101-652). The sentence credit awarded under this
paragraph (4.1) shall be in addition to, and shall not affect,
the award of sentence credit under any other paragraph of this
Section, but shall also be under the guidelines and
restrictions set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of
this Section. The sentence credit provided for in this
paragraph (4.1) shall be available only to those prisoners who
have not previously earned an associate degree prior to the
current commitment to the Department of Corrections. If, after
an award of the associate degree sentence credit has been made
and the Department determines that the prisoner was not
eligible, then the award shall be revoked. The Department may
also award 120 days of sentence credit to any committed person
who earned an associate degree while he or she was held in
pre-trial detention prior to the current commitment to the
Department of Corrections.
    Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this subsection
(a), the rules and regulations shall provide that an
additional 180 days of sentence credit shall be awarded to any
prisoner who obtains a bachelor's degree while the prisoner is
committed to the Department of Corrections. The sentence
credit awarded under this paragraph (4.1) shall be in addition
to, and shall not affect, the award of sentence credit under
any other paragraph of this Section, but shall also be under
the guidelines and restrictions set forth in paragraph (4) of
this subsection (a). The sentence credit provided for in this
paragraph shall be available only to those prisoners who have
not earned a bachelor's degree prior to the current commitment
to the Department of Corrections. If, after an award of the
bachelor's degree sentence credit has been made, the
Department determines that the prisoner was not eligible, then
the award shall be revoked. The Department may also award 180
days of sentence credit to any committed person who earned a
bachelor's degree while he or she was held in pre-trial
detention prior to the current commitment to the Department of
Corrections.
    Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this subsection
(a), the rules and regulations shall provide that an
additional 180 days of sentence credit shall be awarded to any
prisoner who obtains a master's or professional degree while
the prisoner is committed to the Department of Corrections.
The sentence credit awarded under this paragraph (4.1) shall
be in addition to, and shall not affect, the award of sentence
credit under any other paragraph of this Section, but shall
also be under the guidelines and restrictions set forth in
paragraph (4) of this subsection (a). The sentence credit
provided for in this paragraph shall be available only to
those prisoners who have not previously earned a master's or
professional degree prior to the current commitment to the
Department of Corrections. If, after an award of the master's
or professional degree sentence credit has been made, the
Department determines that the prisoner was not eligible, then
the award shall be revoked. The Department may also award 180
days of sentence credit to any committed person who earned a
master's or professional degree while he or she was held in
pre-trial detention prior to the current commitment to the
Department of Corrections.
    (4.2)(A) The rules and regulations shall also provide that
any prisoner engaged in self-improvement programs, volunteer
work, or work assignments that are not otherwise eligible
activities under paragraph (4), shall receive up to 0.5 days
of sentence credit for each day in which the prisoner is
engaged in activities described in this paragraph.
    (B) The rules and regulations shall provide for the award
of sentence credit under this paragraph (4.2) for qualifying
days of engagement in eligible activities occurring prior to
July 1, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 101-652).
    (4.5) The rules and regulations on sentence credit shall
also provide that when the court's sentencing order recommends
a prisoner for substance abuse treatment and the crime was
committed on or after September 1, 2003 (the effective date of
Public Act 93-354), the prisoner shall receive no sentence
credit awarded under clause (3) of this subsection (a) unless
he or she participates in and completes a substance abuse
treatment program. The Director of Corrections may waive the
requirement to participate in or complete a substance abuse
treatment program in specific instances if the prisoner is not
a good candidate for a substance abuse treatment program for
medical, programming, or operational reasons. Availability of
substance abuse treatment shall be subject to the limits of
fiscal resources appropriated by the General Assembly for
these purposes. If treatment is not available and the
requirement to participate and complete the treatment has not
been waived by the Director, the prisoner shall be placed on a
waiting list under criteria established by the Department. The
Director may allow a prisoner placed on a waiting list to
participate in and complete a substance abuse education class
or attend substance abuse self-help meetings in lieu of a
substance abuse treatment program. A prisoner on a waiting
list who is not placed in a substance abuse program prior to
release may be eligible for a waiver and receive sentence
credit under clause (3) of this subsection (a) at the
discretion of the Director.
    (4.6) The rules and regulations on sentence credit shall
also provide that a prisoner who has been convicted of a sex
offense as defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender
Registration Act shall receive no sentence credit unless he or
she either has successfully completed or is participating in
sex offender treatment as defined by the Sex Offender
Management Board. However, prisoners who are waiting to
receive treatment, but who are unable to do so due solely to
the lack of resources on the part of the Department, may, at
either Director's sole discretion, be awarded sentence credit
at a rate as the Director shall determine.
