99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB5714
 
Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
720 ILCS 5/24-1.7

     Amends the Criminal Code of 2012.  Provides that a person is also an armed habitual
criminal if the person receives, sells, possesses, or transfers
any firearm after having been convicted a total of 2 or more
times of any combination of offenses that includes a felony violation of the Deadly Weapons Article  of the Code (rather than unlawful use of a weapon by a felon; aggravated unlawful use of a weapon; aggravated discharge of a firearm; or gunrunning).
  


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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended  by changing 
5Section 24-1.7 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/24-1.7)
7    Sec. 24-1.7. Armed habitual criminal.
8    (a) A person commits the offense of being an armed habitual

9criminal if he or she receives, sells, possesses, or transfers

10any firearm after having been convicted a total of 2 or more

11times of any combination of the following offenses:
12        (1) a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8 of this 
13    Code;
14        (2) a felony violation of Article 24 of this Code; 
15    unlawful use of a weapon by a felon; aggravated unlawful 
16    use of a weapon; aggravated discharge of a firearm; 
17    vehicular hijacking; aggravated vehicular hijacking; 
18    aggravated battery of a child as described in Section 
19    12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05;
 
20    intimidation; aggravated intimidation; gunrunning; home 
21    invasion; or aggravated battery with a firearm as described 
22    in Section 12-4.2 or subdivision (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), or 
23    (e)(4) of Section 12-3.05; or
 
 
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1        (3) any violation of the Illinois Controlled 
2    Substances
Act or the Cannabis Control Act that is 
3    punishable as a Class 3
felony or higher.
4    (b) Sentence. Being an armed habitual criminal is a Class X

5felony.

6(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)