Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB0289 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0289 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Steve McClure SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/26-1 from Ch. 38, par. 26-1 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits disorderly conduct when he or she knowingly transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner a threat of destruction of a child care institution or day care center building or property, or a threat of violence, death, or bodily harm directed against persons at a child care institution or day care center, a child care institution or day care center function, or a child care institution or day care center event, whether or not the child care institution or day care center is in session. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately. LRB104 03884 RLC 13908 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0289 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Steve McClure 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 a person commits disorderly conduct when he or she knowingly transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner a threat of destruction of a child care institution or day care center building or property, or a threat of violence, death, or bodily harm directed against persons at a child care institution or day care center, a child care institution or day care center function, or a child care institution or day care center event, whether or not the child care institution or day care center is in session. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately. LRB104 03884 RLC 13908 b LRB104 03884 RLC 13908 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0289 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Steve McClure SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits disorderly conduct when he or she knowingly transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner a threat of destruction of a child care institution or day care center building or property, or a threat of violence, death, or bodily harm directed against persons at a child care institution or day care center, a child care institution or day care center function, or a child care institution or day care center event, whether or not the child care institution or day care center is in session. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.
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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 SB0289 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Steve McClure SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	720 ILCS 5/26-1 from Ch. 38, par. 26-1 720 ILCS 5/26-1 from Ch. 38, par. 26-1
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40	40	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits disorderly conduct when he or she knowingly transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner a threat of destruction of a child care institution or day care center building or property, or a threat of violence, death, or bodily harm directed against persons at a child care institution or day care center, a child care institution or day care center function, or a child care institution or day care center event, whether or not the child care institution or day care center is in session. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.
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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
78	78	11 session;
79	79	12 (3.6) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
80	80	13 manner a threat of destruction of a child care institution
81	81	14 or day care center building or property, or a threat of
82	82	15 violence, death, or bodily harm directed against persons
83	83	16 at a child care institution or day care center, a child
84	84	17 care institution or day care center function, or a child
85	85	18 care institution or day care center event, whether or not
86	86	19 the child care institution or day care center is in
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88	88	21 (4) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
89	89	22 manner to any peace officer, public officer or public
90	90	23 employee a report to the effect that an offense will be
91	91	24 committed, is being committed, or has been committed,
92	92	25 knowing at the time of the transmission that there is no
93	93	26 reasonable ground for believing that the offense will be
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104	104	1 committed, is being committed, or has been committed;
105	105	2 (5) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
106	106	3 manner a false report to any public safety agency without
107	107	4 the reasonable grounds necessary to believe that
108	108	5 transmitting the report is necessary for the safety and
109	109	6 welfare of the public;
110	110	7 (6) Calls or texts the number "911" or transmits or
111	111	8 causes to be transmitted in any manner to a public safety
112	112	9 agency or public safety answering point for the purpose of
113	113	10 making or transmitting a false alarm or complaint and
114	114	11 reporting information when, at the time the call, text, or
115	115	12 transmission is made, the person knows there is no
116	116	13 reasonable ground for making the call, text, or
117	117	14 transmission and further knows that the call, text, or
118	118	15 transmission could result in the emergency response of any
119	119	16 public safety agency;
120	120	17 (7) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
121	121	18 manner a false report to the Department of Children and
122	122	19 Family Services under Section 4 of the Abused and
123	123	20 Neglected Child Reporting Act;
124	124	21 (8) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
125	125	22 manner a false report to the Department of Public Health
126	126	23 under the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental
127	127	24 Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community
128	128	25 Care Act, or the MC/DD Act;
129	129	26 (9) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
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140	140	1 manner to the police department or fire department of any
141	141	2 municipality or fire protection district, or any privately
142	142	3 owned and operated ambulance service, a false request for
143	143	4 an ambulance, emergency medical technician-ambulance or
144	144	5 emergency medical technician-paramedic knowing at the time
145	145	6 there is no reasonable ground for believing that the
146	146	7 assistance is required;
147	147	8 (10) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any
148	148	9 manner a false report under Article II of Public Act
149	149	10 83-1432;
150	150	11 (11) Enters upon the property of another and for a
151	151	12 lewd or unlawful purpose deliberately looks into a
152	152	13 dwelling on the property through any window or other
153	153	14 opening in it; or
154	154	15 (12) While acting as a collection agency as defined in
155	155	16 the Collection Agency Act or as an employee of the
156	156	17 collection agency, and while attempting to collect an
157	157	18 alleged debt, makes a telephone call to the alleged debtor
158	158	19 which is designed to harass, annoy or intimidate the
159	159	20 alleged debtor.