    (4.7) On or after January 1, 2018 (the effective date of
Public Act 100-3), sentence credit under paragraph (3), (4),
or (4.1) of this subsection (a) may be awarded to a prisoner
who is serving a sentence for an offense described in
paragraph (2), (2.3), (2.4), (2.5), or (2.6) for credit earned
on or after January 1, 2018 (the effective date of Public Act
100-3); provided, the award of the credits under this
paragraph (4.7) shall not reduce the sentence of the prisoner
to less than the following amounts:
        (i) 85% of his or her sentence if the prisoner is
    required to serve 85% of his or her sentence; or
        (ii) 60% of his or her sentence if the prisoner is
    required to serve 75% of his or her sentence, except if the
    prisoner is serving a sentence for gunrunning his or her
    sentence shall not be reduced to less than 75%.
        (iii) 100% of his or her sentence if the prisoner is
    required to serve 100% of his or her sentence.
    (5) Whenever the Department is to release any inmate
earlier than it otherwise would because of a grant of earned
sentence credit under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this
Section given at any time during the term, the Department
shall give reasonable notice of the impending release not less
than 14 days prior to the date of the release to the State's
Attorney of the county where the prosecution of the inmate
took place, and if applicable, the State's Attorney of the
county into which the inmate will be released. The Department
must also make identification information and a recent photo
of the inmate being released accessible on the Internet by
means of a hyperlink labeled "Community Notification of Inmate
Early Release" on the Department's World Wide Web homepage.
The identification information shall include the inmate's:
name, any known alias, date of birth, physical
characteristics, commitment offense, and county where
conviction was imposed. The identification information shall
be placed on the website within 3 days of the inmate's release
and the information may not be removed until either:
completion of the first year of mandatory supervised release
or return of the inmate to custody of the Department.
    (b) Whenever a person is or has been committed under
several convictions, with separate sentences, the sentences
shall be construed under Section 5-8-4 in granting and
forfeiting of sentence credit.
    (c) (1) The Department shall prescribe rules and
regulations for revoking sentence credit, including revoking
sentence credit awarded under paragraph (3) of subsection (a)
of this Section. The Department shall prescribe rules and
regulations establishing and requiring the use of a sanctions
matrix for revoking sentence credit. The Department shall
prescribe rules and regulations for suspending or reducing the
rate of accumulation of sentence credit for specific rule
violations, during imprisonment. These rules and regulations
shall provide that no inmate may be penalized more than one
year of sentence credit for any one infraction.
    (2) When the Department seeks to revoke, suspend, or
reduce the rate of accumulation of any sentence credits for an
alleged infraction of its rules, it shall bring charges
therefor against the prisoner sought to be so deprived of
sentence credits before the Prisoner Review Board as provided
in subparagraph (a)(4) of Section 3-3-2 of this Code, if the
amount of credit at issue exceeds 30 days, whether from one
infraction or cumulatively from multiple infractions arising
out of a single event, or when, during any 12-month period, the
cumulative amount of credit revoked exceeds 30 days except
where the infraction is committed or discovered within 60 days
of scheduled release. In those cases, the Department of
Corrections may revoke up to 30 days of sentence credit. The
Board may subsequently approve the revocation of additional
sentence credit, if the Department seeks to revoke sentence
credit in excess of 30 days. However, the Board shall not be
empowered to review the Department's decision with respect to
the loss of 30 days of sentence credit within any calendar year
for any prisoner or to increase any penalty beyond the length
requested by the Department.
    (3) The Director of Corrections or the Director of
Juvenile Justice, in appropriate cases, may restore sentence
credits which have been revoked, suspended, or reduced. The
Department shall prescribe rules and regulations governing the
restoration of sentence credits. These rules and regulations
shall provide for the automatic restoration of sentence
credits following a period in which the prisoner maintains a
record without a disciplinary violation.
    Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the
Prisoner Review Board from ordering, pursuant to Section
3-3-9(a)(3)(i)(B), that a prisoner serve up to one year of the
sentence imposed by the court that was not served due to the
accumulation of sentence credit.
    (d) If a lawsuit is filed by a prisoner in an Illinois or
federal court against the State, the Department of
Corrections, or the Prisoner Review Board, or against any of
their officers or employees, and the court makes a specific
finding that a pleading, motion, or other paper filed by the
prisoner is frivolous, the Department of Corrections shall
conduct a hearing to revoke up to 180 days of sentence credit
by bringing charges against the prisoner sought to be deprived
of the sentence credits before the Prisoner Review Board as
provided in subparagraph (a)(8) of Section 3-3-2 of this Code.
If the prisoner has not accumulated 180 days of sentence
credit at the time of the finding, then the Prisoner Review
Board may revoke all sentence credit accumulated by the
prisoner.
    For purposes of this subsection (d):
        (1) "Frivolous" means that a pleading, motion, or
    other filing which purports to be a legal document filed
    by a prisoner in his or her lawsuit meets any or all of the
    following criteria:
            (A) it lacks an arguable basis either in law or in
        fact;
            (B) it is being presented for any improper
        purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary
        delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation;
            (C) the claims, defenses, and other legal
        contentions therein are not warranted by existing law
        or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension,
        modification, or reversal of existing law or the
        establishment of new law;
            (D) the allegations and other factual contentions
        do not have evidentiary support or, if specifically so
        identified, are not likely to have evidentiary support
        after a reasonable opportunity for further
        investigation or discovery; or
            (E) the denials of factual contentions are not
        warranted on the evidence, or if specifically so
        identified, are not reasonably based on a lack of
        information or belief.
        (2) "Lawsuit" means a motion pursuant to Section 116-3
    of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, a habeas corpus
    action under Article X of the Code of Civil Procedure or
    under federal law (28 U.S.C. 2254), a petition for claim
    under the Court of Claims Act, an action under the federal
    Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 1983), or a second or
    subsequent petition for post-conviction relief under
    Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
    whether filed with or without leave of court or a second or
    subsequent petition for relief from judgment under Section
    2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
    (e) Nothing in Public Act 90-592 or 90-593 affects the
validity of Public Act 89-404.
    (f) Whenever the Department is to release any inmate who
has been convicted of a violation of an order of protection
under Section 12-3.4 or 12-30 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
the Criminal Code of 2012, earlier than it otherwise would
because of a grant of sentence credit, the Department, as a
condition of release, shall require that the person, upon
release, be placed under electronic surveillance as provided
in Section 5-8A-7 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21;
102-784, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1100, eff. 1-1-23; 103-51, eff.
1-1-24; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-330, eff. 1-1-24; revised
12-15-23.)
 
    (730 ILCS 5/5-5-3.2)
    Sec. 5-5-3.2. Factors in aggravation and extended-term
sentencing.
    (a) The following factors shall be accorded weight in
favor of imposing a term of imprisonment or may be considered
by the court as reasons to impose a more severe sentence under
Section 5-8-1 or Article 4.5 of Chapter V:
        (1) the defendant's conduct caused or threatened
    serious harm;
        (2) the defendant received compensation for committing
    the offense;
        (3) the defendant has a history of prior delinquency
    or criminal activity;
        (4) the defendant, by the duties of his office or by
    his position, was obliged to prevent the particular
    offense committed or to bring the offenders committing it
    to justice;
        (5) the defendant held public office at the time of
    the offense, and the offense related to the conduct of
    that office;
        (6) the defendant utilized his professional reputation
    or position in the community to commit the offense, or to
    afford him an easier means of committing it;
        (7) the sentence is necessary to deter others from
    committing the same crime;
        (8) the defendant committed the offense against a
    person 60 years of age or older or such person's property;
        (9) the defendant committed the offense against a
    person who has a physical disability or such person's
    property;
        (10) by reason of another individual's actual or
    perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender,
    sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or
    national origin, the defendant committed the offense
    against (i) the person or property of that individual;
    (ii) the person or property of a person who has an
    association with, is married to, or has a friendship with
    the other individual; or (iii) the person or property of a
    relative (by blood or marriage) of a person described in
    clause (i) or (ii). For the purposes of this Section,
    "sexual orientation" has the meaning ascribed to it in
    paragraph (O-1) of Section 1-103 of the Illinois Human
    Rights Act;
        (11) the offense took place in a place of worship or on
    the grounds of a place of worship, immediately prior to,
    during or immediately following worship services. For
    purposes of this subparagraph, "place of worship" shall
    mean any church, synagogue or other building, structure or
    place used primarily for religious worship;
        (12) the defendant was convicted of a felony committed
    while he was on pretrial release or his own recognizance
    pending trial for a prior felony and was convicted of such
    prior felony, or the defendant was convicted of a felony
    committed while he was serving a period of probation,
    conditional discharge, or mandatory supervised release
    under subsection (d) of Section 5-8-1 for a prior felony;
        (13) the defendant committed or attempted to commit a
    felony while he was wearing a bulletproof vest. For the
    purposes of this paragraph (13), a bulletproof vest is any
    device which is designed for the purpose of protecting the
    wearer from bullets, shot or other lethal projectiles;
        (14) the defendant held a position of trust or
    supervision such as, but not limited to, family member as
    defined in Section 11-0.1 of the Criminal Code of 2012,
    teacher, scout leader, baby sitter, or day care worker, in
    relation to a victim under 18 years of age, and the
    defendant committed an offense in violation of Section
    11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-6, 11-11,
    11-14.4 except for an offense that involves keeping a
    place of juvenile prostitution, 11-15.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2,
    11-20.1, 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15
    or 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code
    of 2012 against that victim;
        (15) the defendant committed an offense related to the
    activities of an organized gang. For the purposes of this
    factor, "organized gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in
    Section 10 of the Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention
    Act;
        (16) the defendant committed an offense in violation
    of one of the following Sections while in a school,
    regardless of the time of day or time of year; on any
    conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a school to
    transport students to or from school or a school related
    activity; on the real property of a school; or on a public
    way within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any
    school: Section 10-1, 10-2, 10-5, 11-1.20, 11-1.30,
    11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-14.4, 11-15.1, 11-17.1,
    11-18.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 12-2, 12-4, 12-4.1, 12-4.2,
    12-4.3, 12-6, 12-6.1, 12-6.5, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1,
    12-15, 12-16, 18-2, or 33A-2, or Section 12-3.05 except
    for subdivision (a)(4) or (g)(1), of the Criminal Code of
    1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
        (16.5) the defendant committed an offense in violation
    of one of the following Sections while in a day care
    center, regardless of the time of day or time of year; on
    the real property of a day care center, regardless of the
    time of day or time of year; or on a public way within
    1,000 feet of the real property comprising any day care
    center, regardless of the time of day or time of year:
    Section 10-1, 10-2, 10-5, 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40,
    11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-14.4, 11-15.1, 11-17.1, 11-18.1,
    11-19.1, 11-19.2, 12-2, 12-4, 12-4.1, 12-4.2, 12-4.3,
    12-6, 12-6.1, 12-6.5, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16,
    18-2, or 33A-2, or Section 12-3.05 except for subdivision
    (a)(4) or (g)(1), of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
    Criminal Code of 2012;
        (17) the defendant committed the offense by reason of
    any person's activity as a community policing volunteer or
    to prevent any person from engaging in activity as a
    community policing volunteer. For the purpose of this
    Section, "community policing volunteer" has the meaning
    ascribed to it in Section 2-3.5 of the Criminal Code of
    2012;
        (18) the defendant committed the offense in a nursing
    home or on the real property comprising a nursing home.
    For the purposes of this paragraph (18), "nursing home"
    means a skilled nursing or intermediate long term care
    facility that is subject to license by the Illinois
    Department of Public Health under the Nursing Home Care
    Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of
    2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, or the MC/DD Act;
        (19) the defendant was a federally licensed firearm
    dealer and was previously convicted of a violation of
    subsection (a) of Section 3 of the Firearm Owners
    Identification Card Act and has now committed either a
    felony violation of the Firearm Owners Identification Card
    Act or an act of armed violence while armed with a firearm;
        (20) the defendant (i) committed the offense of
    reckless homicide under Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code
    of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 or the offense of
    driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug or
    drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or any
    combination thereof under Section 11-501 of the Illinois
    Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance
    and (ii) was operating a motor vehicle in excess of 20
    miles per hour over the posted speed limit as provided in
    Article VI of Chapter 11 of the Illinois Vehicle Code;
        (21) the defendant (i) committed the offense of
    reckless driving or aggravated reckless driving under
    Section 11-503 of the Illinois Vehicle Code and (ii) was
    operating a motor vehicle in excess of 20 miles per hour
    over the posted speed limit as provided in Article VI of
    Chapter 11 of the Illinois Vehicle Code;
        (22) the defendant committed the offense against a
    person that the defendant knew, or reasonably should have
    known, was a member of the Armed Forces of the United
    States serving on active duty. For purposes of this clause
    (22), the term "Armed Forces" means any of the Armed
    Forces of the United States, including a member of any
    reserve component thereof or National Guard unit called to
    active duty;
        (23) the defendant committed the offense against a
    person who was elderly or infirm or who was a person with a
