103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3599 Introduced , by Rep. Michelle Mussman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/26-7 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits disorderly conduct with a laser or laser pointer when he or she intentionally or knowingly aims a laser or laser pointer at a person or at a person's residence without the consent of that person. provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor. LRB103 29401 RLC 55792 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3599 Introduced , by Rep. Michelle Mussman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/26-7 720 ILCS 5/26-7 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits disorderly conduct with a laser or laser pointer when he or she intentionally or knowingly aims a laser or laser pointer at a person or at a person's residence without the consent of that person. provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor. LRB103 29401 RLC 55792 b LRB103 29401 RLC 55792 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3599 Introduced , by Rep. Michelle Mussman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits disorderly conduct with a laser or laser pointer when he or she intentionally or knowingly aims a laser or laser pointer at a person or at a person's residence without the consent of that person. provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor.
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1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
5 changing Section 26-7 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/26-7)
7 Sec. 26-7. Disorderly conduct with a laser or laser
8 pointer.
9 (a) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:
10 "Aircraft" means any contrivance now known or
11 hereafter invented, used, or designed for navigation of or
12 flight in the air, but excluding parachutes.
13 "Laser" means both of the following:
14 (1) any device that utilizes the natural
15 oscillations of atoms or molecules between energy
16 levels for generating coherent electromagnetic
17 radiation in the ultraviolet, visible, or infrared
18 region of the spectrum and when discharged exceeds one
19 milliwatt continuous wave;
20 (2) any device designed or used to amplify
21 electromagnetic radiation by simulated emission that
22 is visible to the human eye.
23 "Laser pointer" means a hand-held device that emits
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3599 Introduced , by Rep. Michelle Mussman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits disorderly conduct with a laser or laser pointer when he or she intentionally or knowingly aims a laser or laser pointer at a person or at a person's residence without the consent of that person. provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor.
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1 light amplified by the stimulated emission of radiation
2 that is visible to the human eye.
3 "Laser sight" means a laser pointer that can be
4 attached to a firearm and can be used to improve the
5 accuracy of the firearm.
6 (b) A person commits disorderly conduct with a laser or
7 laser pointer when he or she intentionally or knowingly:
8 (1) aims an operating laser pointer at a person he or
9 she knows or reasonably should know to be a peace officer;
10 or
11 (2) aims and discharges a laser or other device that
12 creates visible light into the cockpit of an aircraft that
13 is in the process of taking off, landing, or is in flight;
14 or
15 (3) aims a laser or laser pointer at a person or at a
16 person's residence without the consent of that person.
17 (c) Paragraph (2) of subsection (b) does not apply to the
18 following individuals who aim and discharge a laser or other
19 device at an aircraft:
20 (1) an authorized individual in the conduct of
21 research and development or flight test operations
22 conducted by an aircraft manufacturer, the Federal
23 Aviation Administration, or any other person authorized by
24 the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct this
25 research and development or flight test operations; or
26 (2) members or elements of the Department of Defense
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1 or Department of Homeland Security acting in an official
2 capacity for the purpose of research, development,
3 operations, testing, or training.
4 (d) Sentence. Disorderly conduct with a laser or laser
5 pointer is a Class A misdemeanor.
6 (Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)
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