Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2026 Compare Versions

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1	1	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 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
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2026 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Celina Villanueva SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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6	6	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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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 Sections 29D-10 and 29D-15.1 as follows:
17	17	6 (720 ILCS 5/29D-10)
18	18	7 Sec. 29D-10. Definitions. As used in this Article, where
19	19	8 not otherwise distinctly expressed or manifestly incompatible
20	20	9 with the intent of this Article:
21	21	10 (a) "Computer network" means a set of related, remotely
22	22	11 connected devices and any communications facilities including
23	23	12 more than one computer with the capability to transmit data
24	24	13 among them through communication facilities.
25	25	14 (b) "Computer" means a device that accepts, processes,
26	26	15 stores, retrieves, or outputs data, and includes, but is not
27	27	16 limited to, auxiliary storage and telecommunications devices.
28	28	17 (c) "Computer program" means a series of coded instruction
29	29	18 or statements in a form acceptable to a computer which causes
30	30	19 the computer to process data and supply the results of data
31	31	20 processing.
32	32	21 (d) "Data" means representations of information,
33	33	22 knowledge, facts, concepts or instructions, including program
34	34	23 documentation, that are prepared in a formalized manner and
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42	42	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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71	71	1 are stored or processed in or transmitted by a computer. Data
72	72	2 may be in any form, including but not limited to magnetic or
73	73	3 optical storage media, punch cards, or data stored internally
74	74	4 in the memory of a computer.
75	75	5 (e) "Biological products used in or in connection with
76	76	6 agricultural production" includes, but is not limited to,
77	77	7 seeds, plants, and DNA of plants or animals altered for use in
78	78	8 crop or livestock breeding or production or which are sold,
79	79	9 intended, designed, or produced for use in crop production or
80	80	10 livestock breeding or production.
81	81	11 (f) "Agricultural products" means crops and livestock.
82	82	12 (g) "Agricultural production" means the breeding and
83	83	13 growing of livestock and crops.
84	84	14 (g-5) "Animal feed" means an article that is intended for
85	85	15 use for food for animals other than humans and that is intended
86	86	16 for use as a substantial source of nutrients in the diet of the
87	87	17 animal, and is not limited to a mixture intended to be the sole
88	88	18 ration of the animal.
89	89	19 (g-10) "Contagious or infectious disease" means a specific
90	90	20 disease designated by the Illinois Department of Agriculture
91	91	21 as contagious or infectious under rules pertaining to the
92	92	22 Illinois Diseased Animals Act.
93	93	23 (g-15) "Processed food" means any food other than a raw
94	94	24 agricultural commodity and includes any raw agricultural
95	95	25 commodity that has been subject to processing, such as
96	96	26 canning, cooking, freezing, dehydration, or milling.
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107	107	1 (g-20) "Raw agricultural commodity" means any food in its
108	108	2 raw or natural state, including all fruits that are washed,
109	109	3 colored, or otherwise treated in their unpeeled natural form
110	110	4 prior to marketing and honey that is in the comb or that is
111	111	5 removed from the comb and in an unadulterated condition.
112	112	6 (g-25) "Endangering the food supply" means to knowingly:
113	113	7 (1) bring into this State any domestic animal that is
114	114	8 affected with any contagious or infectious disease or any
115	115	9 animal that has been exposed to any contagious or
116	116	10 infectious disease;
117	117	11 (2) expose any animal in this State to any contagious
118	118	12 or infectious disease;
119	119	13 (3) deliver any poultry that is infected with any
120	120	14 contagious or infectious disease to any poultry producer
121	121	15 pursuant to a production contract;
122	122	16 (4) except as permitted under the Insect Pest and
123	123	17 Plant Disease Act, bring or release into this State any
124	124	18 insect pest or expose any plant to an insect pest; or
125	125	19 (5) expose any raw agricultural commodity, animal
126	126	20 feed, or processed food to any contaminant or contagious
127	127	21 or infectious disease.
128	128	22 "Endangering the food supply" does not include bona fide
129	129	23 experiments and actions related to those experiments carried
130	130	24 on by commonly recognized research facilities or actions by
131	131	25 agricultural producers and animal health professionals who may
132	132	26 inadvertently contribute to the spread of detrimental
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143	143	1 biological agents while employing generally acceptable
144	144	2 management practices.