    disability by taking advantage of a family or fiduciary
    relationship with the elderly or infirm person or person
    with a disability;
        (24) the defendant committed any offense under Section
    11-20.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code
    of 2012 and possessed 100 or more images;
        (25) the defendant committed the offense while the
    defendant or the victim was in a train, bus, or other
    vehicle used for public transportation;
        (26) the defendant committed the offense of child
    pornography or aggravated child pornography, specifically
    including paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (7) of
    subsection (a) of Section 11-20.1 of the Criminal Code of
    1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 where a child engaged in,
    solicited for, depicted in, or posed in any act of sexual
    penetration or bound, fettered, or subject to sadistic,
    masochistic, or sadomasochistic abuse in a sexual context
    and specifically including paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4),
    (5), or (7) of subsection (a) of Section 11-20.1B or
    Section 11-20.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 where a child
    engaged in, solicited for, depicted in, or posed in any
    act of sexual penetration or bound, fettered, or subject
    to sadistic, masochistic, or sadomasochistic abuse in a
    sexual context;
        (27) the defendant committed the offense of first
    degree murder, assault, aggravated assault, battery,
    aggravated battery, robbery, armed robbery, or aggravated
    robbery against a person who was a veteran and the
    defendant knew, or reasonably should have known, that the
    person was a veteran performing duties as a representative
    of a veterans' organization. For the purposes of this
    paragraph (27), "veteran" means an Illinois resident who
    has served as a member of the United States Armed Forces, a
    member of the Illinois National Guard, or a member of the
    United States Reserve Forces; and "veterans' organization"
    means an organization comprised of members of which
    substantially all are individuals who are veterans or
    spouses, widows, or widowers of veterans, the primary
    purpose of which is to promote the welfare of its members
    and to provide assistance to the general public in such a
    way as to confer a public benefit;
        (28) the defendant committed the offense of assault,
    aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, robbery,
    armed robbery, or aggravated robbery against a person that
    the defendant knew or reasonably should have known was a
    letter carrier or postal worker while that person was
    performing his or her duties delivering mail for the
    United States Postal Service;
        (29) the defendant committed the offense of criminal
    sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault,
    criminal sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse
    against a victim with an intellectual disability, and the
    defendant holds a position of trust, authority, or
    supervision in relation to the victim;
        (30) the defendant committed the offense of promoting
    juvenile prostitution, patronizing a prostitute, or
    patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution and at the
    time of the commission of the offense knew that the
    prostitute or minor engaged in prostitution was in the
    custody or guardianship of the Department of Children and
    Family Services;
        (31) the defendant (i) committed the offense of
    driving while under the influence of alcohol, other drug
    or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or any
    combination thereof in violation of Section 11-501 of the
    Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a local
    ordinance and (ii) the defendant during the commission of
    the offense was driving his or her vehicle upon a roadway
    designated for one-way traffic in the opposite direction
    of the direction indicated by official traffic control
    devices;
        (32) the defendant committed the offense of reckless
    homicide while committing a violation of Section 11-907 of
    the Illinois Vehicle Code;
        (33) the defendant was found guilty of an
    administrative infraction related to an act or acts of
    public indecency or sexual misconduct in the penal
    institution. In this paragraph (33), "penal institution"
    has the same meaning as in Section 2-14 of the Criminal
    Code of 2012; or
        (34) the defendant committed the offense of leaving
    the scene of a crash in violation of subsection (b) of
    Section 11-401 of the Illinois Vehicle Code and the crash
    resulted in the death of a person and at the time of the
    offense, the defendant was: (i) driving under the
    influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating
    compound or compounds or any combination thereof as
    defined by Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; or
    (ii) operating the motor vehicle while using an electronic
    communication device as defined in Section 12-610.2 of the
    Illinois Vehicle Code.
    For the purposes of this Section:
    "School" is defined as a public or private elementary or
secondary school, community college, college, or university.
    "Day care center" means a public or private State
certified and licensed day care center as defined in Section
2.09 of the Child Care Act of 1969 that displays a sign in
plain view stating that the property is a day care center.
    "Intellectual disability" means significantly subaverage
intellectual functioning which exists concurrently with
impairment in adaptive behavior.
    "Public transportation" means the transportation or
conveyance of persons by means available to the general
public, and includes paratransit services.
    "Traffic control devices" means all signs, signals,
markings, and devices that conform to the Illinois Manual on
Uniform Traffic Control Devices, placed or erected by
authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction,
for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic.
