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State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2026 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Celina Villanueva SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/29D-10720 ILCS 5/29D-15.1 was 720 ILCS 5/20.5-5 Amends the Terrorism Article of the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that "terrorist act" includes any act that is intended to cause or create and does cause or create substantial damage to or destruction of any building or facility containing an entity providing reproductive health care as the term is defined in the Reproductive Health Act. Provides in the offense of causing a catastrophe that "vital public facility" includes an entity providing reproductive health care as the term is defined in the Reproductive Health Act. Effective immediately. LRB104 07100 RLC 17137 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2026 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Celina Villanueva SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/29D-10720 ILCS 5/29D-15.1 was 720 ILCS 5/20.5-5 720 ILCS 5/29D-10 720 ILCS 5/29D-15.1 was 720 ILCS 5/20.5-5 Amends the Terrorism Article of the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that "terrorist act" includes any act that is intended to cause or create and does cause or create substantial damage to or destruction of any building or facility containing an entity providing reproductive health care as the term is defined in the Reproductive Health Act. Provides in the offense of causing a catastrophe that "vital public facility" includes an entity providing reproductive health care as the term is defined in the Reproductive Health Act. Effective immediately. LRB104 07100 RLC 17137 b LRB104 07100 RLC 17137 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2026 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Celina Villanueva SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/29D-10720 ILCS 5/29D-15.1 was 720 ILCS 5/20.5-5 720 ILCS 5/29D-10 720 ILCS 5/29D-15.1 was 720 ILCS 5/20.5-5
720 ILCS 5/29D-10
720 ILCS 5/29D-15.1 was 720 ILCS 5/20.5-5
Amends the Terrorism Article of the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that "terrorist act" includes any act that is intended to cause or create and does cause or create substantial damage to or destruction of any building or facility containing an entity providing reproductive health care as the term is defined in the Reproductive Health Act. Provides in the offense of causing a catastrophe that "vital public facility" includes an entity providing reproductive health care as the term is defined in the Reproductive Health Act. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
5 changing Sections 29D-10 and 29D-15.1 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/29D-10)
7 Sec. 29D-10. Definitions. As used in this Article, where
8 not otherwise distinctly expressed or manifestly incompatible
9 with the intent of this Article:
10 (a) "Computer network" means a set of related, remotely
11 connected devices and any communications facilities including
12 more than one computer with the capability to transmit data
13 among them through communication facilities.
14 (b) "Computer" means a device that accepts, processes,
15 stores, retrieves, or outputs data, and includes, but is not
16 limited to, auxiliary storage and telecommunications devices.
17 (c) "Computer program" means a series of coded instruction
18 or statements in a form acceptable to a computer which causes
19 the computer to process data and supply the results of data
20 processing.
21 (d) "Data" means representations of information,
22 knowledge, facts, concepts or instructions, including program
23 documentation, that are prepared in a formalized manner and
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2026 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Celina Villanueva SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/29D-10720 ILCS 5/29D-15.1 was 720 ILCS 5/20.5-5 720 ILCS 5/29D-10 720 ILCS 5/29D-15.1 was 720 ILCS 5/20.5-5
720 ILCS 5/29D-10
720 ILCS 5/29D-15.1 was 720 ILCS 5/20.5-5
Amends the Terrorism Article of the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that "terrorist act" includes any act that is intended to cause or create and does cause or create substantial damage to or destruction of any building or facility containing an entity providing reproductive health care as the term is defined in the Reproductive Health Act. Provides in the offense of causing a catastrophe that "vital public facility" includes an entity providing reproductive health care as the term is defined in the Reproductive Health Act. Effective immediately.
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1 are stored or processed in or transmitted by a computer. Data
2 may be in any form, including but not limited to magnetic or
3 optical storage media, punch cards, or data stored internally
4 in the memory of a computer.
5 (e) "Biological products used in or in connection with
6 agricultural production" includes, but is not limited to,
7 seeds, plants, and DNA of plants or animals altered for use in
8 crop or livestock breeding or production or which are sold,
9 intended, designed, or produced for use in crop production or
10 livestock breeding or production.
11 (f) "Agricultural products" means crops and livestock.
12 (g) "Agricultural production" means the breeding and
13 growing of livestock and crops.
14 (g-5) "Animal feed" means an article that is intended for
15 use for food for animals other than humans and that is intended
16 for use as a substantial source of nutrients in the diet of the
17 animal, and is not limited to a mixture intended to be the sole
18 ration of the animal.
