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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB0908 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. John F. Curran SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 720 ILCS 5/1-2 | from Ch. 38, par. 1-2 |
| Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the general purposes of the Code. |
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| | SB0908 | | LRB104 05213 RLC 15242 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 1-2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/1-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1-2) |
| 7 | | Sec. 1-2. General purposes. The The provisions of this |
| 8 | | Code shall be construed in accordance with the general |
| 9 | | purposes hereof, to: |
| 10 | | (a) Forbid and prevent the commission of offenses; |
| 11 | | (b) Define adequately the act and mental state which |
| 12 | | constitute each offense, and limit the condemnation of conduct |
| 13 | | as criminal when it is without fault; |
| 14 | | (c) Prescribe penalties which are proportionate to the |
| 15 | | seriousness of offenses and which permit recognition of |
| 16 | | differences in rehabilitation possibilities among individual |
| 17 | | offenders; |
| 18 | | (d) Prevent arbitrary or oppressive treatment of persons |
| 19 | | accused or convicted of offenses. |
| 20 | | (Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.) |