    (b) The following factors, related to all felonies, may be
considered by the court as reasons to impose an extended term
sentence under Section 5-8-2 upon any offender:
        (1) When a defendant is convicted of any felony, after
    having been previously convicted in Illinois or any other
    jurisdiction of the same or similar class felony or
    greater class felony, when such conviction has occurred
    within 10 years after the previous conviction, excluding
    time spent in custody, and such charges are separately
    brought and tried and arise out of different series of
    acts; or
        (2) When a defendant is convicted of any felony and
    the court finds that the offense was accompanied by
    exceptionally brutal or heinous behavior indicative of
    wanton cruelty; or
        (3) When a defendant is convicted of any felony
    committed against:
            (i) a person under 12 years of age at the time of
        the offense or such person's property;
            (ii) a person 60 years of age or older at the time
        of the offense or such person's property; or
            (iii) a person who had a physical disability at
        the time of the offense or such person's property; or
        (4) When a defendant is convicted of any felony and
    the offense involved any of the following types of
    specific misconduct committed as part of a ceremony, rite,
    initiation, observance, performance, practice or activity
    of any actual or ostensible religious, fraternal, or
    social group:
            (i) the brutalizing or torturing of humans or
        animals;
            (ii) the theft of human corpses;
            (iii) the kidnapping of humans;
            (iv) the desecration of any cemetery, religious,
        fraternal, business, governmental, educational, or
        other building or property; or
            (v) ritualized abuse of a child; or
        (5) When a defendant is convicted of a felony other
    than conspiracy and the court finds that the felony was
    committed under an agreement with 2 or more other persons
    to commit that offense and the defendant, with respect to
    the other individuals, occupied a position of organizer,
    supervisor, financier, or any other position of management
    or leadership, and the court further finds that the felony
    committed was related to or in furtherance of the criminal
    activities of an organized gang or was motivated by the
    defendant's leadership in an organized gang; or
        (6) When a defendant is convicted of an offense
    committed while using a firearm with a laser sight
    attached to it. For purposes of this paragraph, "laser
    sight" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 26-7 of
    the Criminal Code of 2012; or
        (7) When a defendant who was at least 17 years of age
    at the time of the commission of the offense is convicted
    of a felony and has been previously adjudicated a
    delinquent minor under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for
    an act that if committed by an adult would be a Class X or
    Class 1 felony when the conviction has occurred within 10
    years after the previous adjudication, excluding time
    spent in custody; or
        (8) When a defendant commits any felony and the
    defendant used, possessed, exercised control over, or
    otherwise directed an animal to assault a law enforcement
    officer engaged in the execution of his or her official
    duties or in furtherance of the criminal activities of an
    organized gang in which the defendant is engaged; or
        (9) When a defendant commits any felony and the
    defendant knowingly video or audio records the offense
    with the intent to disseminate the recording.
    (c) The following factors may be considered by the court
as reasons to impose an extended term sentence under Section
5-8-2 (730 ILCS 5/5-8-2) upon any offender for the listed
offenses:
        (1) When a defendant is convicted of first degree
    murder, after having been previously convicted in Illinois
    of any offense listed under paragraph (c)(2) of Section
    5-5-3 (730 ILCS 5/5-5-3), when that conviction has
    occurred within 10 years after the previous conviction,
    excluding time spent in custody, and the charges are
    separately brought and tried and arise out of different
    series of acts.
        (1.5) When a defendant is convicted of first degree
    murder, after having been previously convicted of domestic
    battery (720 ILCS 5/12-3.2) or aggravated domestic battery
    (720 ILCS 5/12-3.3) committed on the same victim or after
    having been previously convicted of violation of an order
    of protection (720 ILCS 5/12-30) in which the same victim
    was the protected person.
        (2) When a defendant is convicted of voluntary
    manslaughter, second degree murder, involuntary
    manslaughter, or reckless homicide in which the defendant
    has been convicted of causing the death of more than one
    individual.
        (3) When a defendant is convicted of aggravated
    criminal sexual assault or criminal sexual assault, when
    there is a finding that aggravated criminal sexual assault
    or criminal sexual assault was also committed on the same
    victim by one or more other individuals, and the defendant
    voluntarily participated in the crime with the knowledge
    of the participation of the others in the crime, and the
    commission of the crime was part of a single course of
    conduct during which there was no substantial change in
    the nature of the criminal objective.