145	145	3 (g-30) "Endangering the water supply" means to knowingly
146	146	4 contaminate a public or private water well or water reservoir
147	147	5 or any water supply of a public utility or tamper with the
148	148	6 production of bottled or packaged water or tamper with bottled
149	149	7 or packaged water at a retail or wholesale mercantile
150	150	8 establishment. "Endangering the water supply" does not include
151	151	9 contamination of a public or private well or water reservoir
152	152	10 or any water supply of a public utility that may occur
153	153	11 inadvertently as part of the operation of a public utility or
154	154	12 electrical generating station.
155	155	13 (h) "Livestock" means animals bred or raised for human
156	156	14 consumption.
157	157	15 (i) "Crops" means plants raised for: (1) human
158	158	16 consumption, (2) fruits that are intended for human
159	159	17 consumption, (3) consumption by livestock, and (4) fruits that
160	160	18 are intended for consumption by livestock.
161	161	19 (j) "Communications systems" means any works, property, or
162	162	20 material of any radio, telegraph, telephone, microwave, or
163	163	21 cable line, station, or system.
164	164	22 (k) "Substantial damage" means monetary damage greater
165	165	23 than $100,000.
166	166	24 (l) "Terrorist act" or "act of terrorism" means: (1) any
167	167	25 act that is intended to cause or create a risk and does cause
168	168	26 or create a risk of death or great bodily harm to one or more
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179	179	1 persons; (2) any act that disables or destroys the usefulness
180	180	2 or operation of any communications system; (3) any act or any
181	181	3 series of 2 or more acts committed in furtherance of a single
182	182	4 intention, scheme, or design that disables or destroys the
183	183	5 usefulness or operation of a computer network, computers,
184	184	6 computer programs, or data used by any industry, by any class
185	185	7 of business, or by 5 or more businesses or by the federal
186	186	8 government, State government, any unit of local government, a
187	187	9 public utility, a manufacturer of pharmaceuticals, a national
188	188	10 defense contractor, or a manufacturer of chemical or
189	189	11 biological products used in or in connection with agricultural
190	190	12 production; (4) any act that disables or causes substantial
191	191	13 damage to or destruction of any structure or facility used in
192	192	14 or used in connection with ground, air, or water
193	193	15 transportation; the production or distribution of electricity,
194	194	16 gas, oil, or other fuel (except for acts that occur
195	195	17 inadvertently and as the result of operation of the facility
196	196	18 that produces or distributes electricity, gas, oil, or other
197	197	19 fuel); the treatment of sewage or the treatment or
198	198	20 distribution of water; or controlling the flow of any body of
199	199	21 water; (5) any act that causes substantial damage to or
200	200	22 destruction of livestock or to crops or a series of 2 or more
201	201	23 acts committed in furtherance of a single intention, scheme,
202	202	24 or design which, in the aggregate, causes substantial damage
203	203	25 to or destruction of livestock or crops; (6) any act that
204	204	26 causes substantial damage to or destruction of any hospital or
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215	215	1 any building or facility used by the federal government, State
216	216	2 government, any unit of local government or by a national
217	217	3 defense contractor or by a public utility, a manufacturer of
218	218	4 pharmaceuticals, a manufacturer of chemical or biological
219	219	5 products used in or in connection with agricultural production
220	220	6 or the storage or processing of agricultural products or the
221	221	7 preparation of agricultural products for food or food products
222	222	8 intended for resale or for feed for livestock; (7) any act that
223	223	9 causes substantial damage to any building containing 5 or more
224	224	10 businesses of any type or to any building in which 10 or more
225	225	11 people reside; (8) endangering the food supply; or (9)
226	226	12 endangering the water supply; or (10) any act that is intended
227	227	13 to cause or create and does cause or create substantial damage
228	228	14 to or destruction of any building or facility containing an
229	229	15 entity providing reproductive health care as the term is
230	230	16 defined in Section 1-10 of the Reproductive Health Act.
231	231	17 (m) "Terrorist" and "terrorist organization" means any
232	232	18 person who engages or is about to engage in a terrorist act
233	233	19 with the intent to intimidate or coerce a significant portion
234	234	20 of a civilian population.
