Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1773 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1773 Introduced , by Rep. Gregg Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/16-0.1720 ILCS 5/16-19.1 new Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person shall not take, hold, conceal, or destroy mail addressed to another person with the intent to defraud any person or deprive the person to whom the mail was addressed of the mail. Provides that a person who violates this provision is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Provides that the provision applies if the victim of the offense is an individual whether the individual whose mail is obtained, or attempted to be obtained, is alive or deceased at the time of the violation. Provides that the provision does not prohibit a person from being charged with, convicted of, or sentenced for any other violation of law committed by that person using mail obtained in violation of the provision or any other violation of law committed by that person while violating or attempting to violate the provision. Defines "mail" and "person". Effective immediately. LRB104 07794 RLC 17839 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1773 Introduced , by Rep. Gregg Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/16-0.1720 ILCS 5/16-19.1 new 720 ILCS 5/16-0.1 720 ILCS 5/16-19.1 new Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person shall not take, hold, conceal, or destroy mail addressed to another person with the intent to defraud any person or deprive the person to whom the mail was addressed of the mail. Provides that a person who violates this provision is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Provides that the provision applies if the victim of the offense is an individual whether the individual whose mail is obtained, or attempted to be obtained, is alive or deceased at the time of the violation. Provides that the provision does not prohibit a person from being charged with, convicted of, or sentenced for any other violation of law committed by that person using mail obtained in violation of the provision or any other violation of law committed by that person while violating or attempting to violate the provision. Defines "mail" and "person". Effective immediately. LRB104 07794 RLC 17839 b LRB104 07794 RLC 17839 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1773 Introduced , by Rep. Gregg Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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6	6	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person shall not take, hold, conceal, or destroy mail addressed to another person with the intent to defraud any person or deprive the person to whom the mail was addressed of the mail. Provides that a person who violates this provision is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Provides that the provision applies if the victim of the offense is an individual whether the individual whose mail is obtained, or attempted to be obtained, is alive or deceased at the time of the violation. Provides that the provision does not prohibit a person from being charged with, convicted of, or sentenced for any other violation of law committed by that person using mail obtained in violation of the provision or any other violation of law committed by that person while violating or attempting to violate the provision. Defines "mail" and "person". Effective immediately.
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12	12	1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
13	13	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
14	14	3 represented in the General Assembly:
15	15	4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
16	16	5 changing Section 16-0.1 and by adding Section 16-19.1 as
17	17	6 follows:
18	18	7 (720 ILCS 5/16-0.1)
19	19	8 Sec. 16-0.1. Definitions. In this Article, unless the
20	20	9 context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms are
21	21	10 defined as indicated:
22	22	11 "Access" means to use, instruct, communicate with, store
23	23	12 data in, retrieve or intercept data from, or otherwise utilize
24	24	13 any services of a computer.
25	25	14 "Coin-operated machine" includes any automatic vending
26	26	15 machine or any part thereof, parking meter, coin telephone,
27	27	16 coin-operated transit turnstile, transit fare box, coin
28	28	17 laundry machine, coin dry cleaning machine, amusement machine,
29	29	18 music machine, vending machine dispensing goods or services,
30	30	19 or money changer.
31	31	20 "Communication device" means any type of instrument,
32	32	21 device, machine, or equipment which is capable of
33	33	22 transmitting, acquiring, decrypting, or receiving any
34	34	23 telephonic, electronic, data, Internet access, audio, video,
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38	38	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1773 Introduced , by Rep. Gregg Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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42	42	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person shall not take, hold, conceal, or destroy mail addressed to another person with the intent to defraud any person or deprive the person to whom the mail was addressed of the mail. Provides that a person who violates this provision is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Provides that the provision applies if the victim of the offense is an individual whether the individual whose mail is obtained, or attempted to be obtained, is alive or deceased at the time of the violation. Provides that the provision does not prohibit a person from being charged with, convicted of, or sentenced for any other violation of law committed by that person using mail obtained in violation of the provision or any other violation of law committed by that person while violating or attempting to violate the provision. Defines "mail" and "person". Effective immediately.
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71	71	1 microwave, or radio transmissions, signals, communications, or
72	72	2 services, including the receipt, acquisition, transmission, or
73	73	3 decryption of all such communications, transmissions, signals,
74	74	4 or services provided by or through any cable television, fiber
75	75	5 optic, telephone, satellite, microwave, radio, Internet-based,
76	76	6 data transmission, or wireless distribution network, system or
77	77	7 facility; or any part, accessory, or component thereof,
78	78	8 including any computer circuit, security module, smart card,
79	79	9 software, computer chip, electronic mechanism or other
80	80	10 component, accessory or part of any communication device which
81	81	11 is capable of facilitating the transmission, decryption,
82	82	12 acquisition or reception of all such communications,
83	83	13 transmissions, signals, or services.
84	84	14 "Communication service" means any service lawfully
85	85	15 provided for a charge or compensation to facilitate the lawful
86	86	16 origination, transmission, emission, or reception of signs,
87	87	17 signals, data, writings, images, and sounds or intelligence of
88	88	18 any nature by telephone, including cellular telephones or a
89	89	19 wire, wireless, radio, electromagnetic, photo-electronic or
90	90	20 photo-optical system; and also any service lawfully provided
91	91	21 by any radio, telephone, cable television, fiber optic,
92	92	22 satellite, microwave, Internet-based or wireless distribution
93	93	23 network, system, facility or technology, including, but not
94	94	24 limited to, any and all electronic, data, video, audio,
95	95	25 Internet access, telephonic, microwave and radio
96	96	26 communications, transmissions, signals and services, and any
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107	107	1 such communications, transmissions, signals and services
108	108	2 lawfully provided directly or indirectly by or through any of
109	109	3 those networks, systems, facilities or technologies.
110	110	4 "Communication service provider" means: (1) any person or
111	111	5 entity providing any communication service, whether directly
112	112	6 or indirectly, as a reseller, including, but not limited to, a
113	113	7 cellular, paging or other wireless communications company or
114	114	8 other person or entity which, for a fee, supplies the
115	115	9 facility, cell site, mobile telephone switching office or
116	116	10 other equipment or communication service; (2) any person or
117	117	11 entity owning or operating any cable television, fiber optic,
118	118	12 satellite, telephone, wireless, microwave, radio, data
119	119	13 transmission or Internet-based distribution network, system or
120	120	14 facility; and (3) any person or entity providing any
121	121	15 communication service directly or indirectly by or through any
122	122	16 such distribution system, network or facility.
123	123	17 "Computer" means a device that accepts, processes, stores,
124	124	18 retrieves or outputs data, and includes but is not limited to
125	125	19 auxiliary storage and telecommunications devices connected to
126	126	20 computers.
127	127	21 "Continuing course of conduct" means a series of acts, and
128	128	22 the accompanying mental state necessary for the crime in
129	129	23 question, irrespective of whether the series of acts are
130	130	24 continuous or intermittent.
131	131	25 "Delivery container" means any bakery basket of wire or
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143	143	1 any dairy case of wire or plastic used to transport or store
144	144	2 dairy products, and any dolly or cart of 2 or 4 wheels used to
145	145	3 transport or store any bakery or dairy product.
146	146	4 "Document-making implement" means any implement,
147	147	5 impression, template, computer file, computer disc, electronic
148	148	6 device, computer hardware, computer software, instrument, or
149	149	7 device that is used to make a real or fictitious or fraudulent
150	150	8 personal identification document.
151	151	9 "Financial transaction device" means any of the following:
152	152	10 (1) An electronic funds transfer card.
153	153	11 (2) A credit card.
154	154	12 (3) A debit card.
155	155	13 (4) A point-of-sale card.
156	156	14 (5) Any instrument, device, card, plate, code, account
157	157	15 number, personal identification number, or a record or
158	158	16 copy of a code, account number, or personal identification
159	159	17 number or other means of access to a credit account or
160	160	18 deposit account, or a driver's license or State
161	161	19 identification card used to access a proprietary account,
162	162	20 other than access originated solely by a paper instrument,
163	163	21 that can be used alone or in conjunction with another
164	164	22 access device, for any of the following purposes:
165	165	23 (A) Obtaining money, cash refund or credit
166	166	24 account, credit, goods, services, or any other thing
167	167	25 of value.
168	168	26 (B) Certifying or guaranteeing to a person or
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179	179	1 business the availability to the device holder of
180	180	2 funds on deposit to honor a draft or check payable to
181	181	3 the order of that person or business.
182	182	4 (C) Providing the device holder access to a
183	183	5 deposit account for the purpose of making deposits,
184	184	6 withdrawing funds, transferring funds between deposit
185	185	7 accounts, obtaining information pertaining to a
186	186	8 deposit account, or making an electronic funds
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188	188	10 "Full retail value" means the merchant's stated or
189	189	11 advertised price of the merchandise. "Full retail value"
190	190	12 includes the aggregate value of property obtained from retail
191	191	13 thefts committed by the same person as part of a continuing
192	192	14 course of conduct from one or more mercantile establishments
193	193	15 in a single transaction or in separate transactions over a
194	194	16 period of one year.
195	195	17 "Internet" means an interactive computer service or system
196	196	18 or an information service, system, or access software provider
197	197	19 that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to
198	198	20 a computer server, and includes, but is not limited to, an
199	199	21 information service, system, or access software provider that
200	200	22 provides access to a network system commonly known as the
201	201	23 Internet, or any comparable system or service and also
202	202	24 includes, but is not limited to, a World Wide Web page,
203	203	25 newsgroup, message board, mailing list, or chat area on any
204	204	26 interactive computer service or system or other online
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215	215	1 service.
216	216	2 "Library card" means a card or plate issued by a library
217	217	3 facility for purposes of identifying the person to whom the
218	218	4 library card was issued as authorized to borrow library
219	219	5 material, subject to all limitations and conditions imposed on
220	220	6 the borrowing by the library facility issuing such card.
221	221	7 "Library facility" includes any public library or museum,
222	222	8 or any library or museum of an educational, historical or
223	223	9 eleemosynary institution, organization or society.
224	224	10 "Library material" includes any book, plate, picture,
225	225	11 photograph, engraving, painting, sculpture, statue, artifact,
226	226	12 drawing, map, newspaper, pamphlet, broadside, magazine,
227	227	13 manuscript, document, letter, microfilm, sound recording,
228	228	14 audiovisual material, magnetic or other tape, electronic data
229	229	15 processing record or other documentary, written or printed
230	230	16 material regardless of physical form or characteristics, or
231	231	17 any part thereof, belonging to, or on loan to or otherwise in
232	232	18 the custody of a library facility.
233	233	19 "Mail" means a letter, postal card, package, bag, or any
234	234	20 other article or thing contained therein, or other sealed
235	235	21 article addressed to a person.
236	236	22 "Manufacture or assembly of an unlawful access device"
237	237	23 means to make, produce or assemble an unlawful access device
238	238	24 or to modify, alter, program or re-program any instrument,
239	239	25 device, machine, equipment or software so that it is capable
240	240	26 of defeating or circumventing any technology, device or
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251	251	1 software used by the provider, owner or licensee of a
252	252	2 communication service or of any data, audio or video programs
253	253	3 or transmissions to protect any such communication, data,
254	254	4 audio or video services, programs or transmissions from
255	255	5 unauthorized access, acquisition, disclosure, receipt,
256	256	6 decryption, communication, transmission or re-transmission.
257	257	7 "Manufacture or assembly of an unlawful communication
258	258	8 device" means to make, produce or assemble an unlawful
259	259	9 communication or wireless device or to modify, alter, program
260	260	10 or reprogram a communication or wireless device to be capable
261	261	11 of acquiring, disrupting, receiving, transmitting, decrypting,
262	262	12 or facilitating the acquisition, disruption, receipt,
263	263	13 transmission or decryption of, a communication service without
264	264	14 the express consent or express authorization of the
265	265	15 communication service provider, or to knowingly assist others
266	266	16 in those activities.
267	267	17 "Master sound recording" means the original physical
268	268	18 object on which a given set of sounds were first recorded and
269	269	19 which the original object from which all subsequent sound
270	270	20 recordings embodying the same set of sounds are directly or
271	271	21 indirectly derived.
272	272	22 "Merchandise" means any item of tangible personal
273	273	23 property, including motor fuel.
274	274	24 "Merchant" means an owner or operator of any retail
275	275	25 mercantile establishment or any agent, employee, lessee,
276	276	26 consignee, officer, director, franchisee, or independent
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287	287	1 contractor of the owner or operator. "Merchant" also means a
288	288	2 person who receives from an authorized user of a payment card,
289	289	3 or someone the person believes to be an authorized user, a
290	290	4 payment card or information from a payment card, or what the
291	291	5 person believes to be a payment card or information from a
292	292	6 payment card, as the instrument for obtaining, purchasing or
293	293	7 receiving goods, services, money, or anything else of value
294	294	8 from the person.
295	295	9 "Motor fuel" means a liquid, regardless of its properties,
296	296	10 used to propel a vehicle, including gasoline and diesel.
297	297	11 "Online" means the use of any electronic or wireless
298	298	12 device to access the Internet.
299	299	13 "Payment card" means a credit card, charge card, debit
300	300	14 card, or any other card that is issued to an authorized card
301	301	15 user and that allows the user to obtain, purchase, or receive
302	302	16 goods, services, money, or anything else of value from a
303	303	17 merchant.
304	304	18 "Person with a disability" means a person who suffers from
305	305	19 a physical or mental impairment resulting from disease,
306	306	20 injury, functional disorder or congenital condition that
307	307	21 impairs the individual's mental or physical ability to
308	308	22 independently manage his or her property or financial
309	309	23 resources, or both.
310	310	24 "Personal identification document" means a birth
311	311	25 certificate, a driver's license, a State identification card,
312	312	26 a public, government, or private employment identification
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323	323	1 card, a social security card, a firearm owner's identification
324	324	2 card, a credit card, a debit card, or a passport issued to or
325	325	3 on behalf of a person other than the offender, or any document
326	326	4 made or issued, or falsely purported to have been made or
327	327	5 issued, by or under the authority of the United States
328	328	6 Government, the State of Illinois, or any other state
329	329	7 political subdivision of any state, or any other governmental
330	330	8 or quasi-governmental organization that is of a type intended
331	331	9 for the purpose of identification of an individual, or any
332	332	10 such document made or altered in a manner that it falsely
333	333	11 purports to have been made on behalf of or issued to another
334	334	12 person or by the authority of one who did not give that
335	335	13 authority.
336	336	14 "Personal identifying information" means any of the
337	337	15 following information:
338	338	16 (1) A person's name.
339	339	17 (2) A person's address.
340	340	18 (3) A person's date of birth.
341	341	19 (4) A person's telephone number.
342	342	20 (5) A person's driver's license number or State of
343	343	21 Illinois identification card as assigned by the Secretary
344	344	22 of State of the State of Illinois or a similar agency of
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346	346	24 (6) A person's social security number.
347	347	25 (7) A person's public, private, or government
348	348	26 employer, place of employment, or employment
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359	359	1 identification number.
360	360	2 (8) The maiden name of a person's mother.
361	361	3 (9) The number assigned to a person's depository
362	362	4 account, savings account, or brokerage account.
363	363	5 (10) The number assigned to a person's credit or debit
364	364	6 card, commonly known as a "Visa Card", "MasterCard",
365	365	7 "American Express Card", "Discover Card", or other similar
366	366	8 cards whether issued by a financial institution,
367	367	9 corporation, or business entity.
368	368	10 (11) Personal identification numbers.
369	369	11 (12) Electronic identification numbers.
370	370	12 (13) Digital signals.
371	371	13 (14) User names, passwords, and any other word,
372	372	14 number, character or combination of the same usable in
373	373	15 whole or part to access information relating to a specific
374	374	16 individual, or to the actions taken, communications made
375	375	17 or received, or other activities or transactions of a
376	376	18 specific individual.
377	377	19 (15) Any other numbers or information which can be
378	378	20 used to access a person's financial resources, or to
379	379	21 identify a specific individual, or the actions taken,
380	380	22 communications made or received, or other activities or
381	381	23 transactions of a specific individual.
382	382	24 "Premises of a retail mercantile establishment" includes,
383	383	25 but is not limited to, the retail mercantile establishment;
384	384	26 any common use areas in shopping centers; and all parking
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395	395	1 areas set aside by a merchant or on behalf of a merchant for
396	396	2 the parking of vehicles for the convenience of the patrons of
397	397	3 such retail mercantile establishment.