        (4) If the victim was under 18 years of age at the time
    of the commission of the offense, when a defendant is
    convicted of aggravated criminal sexual assault or
    predatory criminal sexual assault of a child under
    subsection (a)(1) of Section 11-1.40 or subsection (a)(1)
    of Section 12-14.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
    Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/11-1.40 or 5/12-14.1).
        (5) When a defendant is convicted of a felony
    violation of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
    the Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/24-1) and there is a
    finding that the defendant is a member of an organized
    gang.
        (6) When a defendant was convicted of unlawful
    possession use of weapons under Section 24-1 of the
    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 (720
    ILCS 5/24-1) for possessing a weapon that is not readily
    distinguishable as one of the weapons enumerated in
    Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
    Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/24-1).
        (7) When a defendant is convicted of an offense
    involving the illegal manufacture of a controlled
    substance under Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled
    Substances Act (720 ILCS 570/401), the illegal manufacture
    of methamphetamine under Section 25 of the Methamphetamine
    Control and Community Protection Act (720 ILCS 646/25), or
    the illegal possession of explosives and an emergency
    response officer in the performance of his or her duties
    is killed or injured at the scene of the offense while
    responding to the emergency caused by the commission of
    the offense. In this paragraph, "emergency" means a
    situation in which a person's life, health, or safety is
    in jeopardy; and "emergency response officer" means a
    peace officer, community policing volunteer, fireman,
    emergency medical technician-ambulance, emergency medical
    technician-intermediate, emergency medical
    technician-paramedic, ambulance driver, other medical
    assistance or first aid personnel, or hospital emergency
    room personnel.
        (8) When the defendant is convicted of attempted mob
    action, solicitation to commit mob action, or conspiracy
    to commit mob action under Section 8-1, 8-2, or 8-4 of the
    Criminal Code of 2012, where the criminal object is a
    violation of Section 25-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012,
    and an electronic communication is used in the commission
    of the offense. For the purposes of this paragraph (8),
    "electronic communication" shall have the meaning provided
    in Section 26.5-0.1 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
    (d) For the purposes of this Section, "organized gang" has
the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois
Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
    (e) The court may impose an extended term sentence under
Article 4.5 of Chapter V upon an offender who has been
convicted of a felony violation of Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30,
11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, or
12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012
when the victim of the offense is under 18 years of age at the
time of the commission of the offense and, during the
commission of the offense, the victim was under the influence
of alcohol, regardless of whether or not the alcohol was
supplied by the offender; and the offender, at the time of the
commission of the offense, knew or should have known that the
victim had consumed alcohol.
(Source: P.A. 101-173, eff. 1-1-20; 101-401, eff. 1-1-20;
101-417, eff. 1-1-20; 101-652, eff. 1-1-23; 102-558, eff.
8-20-21; 102-982, eff. 7-1-23.)
 
    (730 ILCS 5/5-6-3.6)
    Sec. 5-6-3.6. First Time Weapon Offense Program.
    (a) The General Assembly has sought to promote public
safety, reduce recidivism, and conserve valuable resources of
the criminal justice system through the creation of diversion
programs for non-violent offenders. This amendatory Act of the
103rd General Assembly establishes a program for first-time,
non-violent offenders charged with certain weapons possession
offenses. The General Assembly recognizes some persons,
particularly in areas of high crime or poverty, may have
experienced trauma that contributes to poor decision making
skills, and the creation of a diversionary program poses a
greater benefit to the community and the person than
incarceration. Under this program, a court, with the consent
of the defendant and the State's Attorney, may sentence a
defendant charged with an unlawful possession use of weapons
offense under Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or
aggravated unlawful possession use of a weapon offense under
Section 24-1.6 of the Criminal Code of 2012, if punishable as a
Class 4 felony or lower, to a First Time Weapon Offense
Program.
    (b) A defendant is not eligible for this Program if:
        (1) the offense was committed during the commission of
    a violent offense as defined in subsection (h) of this
    Section;
        (2) he or she has previously been convicted or placed
    on probation or conditional discharge for any violent
    offense under the laws of this State, the laws of any other
    state, or the laws of the United States;
        (3) he or she had a prior successful completion of the
    First Time Weapon Offense Program under this Section;
        (4) he or she has previously been adjudicated a
    delinquent minor for the commission of a violent offense;
        (5) (blank); or
        (6) he or she has an existing order of protection
    issued against him or her.
