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Full Text of HB5859 103rd General Assembly

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HB5859 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024
HB5859

Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/26-8 new
    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is unlawful for a person, after receiving a warning not to approach from a first responder who is engaged in the lawful performance of a legal duty, to violate the warning and approach or remain within 14 feet of the first responder with the intent to: (1) interrupt, disrupt, hinder, impede, or interfere with the first responder's ability to perform the first responder's duty; (2) threaten the first responder with physical harm; or (3) harass the first responder by interfering with the first responder performing the first responder's duty. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor. Defines "first responder" and "harass".

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A BILL FOR

HB5859 LRB103 39981 RLC 71202 b

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 adding
5 Section 26-8 as follows:

6     (720 ILCS 5/26-8 new)
7     Sec. 26-8. Approaching a first responder after a warning
8 with intent to impede, threaten, or harass.
9     (a) In this Section:
10         (1) "First responder" includes a peace officer, a
11     firefighter, or an emergency medical technician.
12         (2) "Harass" means to engage in a course of conduct
13     directed at a first responder which causes substantial
14     emotional distress in that first responder.
15     (b) It is unlawful for a person, after receiving a warning
16 not to approach from a first responder who is engaged in the
17 lawful performance of a legal duty, to violate the warning and
18 approach or remain within 14 feet of the first responder with
19 the intent to:
20         (1) interrupt, disrupt, hinder, impede, or interfere
21     with the first responder's ability to perform the first
22     responder's duty;
23         (2) threaten the first responder with physical harm;

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1     or
2         (3) harass the first responder by interfering with the
3     first responder performing the first responder's duty.
4     (c) Sentence. A person who violates this Section commits a
5 Class A misdemeanor.

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