398	398	4 "Public water, gas, or power supply, or other public
399	399	5 services" mean any service subject to regulation by the
400	400	6 Illinois Commerce Commission; any service furnished by a
401	401	7 public utility that is owned and operated by any political
402	402	8 subdivision, public institution of higher education or
403	403	9 municipal corporation of this State; any service furnished by
404	404	10 any public utility that is owned by such political
405	405	11 subdivision, public institution of higher education, or
406	406	12 municipal corporation and operated by any of its lessees or
407	407	13 operating agents; any service furnished by an electric
408	408	14 cooperative as defined in Section 3.4 of the Electric Supplier
409	409	15 Act; or wireless service or other service regulated by the
410	410	16 Federal Communications Commission.
411	411	17 "Publish" means to communicate or disseminate information
412	412	18 to any one or more persons, either orally, in person, or by
413	413	19 telephone, radio or television or in writing of any kind,
414	414	20 including, without limitation, a letter or memorandum,
415	415	21 circular or handbill, newspaper or magazine article or book.
416	416	22 "Radio frequency identification device" means any
417	417	23 implement, computer file, computer disc, electronic device,
418	418	24 computer hardware, computer software, or instrument that is
419	419	25 used to activate, read, receive, or decode information stored
420	420	26 on a RFID tag or transponder attached to a personal
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431	431	1 identification document.
432	432	2 "RFID tag or transponder" means a chip or device that
433	433	3 contains personal identifying information from which the
434	434	4 personal identifying information can be read or decoded by
435	435	5 another device emitting a radio frequency that activates or
436	436	6 powers a radio frequency emission response from the chip or
437	437	7 transponder.
438	438	8 "Reencoder" means an electronic device that places encoded
439	439	9 information from the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment
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442	442	12 "Retail mercantile establishment" means any place where
443	443	13 merchandise is displayed, held, stored or offered for sale to
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445	445	15 "Scanning device" means a scanner, reader, or any other
446	446	16 electronic device that is used to access, read, scan, obtain,
447	447	17 memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information
448	448	18 encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card.
449	449	19 "Shopping cart" means those push carts of the type or
450	450	20 types which are commonly provided by grocery stores, drug
451	451	21 stores or other retail mercantile establishments for the use
452	452	22 of the public in transporting commodities in stores and
453	453	23 markets and, incidentally, from the stores to a place outside
454	454	24 the store.
455	455	25 "Sound or audio visual recording" means any sound or audio
456	456	26 visual phonograph record, disc, pre-recorded tape, film, wire,
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467	467	1 magnetic tape or other object, device or medium, now known or
468	468	2 hereafter invented, by which sounds or images may be
469	469	3 reproduced with or without the use of any additional machine,
470	470	4 equipment or device.
471	471	5 "Stored value card" means any card, gift card, instrument,
472	472	6 or device issued with or without fee for the use of the
473	473	7 cardholder to obtain money, goods, services, or anything else
474	474	8 of value. Stored value cards include, but are not limited to,
475	475	9 cards issued for use as a stored value card or gift card, and
476	476	10 an account identification number or symbol used to identify a
477	477	11 stored value card. "Stored value card" does not include a
478	478	12 prepaid card usable at multiple, unaffiliated merchants or at
479	479	13 automated teller machines, or both. "Stored value card" shall
480	480	14 only apply to Section 16-25.1 of this Act.
481	481	15 "Theft detection device remover" means any tool or device
482	482	16 specifically designed and intended to be used to remove any
483	483	17 theft detection device from any merchandise.
484	484	18 "Under-ring" means to cause the cash register or other
485	485	19 sales recording device to reflect less than the full retail
486	486	20 value of the merchandise.
487	487	21 "Unidentified sound or audio visual recording" means a
488	488	22 sound or audio visual recording without the actual name and
489	489	23 full and correct street address of the manufacturer, and the
490	490	24 name of the actual performers or groups prominently and
491	491	25 legibly printed on the outside cover or jacket and on the label
492	492	26 of such sound or audio visual recording.
