House Sponsors: CROSS-SANTIAGO-BURKE-BOLAND-KENNER, PUGH, GILES, FRITCHEY, BROWN, LINDNER, ACEVEDO AND LOPEZ. Senate Sponsors: HAWKINSON-WALSH,T-HENDON-VIVERITO-CARROLL Short description: CRIM CD-FIREARMS-SCHOOL-PARK Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 to increase from a Class 2 to a Class 1 felony, the possession of a silencer, machine gun, sawed-off shotgun, sawed-off rifle, or bomb in a school, public housing, public park, courthouse, or on a public way within 1,000 feet of the real property of those places or on a conveyance owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport students to or from school or a school related activity. Also increases from a Class 4 to a Class 1 felony other weapons violations in those places. Increases the penalty for carrying a firearm or for carrying a ballistic knife while masked into those places from a Class 3 to a Class 1 felony. STATE MANDATES ACT FISCAL NOTE HB 182 fails to meet the definition of a State mandate. FISCAL NOTE (Dpt. of Corrections) Impact: corrections population, 9 inmates; fiscal, $1,747,500. CORRECTIONAL NOTE No change from DOC fiscal note. JUDICIAL NOTE The bill would not increase the need for the number of judges. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 705 ILCS 405/5-4 from Ch. 37, par. 805-4 Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides for adult criminal prosecution of a minor at least 15 years of age who is charged with any of certain specified offenses committed within 1,000 feet of an elementary or secondary school, community college, college or university (now the offense must be committed in the school building or on school grounds). HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Restores the Class 4 felony violation for carrying certain weapons and noxious gas in or near schools, courthouses, public housing, or public parks. The bill changes this conduct to a Class 1 felony. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 705 ILCS 405/5-4 720 ILCS 5/24-1 Adds reference to: 725 ILCS 105/10.5 Deletes everything. Amends the State Appellate Defender Act. Pro- vides that the letting of competitive bids for appellate services is discretionary with the State Appellate Defender (now mandatory to dispose of the backlog of indigent criminal appeals). Permits bids to be let in packages of one to 5 (now bids must be let in packages of one, 5, 10, and 20). Permits additional cases to be assigned by the State Appellate Defender after a successful bidder completes work on existing packages. Provides that bids shall be let only to attorneys who have prior criminal appellate experience. STATE MANDATES ACT FISCAL NOTE No change from previous mandates note. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 99-01-12 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 2 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status