104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB0112
 
Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Sue Rezin
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-204.1  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-204.1
    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person convicted of the offense of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer commits: a Class 3 felony if the convicted person causes bodily injury to any bystander or member of the public; a Class 2 felony if the convicted person causes bodily injury to the pursuing peace officer; and a Class 1 felony if the convicted person causes great bodily injury or disablement to the pursuing peace officer.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 
5changing Section 11-204.1 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-204.1)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-204.1)
7    Sec. 11-204.1. Aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a 
8peace officer.
9    (a) The offense of aggravated fleeing or attempting to 
10elude a peace officer is committed by any driver or operator of 
11a motor vehicle who flees or attempts to elude a peace officer, 
12after being given a visual or audible signal by a peace officer 
13in the manner prescribed in subsection (a) of Section 11-204 
14of this Code, and such flight or attempt to elude:
15        (1) is at a rate of speed at least 21 miles per hour 
16    over the legal speed limit;
17        (2) causes bodily injury to any individual;
18        (3) causes damage in excess of $300 to property;
19        (4) involves disobedience of 2 or more official 
20    traffic control devices; or
21        (5) involves the concealing or altering of the 
22    vehicle's registration plate or digital registration 
23    plate. 
 
 
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1    (b) Except as provided in subsection (b-5), any Any person 
2convicted of a first violation of this Section shall be guilty 
3of a Class 4 felony. Upon notice of such a conviction the 
4Secretary of State shall forthwith revoke the driver's license 
5of the person so convicted, as provided in Section 6-205 of 
6this Code. Except as provided in subsection (b-5), any Any 
7person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this 
8Section shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony, and upon notice of 
9such a conviction the Secretary of State shall forthwith 
10revoke the driver's license of the person convicted, as 
11provided in Section 6-205 of the Code.
12    (b-5) Any person convicted of a violation of this Section 
13who causes bodily injury to any bystander or member of the 
14public is guilty of a Class 3 felony. Any person convicted of a 
15violation of this Section who causes bodily injury to the 
16pursuing peace officer is guilty of a Class 2 felony. Any 
17person convicted of a violation of this Section who causes 
18great bodily injury or disablement to a pursuing peace officer 
19is guilty of a Class 1 felony. 
20    (c) The motor vehicle used in a violation of this Section 
21is subject to seizure and forfeiture as provided in Sections 
2236-1 and 36-2 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
23(Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)