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503	503	1 "Unlawful access device" means any type of instrument,
504	504	2 device, machine, equipment, technology, or software which is
505	505	3 primarily possessed, used, designed, assembled, manufactured,
506	506	4 sold, distributed or offered, promoted or advertised for the
507	507	5 purpose of defeating or circumventing any technology, device
508	508	6 or software, or any component or part thereof, used by the
509	509	7 provider, owner or licensee of any communication service or of
510	510	8 any data, audio or video programs or transmissions to protect
511	511	9 any such communication, audio or video services, programs or
512	512	10 transmissions from unauthorized access, acquisition, receipt,
513	513	11 decryption, disclosure, communication, transmission or
514	514	12 re-transmission.
515	515	13 "Unlawful communication device" means any electronic
516	516	14 serial number, mobile identification number, personal
517	517	15 identification number or any communication or wireless device
518	518	16 that is capable of acquiring or facilitating the acquisition
519	519	17 of a communication service without the express consent or
520	520	18 express authorization of the communication service provider,
521	521	19 or that has been altered, modified, programmed or
522	522	20 reprogrammed, alone or in conjunction with another
523	523	21 communication or wireless device or other equipment, to so
524	524	22 acquire or facilitate the unauthorized acquisition of a
525	525	23 communication service. "Unlawful communication device" also
526	526	24 means:
527	527	25 (1) any phone altered to obtain service without the
528	528	26 express consent or express authorization of the
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539	539	1 communication service provider, tumbler phone, counterfeit
540	540	2 or clone phone, tumbler microchip, counterfeit or clone
541	541	3 microchip, scanning receiver of wireless communication
542	542	4 service or other instrument capable of disguising its
543	543	5 identity or location or of gaining unauthorized access to
544	544	6 a communications or wireless system operated by a
545	545	7 communication service provider; and
546	546	8 (2) any communication or wireless device which is
547	547	9 capable of, or has been altered, designed, modified,
548	548	10 programmed or reprogrammed, alone or in conjunction with
549	549	11 another communication or wireless device or devices, so as
550	550	12 to be capable of, facilitating the disruption,
551	551	13 acquisition, receipt, transmission or decryption of a
552	552	14 communication service without the express consent or
553	553	15 express authorization of the communication service
554	554	16 provider, including, but not limited to, any device,
555	555	17 technology, product, service, equipment, computer software
556	556	18 or component or part thereof, primarily distributed, sold,
557	557	19 designed, assembled, manufactured, modified, programmed,
558	558	20 reprogrammed or used for the purpose of providing the
559	559	21 unauthorized receipt of, transmission of, disruption of,
560	560	22 decryption of, access to or acquisition of any
561	561	23 communication service provided by any communication
562	562	24 service provider.
563	563	25 "Vehicle" means a motor vehicle, motorcycle, or farm
564	564	26 implement that is self-propelled and that uses motor fuel for
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575	575	1 propulsion.
576	576	2 "Wireless device" includes any type of instrument, device,
577	577	3 machine, or equipment that is capable of transmitting or
578	578	4 receiving telephonic, electronic or radio communications, or
579	579	5 any part of such instrument, device, machine, or equipment, or
580	580	6 any computer circuit, computer chip, electronic mechanism, or
581	581	7 other component that is capable of facilitating the
582	582	8 transmission or reception of telephonic, electronic, or radio
583	583	9 communications.
584	584	10 (Source: P.A. 102-757, eff. 5-13-22.)
585	585	11 (720 ILCS 5/16-19.1 new)
586	586	12 Sec. 16-19.1. Mail and mail depository theft.
587	587	13 (a) In this Section, "person" means an individual,
588	588	14 partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
589	589	15 association, or other legal entity.
590	590	16 (b) A person shall not take, hold, conceal, or destroy
591	591	17 mail addressed to another person with the intent to defraud
592	592	18 any person or deprive the person to whom the mail was addressed
593	593	19 of the mail.
594	594	20 (c) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is guilty
595	595	21 of a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 3
596	596	22 felony for a second or subsequent offense.
597	597	23 (d) This Section applies if the victim of the offense is an
598	598	24 individual whether the individual whose mail is obtained, or
599	599	25 attempted to be obtained, is alive or deceased at the time of
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610	610	1 the violation.
611	611	2 (e) This Section does not prohibit a person from being
612	612	3 charged with, convicted of, or sentenced for any other
613	613	4 violation of law committed by that person using mail obtained
614	614	5 in violation of this Section or any other violation of law
615	615	6 committed by that person while violating or attempting to
616	616	7 violate this Section.
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