Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1408 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1408 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Ugaste SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/26-1 from Ch. 38, par. 26-1 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that disorderly conduct, when a person knowingly does any act in such an unreasonable manner as to alarm or disturb another and to provoke a breach of the peace, is a Class A misdemeanor if the violation results or requires a business or facility to close during the breach of the peace. LRB104 03238 RLC 13260 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1408 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Ugaste SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/26-1 from Ch. 38, par. 26-1 720 ILCS 5/26-1 from Ch. 38, par. 26-1 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that disorderly conduct, when a person knowingly does any act in such an unreasonable manner as to alarm or disturb another and to provoke a breach of the peace, is a Class A misdemeanor if the violation results or requires a business or facility to close during the breach of the peace. LRB104 03238 RLC 13260 b LRB104 03238 RLC 13260 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1408 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Ugaste SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that disorderly conduct, when a person knowingly does any act in such an unreasonable manner as to alarm or disturb another and to provoke a breach of the peace, is a Class A misdemeanor if the violation results or requires a business or facility to close during the breach of the peace.
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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 26-1 as follows:
16	16	6 (720 ILCS 5/26-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 26-1)
17	17	7 Sec. 26-1. Disorderly conduct.
18	18	8 (a) A person commits disorderly conduct when he or she
19	19	9 knowingly:
20	20	10 (1) Does any act in such unreasonable manner as to
21	21	11 alarm or disturb another and to provoke a breach of the
22	22	12 peace;
23	23	13 (2) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
24	24	14 manner to the fire department of any city, town, village
25	25	15 or fire protection district a false alarm of fire, knowing
26	26	16 at the time of the transmission that there is no
27	27	17 reasonable ground for believing that the fire exists;
28	28	18 (3) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
29	29	19 manner to another a false alarm to the effect that a bomb
30	30	20 or other explosive of any nature or a container holding
31	31	21 poison gas, a deadly biological or chemical contaminant,
32	32	22 or radioactive substance is concealed in a place where its
33	33	23 explosion or release would endanger human life, knowing at
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1408 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Ugaste SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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68	68	1 the time of the transmission that there is no reasonable
69	69	2 ground for believing that the bomb, explosive or a
70	70	3 container holding poison gas, a deadly biological or
71	71	4 chemical contaminant, or radioactive substance is
72	72	5 concealed in the place;
73	73	6 (3.5) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
74	74	7 manner a threat of destruction of a school building or
75	75	8 school property, or a threat of violence, death, or bodily
76	76	9 harm directed against persons at a school, school
77	77	10 function, or school event, whether or not school is in
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79	79	12 (4) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
80	80	13 manner to any peace officer, public officer or public
81	81	14 employee a report to the effect that an offense will be
82	82	15 committed, is being committed, or has been committed,
83	83	16 knowing at the time of the transmission that there is no
84	84	17 reasonable ground for believing that the offense will be
85	85	18 committed, is being committed, or has been committed;
86	86	19 (5) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
87	87	20 manner a false report to any public safety agency without
88	88	21 the reasonable grounds necessary to believe that
89	89	22 transmitting the report is necessary for the safety and
90	90	23 welfare of the public;
91	91	24 (6) Calls or texts the number "911" or transmits or
92	92	25 causes to be transmitted in any manner to a public safety
93	93	26 agency or public safety answering point for the purpose of
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104	104	1 making or transmitting a false alarm or complaint and
105	105	2 reporting information when, at the time the call, text, or
106	106	3 transmission is made, the person knows there is no
107	107	4 reasonable ground for making the call, text, or
108	108	5 transmission and further knows that the call, text, or
109	109	6 transmission could result in the emergency response of any
110	110	7 public safety agency;
111	111	8 (7) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
112	112	9 manner a false report to the Department of Children and
113	113	10 Family Services under Section 4 of the Abused and
114	114	11 Neglected Child Reporting Act;
115	115	12 (8) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
116	116	13 manner a false report to the Department of Public Health
117	117	14 under the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental
118	118	15 Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community
119	119	16 Care Act, or the MC/DD Act;
120	120	17 (9) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
121	121	18 manner to the police department or fire department of any
122	122	19 municipality or fire protection district, or any privately
123	123	20 owned and operated ambulance service, a false request for
124	124	21 an ambulance, emergency medical technician-ambulance or
125	125	22 emergency medical technician-paramedic knowing at the time
126	126	23 there is no reasonable ground for believing that the
127	127	24 assistance is required;
128	128	25 (10) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
129	129	26 manner a false report under Article II of Public Act
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140	140	1 83-1432;
141	141	2 (11) Enters upon the property of another and for a
142	142	3 lewd or unlawful purpose deliberately looks into a
143	143	4 dwelling on the property through any window or other
144	144	5 opening in it; or
145	145	6 (12) While acting as a collection agency as defined in
146	146	7 the Collection Agency Act or as an employee of the
147	147	8 collection agency, and while attempting to collect an
148	148	9 alleged debt, makes a telephone call to the alleged debtor
149	149	10 which is designed to harass, annoy or intimidate the
150	150	11 alleged debtor.
151	151	12 (b) Sentence. A violation of subsection (a)(1) of this
152	152	13 Section is a Class C misdemeanor. A violation of subsection
153	153	14 (a)(1) of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor if the
154	154	15 violation results or requires a business or facility to close
155	155	16 during the breach of the peace. A violation of subsection
156	156	17 (a)(5) or (a)(11) of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor. A
157	157	18 violation of subsection (a)(8) or (a)(10) of this Section is a
158	158	19 Class B misdemeanor. A violation of subsection (a)(2),
159	159	20 (a)(3.5), (a)(4), (a)(6), (a)(7), or (a)(9) of this Section is
160	160	21 a Class 4 felony. A violation of subsection (a)(3) of this
161	161	22 Section is a Class 3 felony, for which a fine of not less than
162	162	23 $3,000 and no more than $10,000 shall be assessed in addition
163	163	24 to any other penalty imposed.
164	164	25 A violation of subsection (a)(12) of this Section is a
165	165	26 Business Offense and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
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176	176	1 $3,000. A second or subsequent violation of subsection (a)(7)
177	177	2 or (a)(5) of this Section is a Class 4 felony. A third or
178	178	3 subsequent violation of subsection (a)(11) of this Section is
179	179	4 a Class 4 felony.
180	180	5 (c) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed,
181	181	6 a court shall order any person convicted of disorderly conduct
182	182	7 to perform community service for not less than 30 and not more
183	183	8 than 120 hours, if community service is available in the
184	184	9 jurisdiction and is funded and approved by the county board of
185	185	10 the county where the offense was committed. In addition,
186	186	11 whenever any person is placed on supervision for an alleged
187	187	12 offense under this Section, the supervision shall be
188	188	13 conditioned upon the performance of the community service.
189	189	14 This subsection does not apply when the court imposes a
190	190	15 sentence of incarceration.
191	191	16 (d) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed,
192	192	17 the court shall order any person convicted of disorderly
193	193	18 conduct under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) involving a
194	194	19 false alarm of a threat that a bomb or explosive device has
195	195	20 been placed in a school that requires an emergency response to
196	196	21 reimburse the unit of government that employs the emergency
197	197	22 response officer or officers that were dispatched to the
198	198	23 school for the cost of the response. If the court determines
199	199	24 that the person convicted of disorderly conduct that requires
200	200	25 an emergency response to a school is indigent, the provisions
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