    (b-5) In considering whether a defendant shall be
sentenced to the First Time Weapon Offense Program, the court
shall consider the following:
        (1) the age, immaturity, or limited mental capacity of
    the defendant;
        (2) the nature and circumstances of the offense;
        (3) whether participation in the Program is in the
    interest of the defendant's rehabilitation, including any
    employment or involvement in community, educational,
    training, or vocational programs;
        (4) whether the defendant suffers from trauma, as
    supported by documentation or evaluation by a licensed
    professional; and
        (5) the potential risk to public safety.
    (c) For an offense committed on or after January 1, 2018
(the effective date of Public Act 100-3) whenever an
eligible
person pleads guilty to an unlawful possession use
of weapons
offense under Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or
aggravated unlawful possession use of a weapon offense under
Section 24-1.6 of the Criminal Code of 2012, which is
punishable as a Class 4 felony or lower, the court, with the
consent of the defendant and the State's Attorney, may,
without entering a judgment, sentence the defendant to
complete the First Time Weapon Offense Program. When a
defendant is placed in the Program, the court shall defer
further proceedings in the case until the conclusion of the
period or until the filing of a petition alleging violation of
a term or condition of the Program. Upon violation of a term or
condition of the Program, the court may enter a judgment on its
original finding of guilt and proceed as otherwise provided by
law. Upon fulfillment of the terms and conditions of the
Program, the court shall discharge the person and dismiss the
proceedings against the person.
    (d) The Program shall be at least 6 months and not to
exceed 24 months, as determined by the court at the
recommendation of the Program administrator and the State's
Attorney. The Program administrator may be appointed by the
Chief Judge of each Judicial Circuit.
    (e) The conditions of the Program shall be that the
defendant:
        (1) not violate any criminal statute of this State or
    any other jurisdiction;
        (2) refrain from possessing a firearm or other
    dangerous weapon;
        (3) (blank);
        (4) (blank);
        (5) (blank);
        (6) (blank);
        (7) attend and participate in any Program activities
    deemed required by the Program administrator, such as:
    counseling sessions, in-person and over the phone
    check-ins, and educational classes; and
        (8) (blank).
    (f) The Program may, in addition to other conditions,
require that the defendant:
        (1) obtain or attempt to obtain employment;
        (2) attend educational courses designed to prepare the
    defendant for obtaining a high school diploma or to work
    toward passing high school equivalency testing or to work
    toward completing a vocational training program;
        (3) refrain from having in his or her body the
    presence of any illicit drug prohibited by the
    Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act or
    the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, unless prescribed
    by a physician, and submit samples of his or her blood or
    urine or both for tests to determine the presence of any
    illicit drug;
        (4) perform community service;
        (5) pay all fines, assessments, fees, and costs; and
        (6) comply with such other reasonable conditions as
    the court may impose.
    (g) There may be only one discharge and dismissal under
this Section. If a person is convicted of any offense which
occurred within 5 years subsequent to a discharge and
dismissal under this Section, the discharge and dismissal
under this Section shall be admissible in the sentencing
proceeding for that conviction as evidence in aggravation.
    (h) For purposes of this Section, "violent offense" means
any offense in which bodily harm was inflicted or force was
used against any person or threatened against any person; any
offense involving the possession of a firearm or dangerous
weapon; any offense involving sexual conduct, sexual
penetration, or sexual exploitation; violation of an order of
protection, stalking, hate crime, domestic battery, or any
offense of domestic violence.
    (i) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 102-245, eff. 8-3-21; 102-1109, eff. 12-21-22;
103-370, eff. 7-28-23.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2025.
INDEX
Statutes amended in order of appearance
    225 ILCS 10/4.2from Ch. 23, par. 2214.2
    625 ILCS 5/6-206
    705 ILCS 405/1-7
    720 ILCS 5/2-13from Ch. 38, par. 2-13
    720 ILCS 5/8-2from Ch. 38, par. 8-2
    720 ILCS 5/24-1from Ch. 38, par. 24-1
    720 ILCS 5/24-1.1from Ch. 38, par. 24-1.1
    720 ILCS 5/24-1.6
    720 ILCS 5/24-1.7
    720 ILCS 5/24-2.1from Ch. 38, par. 24-2.1
    720 ILCS 5/24-3.6
    720 ILCS 5/24-11 new
    720 ILCS 5/36-1from Ch. 38, par. 36-1
    725 ILCS 5/110-6.1from Ch. 38, par. 110-6.1
    730 ILCS 5/3-6-3
    730 ILCS 5/5-5-3.2
    730 ILCS 5/5-6-3.6