19 (g-10) "Contagious or infectious disease" means a specific
20 disease designated by the Illinois Department of Agriculture
21 as contagious or infectious under rules pertaining to the
22 Illinois Diseased Animals Act.
23 (g-15) "Processed food" means any food other than a raw
24 agricultural commodity and includes any raw agricultural
25 commodity that has been subject to processing, such as
26 canning, cooking, freezing, dehydration, or milling.
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1 (g-20) "Raw agricultural commodity" means any food in its
2 raw or natural state, including all fruits that are washed,
3 colored, or otherwise treated in their unpeeled natural form
4 prior to marketing and honey that is in the comb or that is
5 removed from the comb and in an unadulterated condition.
6 (g-25) "Endangering the food supply" means to knowingly:
7 (1) bring into this State any domestic animal that is
8 affected with any contagious or infectious disease or any
9 animal that has been exposed to any contagious or
10 infectious disease;
11 (2) expose any animal in this State to any contagious
12 or infectious disease;
13 (3) deliver any poultry that is infected with any
14 contagious or infectious disease to any poultry producer
15 pursuant to a production contract;
16 (4) except as permitted under the Insect Pest and
17 Plant Disease Act, bring or release into this State any
18 insect pest or expose any plant to an insect pest; or
19 (5) expose any raw agricultural commodity, animal
20 feed, or processed food to any contaminant or contagious
21 or infectious disease.
22 "Endangering the food supply" does not include bona fide
23 experiments and actions related to those experiments carried
24 on by commonly recognized research facilities or actions by
25 agricultural producers and animal health professionals who may
26 inadvertently contribute to the spread of detrimental
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1 biological agents while employing generally acceptable
2 management practices.
3 (g-30) "Endangering the water supply" means to knowingly
4 contaminate a public or private water well or water reservoir
5 or any water supply of a public utility or tamper with the
6 production of bottled or packaged water or tamper with bottled
7 or packaged water at a retail or wholesale mercantile
8 establishment. "Endangering the water supply" does not include
9 contamination of a public or private well or water reservoir
10 or any water supply of a public utility that may occur
11 inadvertently as part of the operation of a public utility or
12 electrical generating station.
13 (h) "Livestock" means animals bred or raised for human
14 consumption.
15 (i) "Crops" means plants raised for: (1) human
16 consumption, (2) fruits that are intended for human
17 consumption, (3) consumption by livestock, and (4) fruits that
18 are intended for consumption by livestock.
19 (j) "Communications systems" means any works, property, or
20 material of any radio, telegraph, telephone, microwave, or
21 cable line, station, or system.
22 (k) "Substantial damage" means monetary damage greater
23 than $100,000.
24 (l) "Terrorist act" or "act of terrorism" means: (1) any
25 act that is intended to cause or create a risk and does cause
26 or create a risk of death or great bodily harm to one or more
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1 persons; (2) any act that disables or destroys the usefulness
2 or operation of any communications system; (3) any act or any
3 series of 2 or more acts committed in furtherance of a single
4 intention, scheme, or design that disables or destroys the
5 usefulness or operation of a computer network, computers,
6 computer programs, or data used by any industry, by any class
7 of business, or by 5 or more businesses or by the federal
8 government, State government, any unit of local government, a
9 public utility, a manufacturer of pharmaceuticals, a national
10 defense contractor, or a manufacturer of chemical or
11 biological products used in or in connection with agricultural
12 production; (4) any act that disables or causes substantial
13 damage to or destruction of any structure or facility used in
14 or used in connection with ground, air, or water
15 transportation; the production or distribution of electricity,
16 gas, oil, or other fuel (except for acts that occur
17 inadvertently and as the result of operation of the facility
18 that produces or distributes electricity, gas, oil, or other
19 fuel); the treatment of sewage or the treatment or
20 distribution of water; or controlling the flow of any body of
21 water; (5) any act that causes substantial damage to or
22 destruction of livestock or to crops or a series of 2 or more
23 acts committed in furtherance of a single intention, scheme,
24 or design which, in the aggregate, causes substantial damage
25 to or destruction of livestock or crops; (6) any act that
26 causes substantial damage to or destruction of any hospital or
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1 any building or facility used by the federal government, State
2 government, any unit of local government or by a national
3 defense contractor or by a public utility, a manufacturer of
4 pharmaceuticals, a manufacturer of chemical or biological
5 products used in or in connection with agricultural production
6 or the storage or processing of agricultural products or the
7 preparation of agricultural products for food or food products
8 intended for resale or for feed for livestock; (7) any act that
9 causes substantial damage to any building containing 5 or more
10 businesses of any type or to any building in which 10 or more
11 people reside; (8) endangering the food supply; or (9)
12 endangering the water supply; or (10) any act that is intended
13 to cause or create and does cause or create substantial damage
14 to or destruction of any building or facility containing an
15 entity providing reproductive health care as the term is
16 defined in Section 1-10 of the Reproductive Health Act.