235	235	21 (n) "Material support or resources" means currency or
236	236	22 other financial securities, financial services, lodging,
237	237	23 training, safe houses, false documentation or identification,
238	238	24 communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal
239	239	25 substances, explosives, personnel, transportation, any other
240	240	26 kind of physical assets or intangible property, and expert
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251	251	1 services or expert assistance.
252	252	2 (o) "Person" has the meaning given in Section 2-15 of this
253	253	3 Code and, in addition to that meaning, includes, without
254	254	4 limitation, any charitable organization, whether incorporated
255	255	5 or unincorporated, any professional fund raiser, professional
256	256	6 solicitor, limited liability company, association, joint stock
257	257	7 company, association, trust, trustee, or any group of people
258	258	8 formally or informally affiliated or associated for a common
259	259	9 purpose, and any officer, director, partner, member, or agent
260	260	10 of any person.
261	261	11 (p) "Render criminal assistance" means to do any of the
262	262	12 following with the intent to prevent, hinder, or delay the
263	263	13 discovery or apprehension of, or the lodging of a criminal
264	264	14 charge against, a person who he or she knows or believes has
265	265	15 committed an offense under this Article or is being sought by
266	266	16 law enforcement officials for the commission of an offense
267	267	17 under this Article, or with the intent to assist a person in
268	268	18 profiting or benefiting from the commission of an offense
269	269	19 under this Article:
270	270	20 (1) harbor or conceal the person;
271	271	21 (2) warn the person of impending discovery or
272	272	22 apprehension;
273	273	23 (3) provide the person with money, transportation, a
274	274	24 weapon, a disguise, false identification documents, or any
275	275	25 other means of avoiding discovery or apprehension;
276	276	26 (4) prevent or obstruct, by means of force,
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287	287	1 intimidation, or deception, anyone from performing an act
288	288	2 that might aid in the discovery or apprehension of the
289	289	3 person or in the lodging of a criminal charge against the
290	290	4 person;
291	291	5 (5) suppress, by any act of concealment, alteration,
292	292	6 or destruction, any physical evidence that might aid in
293	293	7 the discovery or apprehension of the person or in the
294	294	8 lodging of a criminal charge against the person;
295	295	9 (6) aid the person to protect or expeditiously profit
296	296	10 from an advantage derived from the crime; or
297	297	11 (7) provide expert services or expert assistance to
298	298	12 the person. Providing expert services or expert assistance
299	299	13 shall not be construed to apply to: (1) a licensed
300	300	14 attorney who discusses with a client the legal
301	301	15 consequences of a proposed course of conduct or advises a
302	302	16 client of legal or constitutional rights and (2) a
303	303	17 licensed medical doctor who provides emergency medical
304	304	18 treatment to a person whom he or she believes has
305	305	19 committed an offense under this Article if, as soon as
306	306	20 reasonably practicable either before or after providing
307	307	21 such treatment, he or she notifies a law enforcement
308	308	22 agency.
309	309	23 (Source: P.A. 96-1028, eff. 1-1-11.)
310	310	24 (720 ILCS 5/29D-15.1) (was 720 ILCS 5/20.5-5)
311	311	25 Sec. 29D-15.1. Causing a catastrophe.
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322	322	1 (a) A person commits the offense of causing a catastrophe
323	323	2 if he or she knowingly causes a catastrophe by explosion,
324	324	3 fire, flood, collapse of a building, or release of poison,
325	325	4 radioactive material, bacteria, virus, or other dangerous and
326	326	5 difficult to confine force or substance.
327	327	6 (b) As used in this Section, "catastrophe" means serious
328	328	7 physical injury to 5 or more persons, substantial damage to 5
329	329	8 or more buildings or inhabitable structures, or substantial
330	330	9 damage to a vital public facility that seriously impairs its
331	331	10 usefulness or operation; and "vital public facility" means a
332	332	11 facility that is necessary to ensure or protect the public
333	333	12 health, safety, or welfare, including, but not limited to, a
334	334	13 hospital, a law enforcement agency, a fire department, a
335	335	14 private or public utility company, a national defense
336	336	15 contractor, a facility of the armed forces, or an emergency
337	337	16 services agency, or an entity providing reproductive health
338	338	17 care as the term is defined in Section 1-10 of the Reproductive
339	339	18 Health Act.
340	340	19 (c) Sentence. Causing a catastrophe is a Class X felony.
341	341	20 (Source: P.A. 96-710, eff. 1-1-10.)
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