104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2165 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1720 ILCS 5/33-8 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that bribery and legislative misconduct include the receipt of property or personal advantage after the improper act has been performed (rather than just the intent to influence the improper act). Provides that the provisions do not apply to the promise, tender, acceptance, or receipt of any campaign contributions that are permissible under the Election Code. LRB104 10690 RLC 20769 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2165 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1720 ILCS 5/33-8 720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1 720 ILCS 5/33-8 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that bribery and legislative misconduct include the receipt of property or personal advantage after the improper act has been performed (rather than just the intent to influence the improper act). Provides that the provisions do not apply to the promise, tender, acceptance, or receipt of any campaign contributions that are permissible under the Election Code. LRB104 10690 RLC 20769 b LRB104 10690 RLC 20769 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2165 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1720 ILCS 5/33-8 720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1 720 ILCS 5/33-8
720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1
720 ILCS 5/33-8
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that bribery and legislative misconduct include the receipt of property or personal advantage after the improper act has been performed (rather than just the intent to influence the improper act). Provides that the provisions do not apply to the promise, tender, acceptance, or receipt of any campaign contributions that are permissible under the Election Code.
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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 33-1 and 33-8 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/33-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 33-1)
7 Sec. 33-1. Bribery. A person commits bribery when:
8 (a) With intent to influence or for the performance of
9 any act related to the employment or function of any
10 public officer, public employee, juror or witness, he or
11 she promises or tenders or promised or tendered to that
12 person any property or personal advantage which he or she
13 is not authorized by law to accept; or
14 (b) With intent to influence or for the performance of
15 any act related to the employment or function of any
16 public officer, public employee, juror or witness, he or
17 she promises or tenders or promised or tendered to one
18 whom he or she believes to be a public officer, public
19 employee, juror or witness, any property or personal
20 advantage which a public officer, public employee, juror
21 or witness would not be authorized by law to accept; or
22 (c) With intent to cause any person to influence or
23 influenced the performance of any act related to the
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2165 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1720 ILCS 5/33-8 720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1 720 ILCS 5/33-8
720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1
720 ILCS 5/33-8
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that bribery and legislative misconduct include the receipt of property or personal advantage after the improper act has been performed (rather than just the intent to influence the improper act). Provides that the provisions do not apply to the promise, tender, acceptance, or receipt of any campaign contributions that are permissible under the Election Code.
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720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1
720 ILCS 5/33-8
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1 employment or function of any public officer, public
2 employee, juror or witness, he or she promises or tenders
3 or promised or tendered to that person any property or
4 personal advantage which he or she is not authorized by
5 law to accept; or
6 (d) He or she receives, retains or agrees to accept
7 any property or personal advantage which he or she is not
8 authorized by law to accept knowing that the property or
9 personal advantage was promised or tendered with intent to
10 cause him or her to influence or for the performance of any
11 act related to the employment or function of any public
12 officer, public employee, juror or witness; or
13 (e) He or she solicits, receives, retains, or agrees
14 to accept any property or personal advantage pursuant to
15 an understanding that he or she shall improperly influence
16 or attempt to influence or for improperly influencing or
17 attempting to influence the performance of any act related
18 to the employment or function of any public officer,
19 public employee, juror or witness.
20 As used in this Section, "tenders" means any delivery or
21 proffer made with the requisite intent.
22 This Section does not apply to the promise, tender,
23 acceptance, or receipt of any campaign contributions that are
24 permissible under the Election Code.
25 Sentence. Bribery is a Class 2 felony.
26 (Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
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