Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2426 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2426 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Kelly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/3-6 from Ch. 38, par. 3-6 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a prosecution for drug-induced homicide may be commenced within 10 years (rather than 3 years) after the commission of the offense. LRB104 10274 RLC 20348 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2426 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Kelly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/3-6 from Ch. 38, par. 3-6 720 ILCS 5/3-6 from Ch. 38, par. 3-6 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a prosecution for drug-induced homicide may be commenced within 10 years (rather than 3 years) after the commission of the offense. LRB104 10274 RLC 20348 b LRB104 10274 RLC 20348 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2426 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Kelly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a prosecution for drug-induced homicide may be commenced within 10 years (rather than 3 years) after the commission of the offense.
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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 3-6 as follows:
16	16	6 (720 ILCS 5/3-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 3-6)
17	17	7 Sec. 3-6. Extended limitations. The period within which a
18	18	8 prosecution must be commenced under the provisions of Section
19	19	9 3-5 or other applicable statute is extended under the
20	20	10 following conditions:
21	21	11 (a) A prosecution for theft involving a breach of a
22	22	12 fiduciary obligation to the aggrieved person may be commenced
23	23	13 as follows:
24	24	14 (1) If the aggrieved person is a minor or a person
25	25	15 under legal disability, then during the minority or legal
26	26	16 disability or within one year after the termination
27	27	17 thereof.
28	28	18 (2) In any other instance, within one year after the
29	29	19 discovery of the offense by an aggrieved person, or by a
30	30	20 person who has legal capacity to represent an aggrieved
31	31	21 person or has a legal duty to report the offense, and is
32	32	22 not himself or herself a party to the offense; or in the
33	33	23 absence of such discovery, within one year after the
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2426 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Kelly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	720 ILCS 5/3-6 from Ch. 38, par. 3-6 720 ILCS 5/3-6 from Ch. 38, par. 3-6
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40	40	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a prosecution for drug-induced homicide may be commenced within 10 years (rather than 3 years) after the commission of the offense.
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68	68	1 proper prosecuting officer becomes aware of the offense.
69	69	2 However, in no such case is the period of limitation so
70	70	3 extended more than 3 years beyond the expiration of the
71	71	4 period otherwise applicable.
72	72	5 (b) A prosecution for any offense based upon misconduct in
73	73	6 office by a public officer or employee may be commenced within
74	74	7 one year after discovery of the offense by a person having a
75	75	8 legal duty to report such offense, or in the absence of such
76	76	9 discovery, within one year after the proper prosecuting
77	77	10 officer becomes aware of the offense. However, in no such case
78	78	11 is the period of limitation so extended more than 3 years
79	79	12 beyond the expiration of the period otherwise applicable.
80	80	13 (b-5) When the victim is under 18 years of age at the time
81	81	14 of the offense, a prosecution for involuntary servitude,
82	82	15 involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in
83	83	16 persons and related offenses under Section 10-9 of this Code
84	84	17 may be commenced within 25 years of the victim attaining the
85	85	18 age of 18 years.
86	86	19 (b-6) When the victim is 18 years of age or over at the
87	87	20 time of the offense, a prosecution for involuntary servitude,
88	88	21 involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in
89	89	22 persons and related offenses under Section 10-9 of this Code
90	90	23 may be commenced within 25 years after the commission of the
91	91	24 offense.
92	92	25 (b-7) When the victim is under 18 years of age at the time
93	93	26 of the offense, a prosecution for female genital mutilation
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104	104	1 may be commenced at any time.
105	105	2 (c) (Blank).
106	106	3 (d) A prosecution for child pornography, aggravated child
107	107	4 pornography, indecent solicitation of a child, soliciting for
108	108	5 a juvenile prostitute, juvenile pimping, exploitation of a
109	109	6 child, or promoting juvenile prostitution except for keeping a
110	110	7 place of juvenile prostitution may be commenced within one
111	111	8 year of the victim attaining the age of 18 years. However, in
112	112	9 no such case shall the time period for prosecution expire
113	113	10 sooner than 3 years after the commission of the offense.
114	114	11 (e) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (j), a
115	115	12 prosecution for any offense involving sexual conduct or sexual
116	116	13 penetration, as defined in Section 11-0.1 of this Code, where
117	117	14 the defendant was within a professional or fiduciary
118	118	15 relationship or a purported professional or fiduciary
119	119	16 relationship with the victim at the time of the commission of
120	120	17 the offense may be commenced within one year after the
121	121	18 discovery of the offense by the victim.
