Senate Sponsors: DILLARD-HAWKINSON-PHILIP. Short description: TERRORISM Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Solicitation for Charity Act and the Charitable Trust Act. Provides for the forfeiture to the State of Illinois of charitable assets used directly or indirectly to further terrorist acts. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides for the denial of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card to aliens who have been admitted to the U.S. under a non-immigrant visa with certain exceptions. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides for the imposition of the death penalty if the murder was committed as a result of or in connection with the offense of terrorism. Provides that money laundering also includes financial transactions that do not involve criminally derived funds but in which the funds are used to conduct or facilitate specified unlawful activity. Permits the State's Attorney, until January 1, 2005, to approve eavesdropping by law enforcement officers who are parties to conversations involving investigations of certain terrorism offenses. Creates the offenses of soliciting material support for terrorism, providing material support for terrorist acts, making a terrorist threat, falsely making a terrorist threat, terrorism, and hindering prosecution of terrorism. Provides for the forfeiture of assets used or about to be used in committing any of these terrorist crimes. Provides for restitution. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 to permit a court, until January 1, 2005, to issue a search warrant upon sworn oral statements made by telephone or fax if the criminal act relates to terrorism. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person who is serving a term of imprisonment for the offense of terrorism shall receive no good conduct credit and shall serve the entire sentence imposed by the court. Provides that DNA specimens shall be taken of persons convicted of the terrorism offenses. Amends the Statewide Grand Jury Act. Provides that a Statewide Grand Jury may be convened to investigate and return indictments for violating these new terrorism offenses. Amends the Boarding Aircraft With Weapon Act. Changes the penalty for a violation of the Act from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony. Repeals the International Terrorism Article of the Criminal Code of 1961. Effective immediately. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status