Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3599 Compare Versions

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1	1	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
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5	5	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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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
15	15	5 changing Section 26-7 as follows:
16	16	6 (720 ILCS 5/26-7)
17	17	7 Sec. 26-7. Disorderly conduct with a laser or laser
18	18	8 pointer.
19	19	9 (a) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:
20	20	10 "Aircraft" means any contrivance now known or
21	21	11 hereafter invented, used, or designed for navigation of or
22	22	12 flight in the air, but excluding parachutes.
23	23	13 "Laser" means both of the following:
24	24	14 (1) any device that utilizes the natural
25	25	15 oscillations of atoms or molecules between energy
26	26	16 levels for generating coherent electromagnetic
27	27	17 radiation in the ultraviolet, visible, or infrared
28	28	18 region of the spectrum and when discharged exceeds one
29	29	19 milliwatt continuous wave;
30	30	20 (2) any device designed or used to amplify
31	31	21 electromagnetic radiation by simulated emission that
32	32	22 is visible to the human eye.
33	33	23 "Laser pointer" means a hand-held device that emits
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68	68	1 light amplified by the stimulated emission of radiation
69	69	2 that is visible to the human eye.
70	70	3 "Laser sight" means a laser pointer that can be
71	71	4 attached to a firearm and can be used to improve the
72	72	5 accuracy of the firearm.
73	73	6 (b) A person commits disorderly conduct with a laser or
74	74	7 laser pointer when he or she intentionally or knowingly:
75	75	8 (1) aims an operating laser pointer at a person he or
76	76	9 she knows or reasonably should know to be a peace officer;
77	77	10 or
78	78	11 (2) aims and discharges a laser or other device that
79	79	12 creates visible light into the cockpit of an aircraft that
80	80	13 is in the process of taking off, landing, or is in flight;
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82	82	15 (3) aims a laser or laser pointer at a person or at a
83	83	16 person's residence without the consent of that person.
84	84	17 (c) Paragraph (2) of subsection (b) does not apply to the
85	85	18 following individuals who aim and discharge a laser or other
86	86	19 device at an aircraft:
87	87	20 (1) an authorized individual in the conduct of
88	88	21 research and development or flight test operations
89	89	22 conducted by an aircraft manufacturer, the Federal
90	90	23 Aviation Administration, or any other person authorized by
91	91	24 the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct this
92	92	25 research and development or flight test operations; or
93	93	26 (2) members or elements of the Department of Defense
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104	104	1 or Department of Homeland Security acting in an official
105	105	2 capacity for the purpose of research, development,
106	106	3 operations, testing, or training.
107	107	4 (d) Sentence. Disorderly conduct with a laser or laser
108	108	5 pointer is a Class A misdemeanor.
109	109	6 (Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)
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