17 (m) "Terrorist" and "terrorist organization" means any
18 person who engages or is about to engage in a terrorist act
19 with the intent to intimidate or coerce a significant portion
20 of a civilian population.
21 (n) "Material support or resources" means currency or
22 other financial securities, financial services, lodging,
23 training, safe houses, false documentation or identification,
24 communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal
25 substances, explosives, personnel, transportation, any other
26 kind of physical assets or intangible property, and expert
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1 services or expert assistance.
2 (o) "Person" has the meaning given in Section 2-15 of this
3 Code and, in addition to that meaning, includes, without
4 limitation, any charitable organization, whether incorporated
5 or unincorporated, any professional fund raiser, professional
6 solicitor, limited liability company, association, joint stock
7 company, association, trust, trustee, or any group of people
8 formally or informally affiliated or associated for a common
9 purpose, and any officer, director, partner, member, or agent
10 of any person.
11 (p) "Render criminal assistance" means to do any of the
12 following with the intent to prevent, hinder, or delay the
13 discovery or apprehension of, or the lodging of a criminal
14 charge against, a person who he or she knows or believes has
15 committed an offense under this Article or is being sought by
16 law enforcement officials for the commission of an offense
17 under this Article, or with the intent to assist a person in
18 profiting or benefiting from the commission of an offense
19 under this Article:
20 (1) harbor or conceal the person;
21 (2) warn the person of impending discovery or
22 apprehension;
23 (3) provide the person with money, transportation, a
24 weapon, a disguise, false identification documents, or any
25 other means of avoiding discovery or apprehension;
26 (4) prevent or obstruct, by means of force,
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1 intimidation, or deception, anyone from performing an act
2 that might aid in the discovery or apprehension of the
3 person or in the lodging of a criminal charge against the
4 person;
5 (5) suppress, by any act of concealment, alteration,
6 or destruction, any physical evidence that might aid in
7 the discovery or apprehension of the person or in the
8 lodging of a criminal charge against the person;
9 (6) aid the person to protect or expeditiously profit
10 from an advantage derived from the crime; or
11 (7) provide expert services or expert assistance to
12 the person. Providing expert services or expert assistance
13 shall not be construed to apply to: (1) a licensed
14 attorney who discusses with a client the legal
15 consequences of a proposed course of conduct or advises a
16 client of legal or constitutional rights and (2) a
17 licensed medical doctor who provides emergency medical
18 treatment to a person whom he or she believes has
19 committed an offense under this Article if, as soon as
20 reasonably practicable either before or after providing
21 such treatment, he or she notifies a law enforcement
22 agency.
23 (Source: P.A. 96-1028, eff. 1-1-11.)
24 (720 ILCS 5/29D-15.1) (was 720 ILCS 5/20.5-5)
25 Sec. 29D-15.1. Causing a catastrophe.
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1 (a) A person commits the offense of causing a catastrophe
2 if he or she knowingly causes a catastrophe by explosion,
3 fire, flood, collapse of a building, or release of poison,
4 radioactive material, bacteria, virus, or other dangerous and
5 difficult to confine force or substance.
6 (b) As used in this Section, "catastrophe" means serious
7 physical injury to 5 or more persons, substantial damage to 5
8 or more buildings or inhabitable structures, or substantial
9 damage to a vital public facility that seriously impairs its
10 usefulness or operation; and "vital public facility" means a
11 facility that is necessary to ensure or protect the public
12 health, safety, or welfare, including, but not limited to, a
13 hospital, a law enforcement agency, a fire department, a
14 private or public utility company, a national defense
15 contractor, a facility of the armed forces, or an emergency
16 services agency, or an entity providing reproductive health
17 care as the term is defined in Section 1-10 of the Reproductive
18 Health Act.
19 (c) Sentence. Causing a catastrophe is a Class X felony.
20 (Source: P.A. 96-710, eff. 1-1-10.)
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