Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

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	1	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3671 Introduced , by Rep. Terra Costa Howard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/1-6 from Ch. 38, par. 1-6 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who commits the offense of non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images may be tried in any one of the following counties in which: (1) the offense occurred; or (2) the victim resides. LRB104 06260 RLC 16295 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3671 Introduced , by Rep. Terra Costa Howard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/1-6 from Ch. 38, par. 1-6 720 ILCS 5/1-6 from Ch. 38, par. 1-6 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who commits the offense of non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images may be tried in any one of the following counties in which: (1) the offense occurred; or (2) the victim resides. LRB104 06260 RLC 16295 b LRB104 06260 RLC 16295 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3671 Introduced , by Rep. Terra Costa Howard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
	3	+	720 ILCS 5/1-6 from Ch. 38, par. 1-6 720 ILCS 5/1-6 from Ch. 38, par. 1-6
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	5	+	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who commits the offense of non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images may be tried in any one of the following counties in which: (1) the offense occurred; or (2) the victim resides.
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3	11		1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
4	12		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	13		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	14		4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
7	15		5 changing Section 1-6 as follows:
8	16		6 (720 ILCS 5/1-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 1-6)
9	17		7 Sec. 1-6. Place of trial.
10	18		8 (a) Generally.
11	19		9 Criminal actions shall be tried in the county where the
12	20		10 offense was committed, except as otherwise provided by law.
13	21		11 The State is not required to prove during trial that the
14	22		12 alleged offense occurred in any particular county in this
15	23		13 State. When a defendant contests the place of trial under this
16	24		14 Section, all proceedings regarding this issue shall be
17	25		15 conducted under Section 114-1 of the Code of Criminal
18	26		16 Procedure of 1963. All objections of improper place of trial
19	27		17 are waived by a defendant unless made before trial.
20	28		18 (b) Assailant and Victim in Different Counties.
21	29		19 If a person committing an offense upon the person of
22	30		20 another is located in one county and his victim is located in
23	31		21 another county at the time of the commission of the offense,
24	32		22 trial may be had in either of said counties.
25	33		23 (c) Death and Cause of Death in Different Places or
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	37	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3671 Introduced , by Rep. Terra Costa Howard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
	38	+	720 ILCS 5/1-6 from Ch. 38, par. 1-6 720 ILCS 5/1-6 from Ch. 38, par. 1-6
	39	+	720 ILCS 5/1-6 from Ch. 38, par. 1-6
	40	+	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who commits the offense of non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images may be tried in any one of the following counties in which: (1) the offense occurred; or (2) the victim resides.
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35	69		2 If cause of death is inflicted in one county and death
36	70		3 ensues in another county, the offender may be tried in either
37	71		4 county. If neither the county in which the cause of death was
38	72		5 inflicted nor the county in which death ensued are known
39	73		6 before trial, the offender may be tried in the county where the
40	74		7 body was found.
41	75		8 (d) Offense Commenced Outside the State.
42	76		9 If the commission of an offense commenced outside the
43	77		10 State is consummated within this State, the offender shall be
44	78		11 tried in the county where the offense is consummated.
45	79		12 (e) Offenses Committed in Bordering Navigable Waters.
46	80		13 If an offense is committed on any of the navigable waters
47	81		14 bordering on this State, the offender may be tried in any
48	82		15 county adjacent to such navigable water.
49	83		16 (f) Offenses Committed while in Transit.
50	84		17 If an offense is committed upon any railroad car, vehicle,
51	85		18 watercraft or aircraft passing within this State, and it
52	86		19 cannot readily be determined in which county the offense was
53	87		20 committed, the offender may be tried in any county through
54	88		21 which such railroad car, vehicle, watercraft or aircraft has
55	89		22 passed.
56	90		23 (g) Theft.
57	91		24 A person who commits theft of property may be tried in any
58	92		25 county in which he exerted control over such property.
59	93		26 (h) Bigamy.
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70	104		1 A person who commits the offense of bigamy may be tried in
71	105		2 any county where the bigamous marriage or bigamous
72	106		3 cohabitation has occurred.
73	107		4 (i) Kidnaping.
74	108		5 A person who commits the offense of kidnaping may be tried
75	109		6 in any county in which his victim has traveled or has been
76	110		7 confined during the course of the offense.
77	111		8 (j) Pandering.
78	112		9 A person who commits the offense of pandering as set forth
79	113		10 in subdivision (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 11-14.3 may
80	114		11 be tried in any county in which the prostitution was practiced
81	115		12 or in any county in which any act in furtherance of the offense
82	116		13 shall have been committed.
83	117		14 (k) Treason.
84	118		15 A person who commits the offense of treason may be tried in
85	119		16 any county.
86	120		17 (l) Criminal Defamation.
87	121		18 If criminal defamation is spoken, printed or written in
88	122		19 one county and is received or circulated in another or other
89	123		20 counties, the offender shall be tried in the county where the
90	124		21 defamation is spoken, printed or written. If the defamation is
91	125		22 spoken, printed or written outside this state, or the offender
92	126		23 resides outside this state, the offender may be tried in any
93	127		24 county in this state in which the defamation was circulated or
94	128		25 received.
95	129		26 (m) Inchoate Offenses.
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106	140		1 A person who commits an inchoate offense may be tried in
107	141		2 any county in which any act which is an element of the offense,
108	142		3 including the agreement in conspiracy, is committed.
109	143		4 (n) Accountability for Conduct of Another.
110	144		5 Where a person in one county solicits, aids, abets,
111	145		6 agrees, or attempts to aid another in the planning or
112	146		7 commission of an offense in another county, he may be tried for
113	147		8 the offense in either county.
114	148		9 (o) Child Abduction.
115	149		10 A person who commits the offense of child abduction may be
116	150		11 tried in any county in which his victim has traveled, been
117	151		12 detained, concealed or removed to during the course of the
118	152		13 offense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless for good cause
119	153		14 shown, the preferred place of trial shall be the county of the
120	154		15 residence of the lawful custodian.
121	155		16 (p) A person who commits the offense of narcotics
122	156		17 racketeering may be tried in any county where cannabis or a
123	157		18 controlled substance which is the basis for the charge of
124	158		19 narcotics racketeering was used; acquired; transferred or
125	159		20 distributed to, from or through; or any county where any act
126	160		21 was performed to further the use; acquisition, transfer or
127	161		22 distribution of said cannabis or controlled substance; any
128	162		23 money, property, property interest, or any other asset
129	163		24 generated by narcotics activities was acquired, used, sold,
130	164		25 transferred or distributed to, from or through; or, any
131	165		26 enterprise interest obtained as a result of narcotics
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142	176		1 racketeering was acquired, used, transferred or distributed
143	177		2 to, from or through, or where any activity was conducted by the
144	178		3 enterprise or any conduct to further the interests of such an
145	179		4 enterprise.
146	180		5 (q) A person who commits the offense of money laundering
147	181		6 may be tried in any county where any part of a financial
148	182		7 transaction in criminally derived property took place or in
149	183		8 any county where any money or monetary instrument which is the
150	184		9 basis for the offense was acquired, used, sold, transferred or
151	185		10 distributed to, from or through.
152	186		11 (r) A person who commits the offense of cannabis
153	187		12 trafficking or controlled substance trafficking may be tried
154	188		13 in any county.
155	189		14 (s) A person who commits the offense of online sale of
156	190		15 stolen property, online theft by deception, or electronic
157	191		16 fencing may be tried in any county where any one or more
158	192		17 elements of the offense took place, regardless of whether the
159	193		18 element of the offense was the result of acts by the accused,
160	194		19 the victim or by another person, and regardless of whether the
161	195		20 defendant was ever physically present within the boundaries of
162	196		21 the county.
163	197		22 (t) A person who commits the offense of identity theft or
164	198		23 aggravated identity theft may be tried in any one of the
165	199		24 following counties in which: (1) the offense occurred; (2) the
166	200		25 information used to commit the offense was illegally used; or
167	201		26 (3) the victim resides.
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178		-	1 (u) A person who commits the offense of financial
179		-	2 exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a
180		-	3 disability may be tried in any one of the following counties in
181		-	4 which: (1) any part of the offense occurred; or (2) the victim
182		-	5 or one of the victims reside.
183		-	6 If a person is charged with more than one violation of
184		-	7 identity theft or aggravated identity theft and those
185		-	8 violations may be tried in more than one county, any of those
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187		-	10 (v) A person who commits the offense of non-consensual
188		-	11 dissemination of private sexual images may be tried in any one
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190		-	13 or (2) the victim resides.
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