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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB3206 Introduced 2/18/2025, by Rep. Patrick Sheehan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 625 ILCS 5/11-204 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-204 |
| Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the penalty for fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony, and, for a third or subsequent violation, from a Class 4 felony to a Class 3 felony. |
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| | HB3206 | | LRB104 11407 LNS 21495 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 11-204 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-204) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-204) |
| 7 | | Sec. 11-204. Fleeing or attempting to elude a peace |
| 8 | | officer. |
| 9 | | (a) Any driver or operator of a motor vehicle who, having |
| 10 | | been given a visual or audible signal by a peace officer |
| 11 | | directing such driver or operator to bring his vehicle to a |
| 12 | | stop, wilfully fails or refuses to obey such direction, |
| 13 | | increases his speed, extinguishes his lights, or otherwise |
| 14 | | flees or attempts to elude the officer, is guilty of a Class 4 |
| 15 | | felony A misdemeanor. The signal given by the peace officer |
| 16 | | may be by hand, voice, siren, red or blue light. Provided, the |
| 17 | | officer giving such signal shall be in police uniform, and, if |
| 18 | | driving a vehicle, such vehicle shall display illuminated |
| 19 | | oscillating, rotating or flashing red or blue lights which |
| 20 | | when used in conjunction with an audible horn or siren would |
| 21 | | indicate the vehicle to be an official police vehicle. Such |
| 22 | | requirement shall not preclude the use of amber or white |
| 23 | | oscillating, rotating or flashing lights in conjunction with |