ZICKUS-CAPPARELLI-FANTIN-MCKEON-LINDNER, BIGGINS, HOLBROOK, SANTIAGO AND BUGIELSKI. (RADOGNO) 720 ILCS 5/17-2 from Ch. 38, par. 17-2 Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes it a Class 4 felony for a person to claim or represent that he or she is acting on behalf of any police department, fire department, or sheriff's department when soliciting financial contributions or selling or delivering or offering to sell or deliver any merchandise, goods, or services unless the chief of the police department or fire department or the sheriff has first entered into a written agreement with the person or with an organization with which the person is affiliated and the agreement permits the activity. Effective immediately. CORRECTIONAL NOTE There will be a minimal impact on the Dept. of Corrections. FISCAL NOTE (Dept. of Corrections) No change from correctional note. STATE MANDATES ACT FISCAL NOTE HB 1670 fails to create a State mandate. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes everything and inserts similar provisions with additions relating to false personation, solicitation or other specified activities on behalf of any nongovernmental organization that would reasonably be understood to imply that the organization is composed of law enforcement personnel, additional penalties, and other matters. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Adds, as an element of the new offenses, that the acts be committed knowingly. Includes, in the organizations permitted to be represented under the new provisions, groups of retired or injured peace officers. Requires that a majority (rather than "some or all") of net proceeds of fundraising be devoted to the peace officer organization's purposes. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Provides that it is a Class 4 felony for persons acting on behalf of nongovernmental organizations who solicit financial contributions or sell or deliver goods or services to use the name "fireman" or "fire fighter" to imply that the organization is composed of fire fighters unless the organization represents fire fighters or retired fire fighters or has entered into a written contract with a fire department, chief of a fire department, a unit of local government, or a group or association of active duty fire fighters and a majority of the net proceeds of the contributions, sales, or deliveries are devoted to the fire department, unit of local government, or group of fire fighters. Provides that law enforcement officers or fire department personnel may solicit financial contributions for charitable purposes not related to public safety. 97-03-06 H FIRST READING 97-03-06 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 97-03-11 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL 97-03-14 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FANTIN 97-03-18 H CORRECTIONAL NOTE FILED 97-03-18 H FISCAL NOTE FILED 97-03-18 H COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL 97-03-20 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MCKEON 97-03-20 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LINDNER 97-03-21 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 015-000-000 HJUB 97-03-21 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-03-31 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BIGGINS 97-04-09 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HOLBROOK 97-04-11 H FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED DART 97-04-11 H STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED DART 97-04-11 H JUDICIAL NOTE REQUESTED DART 97-04-11 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-04-12 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-ZICKUS 97-04-12 H AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL 97-04-12 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-04-14 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-ZICKUS 97-04-14 H RULES REFERS TO HJUB 97-04-14 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-04-15 H STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED 97-04-15 H JUDICIAL NOTE REQUESTED WITHDRAWN/DART 97-04-15 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-04-15 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-04-15 H RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-04-15 H HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE 97-04-16 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-ZICKUS 97-04-16 H BE ADOPTED HJUB/013-000-000 97-04-16 H HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE 97-04-16 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LOPEZ 97-04-16 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SANTIAGO 97-04-17 H AMENDMENT NO. 02-ZICKUS 97-04-17 H AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL 97-04-17 H AMENDMENT NO. 02-ZICKUS 97-04-17 H BE ADOPTED HRUL 97-04-17 H HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE 97-04-19 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-ZICKUS 97-04-19 H ADOPTED 97-04-19 H AMENDMENT NO. 02-ZICKUS 97-04-19 H ADOPTED 97-04-19 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-04-23 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-000-000 97-04-24 S ARRIVE IN SENATE 97-04-24 S CHIEF SPONSOR RADOGNO 97-04-24 S PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 97-04-24 S FIRST READING 97-04-24 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 98-01-15 S ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY 98-01-29 S POSTPONED 98-02-25 S POSTPONED 98-03-04 S AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUDICIARY S 98-03-04 S ADOPTED 98-03-04 S DO PASS AS AMENDED 009-000-000 SJUD 98-03-04 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 98-03-05 98-03-26 S SECOND READING 98-03-26 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 98-03-31 98-05-04 S THIRD READING - PASSED 055-000-000 98-05-05 H ARRIVE IN HOUSE 98-05-05 H PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01 98-05-07 H MOTION FILED NON-CONCUR 01/ZICKUS 98-05-07 H CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01 98-05-14 H JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO CAPPARELLI 98-05-22 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BUGIELSKI 98-05-22 H FINAL PASSAGE 98-05-22 H DEADLINE EXTENDED 98-05-22 H UNTIL DEC. 4, 1998 98-05-22 H CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01 98-12-01 H HSE NON-CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01 98-12-02 S SECRETARYS DESK - NON-CONCURRENCE 01 98-12-02 S FILED WITH SECRETARY 98-12-02 S MOTION REFUSE RECEDE - SEN AMEND NO 01/RADOGNO 98-12-02 S CALENDAR ORDER OF NON-CONCURRENCE 01/98-12-02 99-01-04 S REFER TO RULES/PURSUANT SEN RULE 3-9 (B) RULES SRUL 99-01-12 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary