House Sponsors: FEIGENHOLTZ-O'BRIEN-KENNER-OSMOND-MYERS,RICHARD, GARRETT AND GILES. Senate Sponsors: KLEMM-SILVERSTEIN Short description: CRIM CD-TAKING IDENTITY Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of taking the identity of another person. Provides that it is a Class 4 felony to take the name, birth date, or social security number of another person, without that other person's consent and with the intent to obtain or use the other person's identity for an unlawful purpose or to cause economic loss to another person. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 720 ILCS 5/17-23 new Adds reference to: 720 ILCS 5/Art. 16G heading new 720 ILCS 5/16G-1 new 720 ILCS 5/16G-5 new 720 ILCS 5/16G-10 new 720 ILCS 5/16G-15 new 720 ILCS 5/16G-20 new 720 ILCS 5/16G-25 new Deletes the title and everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of financial identity theft. Provides that it is unlawful to knowingly use personal identifying information or a personal identification document of another person to obtain credit, money, goods, services, or other property in the name of the other person, without the written authorization of the other person and knowingly representing that he or she is the other person or is acting with the authorization of the other person. Creates the offense of aggravated financial identity theft defined as committing the offense of financial identity theft against a person at least 60 years of age or against a disabled person. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Changes the elements of the offense of financial identity theft to knowingly using personal identifying information or personal identification documents of another person to fraudulently obtain credit, money, goods, services, or other property in the name of the other person. Deletes provision that requires that the obtaining of the property must be without the written authorization of the other person and that the offender must represent that he or she is the person or is acting with the authorization of the other person. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 01-01-09 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 2 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status