160	160	21 (b) Sentence. A violation of subsection (a)(1) of this
161	161	22 Section is a Class C misdemeanor. A violation of subsection
162	162	23 (a)(5) or (a)(11) of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor. A
163	163	24 violation of subsection (a)(8) or (a)(10) of this Section is a
164	164	25 Class B misdemeanor. A violation of subsection (a)(2),
165	165	26 (a)(3.5), (a)(3.6), (a)(4), (a)(6), (a)(7), or (a)(9) of this
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176	176	1 Section is a Class 4 felony. A violation of subsection (a)(3)
177	177	2 of this Section is a Class 3 felony, for which a fine of not
178	178	3 less than $3,000 and no more than $10,000 shall be assessed in
179	179	4 addition to any other penalty imposed.
180	180	5 A violation of subsection (a)(12) of this Section is a
181	181	6 Business Offense and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
182	182	7 $3,000. A second or subsequent violation of subsection (a)(7)
183	183	8 or (a)(5) of this Section is a Class 4 felony. A third or
184	184	9 subsequent violation of subsection (a)(11) of this Section is
185	185	10 a Class 4 felony.
186	186	11 (c) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed,
187	187	12 a court shall order any person convicted of disorderly conduct
188	188	13 to perform community service for not less than 30 and not more
189	189	14 than 120 hours, if community service is available in the
190	190	15 jurisdiction and is funded and approved by the county board of
191	191	16 the county where the offense was committed. In addition,
192	192	17 whenever any person is placed on supervision for an alleged
193	193	18 offense under this Section, the supervision shall be
194	194	19 conditioned upon the performance of the community service.
195	195	20 This subsection does not apply when the court imposes a
196	196	21 sentence of incarceration.
197	197	22 (d) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed,
198	198	23 the court shall order any person convicted of disorderly
199	199	24 conduct under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) involving a
200	200	25 false alarm of a threat that a bomb or explosive device has
201	201	26 been placed in a school that requires an emergency response to
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212	212	1 reimburse the unit of government that employs the emergency
213	213	2 response officer or officers that were dispatched to the
214	214	3 school for the cost of the response. If the court determines
215	215	4 that the person convicted of disorderly conduct that requires
216	216	5 an emergency response to a school is indigent, the provisions
217	217	6 of this subsection (d) do not apply.
218	218	7 (e) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed,
219	219	8 the court shall order any person convicted of disorderly
220	220	9 conduct under paragraph (3.5) or (6) of subsection (a) to
221	221	10 reimburse the public agency for the reasonable costs of the
222	222	11 emergency response by the public agency up to $10,000. If the
223	223	12 court determines that the person convicted of disorderly
224	224	13 conduct under paragraph (3.5) or (6) of subsection (a) is
225	225	14 indigent, the provisions of this subsection (e) do not apply.
226	226	15 (f) For the purposes of this Section, "emergency response"
227	227	16 means any condition that results in, or could result in, the
228	228	17 response of a public official in an authorized emergency
229	229	18 vehicle, any condition that jeopardizes or could jeopardize
230	230	19 public safety and results in, or could result in, the
231	231	20 evacuation of any area, building, structure, vehicle, or of
232	232	21 any other place that any person may enter, or any incident
233	233	22 requiring a response by a police officer, a firefighter, a
234	234	23 State Fire Marshal employee, or an ambulance.
235	235	24 (Source: P.A. 103-366, eff. 1-1-24.)
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