122	122	19 (f) A prosecution for any offense set forth in Section 44
123	123	20 of the Environmental Protection Act may be commenced within 5
124	124	21 years after the discovery of such an offense by a person or
125	125	22 agency having the legal duty to report the offense or in the
126	126	23 absence of such discovery, within 5 years after the proper
127	127	24 prosecuting officer becomes aware of the offense.
128	128	25 (f-5) A prosecution for any offense set forth in Section
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142	142	3 (h) (Blank).
143	143	4 (i) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (j), a
144	144	5 prosecution for criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal
145	145	6 sexual assault, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse may be
146	146	7 commenced at any time. If the victim consented to the
147	147	8 collection of evidence using an Illinois State Police Sexual
148	148	9 Assault Evidence Collection Kit under the Sexual Assault
149	149	10 Survivors Emergency Treatment Act, it shall constitute
150	150	11 reporting for purposes of this Section.
151	151	12 Nothing in this subdivision (i) shall be construed to
152	152	13 shorten a period within which a prosecution must be commenced
153	153	14 under any other provision of this Section.
154	154	15 (i-5) A prosecution for armed robbery, home invasion,
155	155	16 kidnapping, or aggravated kidnaping may be commenced within 10
156	156	17 years of the commission of the offense if it arises out of the
157	157	18 same course of conduct and meets the criteria under one of the
158	158	19 offenses in subsection (i) of this Section.
159	159	20 (j) (1) When the victim is under 18 years of age at the
160	160	21 time of the offense, a prosecution for criminal sexual
161	161	22 assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory
162	162	23 criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual
163	163	24 abuse, felony criminal sexual abuse, or female genital
164	164	25 mutilation may be commenced at any time.
165	165	26 (2) When in circumstances other than as described in
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176	176	1 paragraph (1) of this subsection (j), when the victim is under
177	177	2 18 years of age at the time of the offense, a prosecution for
178	178	3 failure of a person who is required to report an alleged or
179	179	4 suspected commission of criminal sexual assault, aggravated
180	180	5 criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of
181	181	6 a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, or felony criminal
182	182	7 sexual abuse under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
183	183	8 Act may be commenced within 20 years after the child victim
184	184	9 attains 18 years of age.
185	185	10 (3) When the victim is under 18 years of age at the time of
186	186	11 the offense, a prosecution for misdemeanor criminal sexual
187	187	12 abuse may be commenced within 10 years after the child victim
188	188	13 attains 18 years of age.
189	189	14 (4) Nothing in this subdivision (j) shall be construed to
190	190	15 shorten a period within which a prosecution must be commenced
191	191	16 under any other provision of this Section.
192	192	17 (j-5) A prosecution for armed robbery, home invasion,
193	193	18 kidnapping, or aggravated kidnaping may be commenced at any
194	194	19 time if it arises out of the same course of conduct and meets
195	195	20 the criteria under one of the offenses in subsection (j) of
196	196	21 this Section.
197	197	22 (k) (Blank).
198	198	23 (l) A prosecution for any offense set forth in Section
199	199	24 26-4 of this Code may be commenced within one year after the
200	200	25 discovery of the offense by the victim of that offense.
201	201	26 (l-5) A prosecution for any offense involving sexual
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212	212	1 conduct or sexual penetration, as defined in Section 11-0.1 of
213	213	2 this Code, in which the victim was 18 years of age or older at
214	214	3 the time of the offense, may be commenced within one year after
215	215	4 the discovery of the offense by the victim when corroborating
216	216	5 physical evidence is available. The charging document shall
217	217	6 state that the statute of limitations is extended under this
218	218	7 subsection (l-5) and shall state the circumstances justifying
219	219	8 the extension. Nothing in this subsection (l-5) shall be
220	220	9 construed to shorten a period within which a prosecution must
221	221	10 be commenced under any other provision of this Section or
222	222	11 Section 3-5 of this Code.
223	223	12 (m) The prosecution shall not be required to prove at
224	224	13 trial facts which extend the general limitations in Section
225	225	14 3-5 of this Code when the facts supporting extension of the
226	226	15 period of general limitations are properly pled in the
227	227	16 charging document. Any challenge relating to the extension of
228	228	17 the general limitations period as defined in this Section
229	229	18 shall be exclusively conducted under Section 114-1 of the Code
230	230	19 of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
231	231	20 (n) A prosecution for any offense set forth in subsection
232	232	21 (a), (b), or (c) of Section 8A-3 or Section 8A-13 of the
233	233	22 Illinois Public Aid Code, in which the total amount of money
234	234	23 involved is $5,000 or more, including the monetary value of
235	235	24 food stamps and the value of commodities under Section 16-1 of
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