Public Act 102-0903
 
HB0601 EnrolledLRB102 04273 RLC 14291 b


  
    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended  by 
changing Section 19-2 as follows:
 



    (720 ILCS 5/19-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 19-2)



    Sec. 19-2. Possession of burglary tools. 

    (a) A person commits
 possession of burglary tools when he

or she possesses any key, tool, instrument, device, or any 
explosive, suitable for
use in breaking into a building, 
housetrailer, watercraft, aircraft, motor
vehicle, railroad 
car, or any
depository designed for the safekeeping of 
property, or any part thereof,
with intent to enter that place 
and with intent to commit therein a
felony or theft. The trier 
of fact may infer from the possession of a key designed for 
lock bumping an intent to commit a felony or theft; however, 
this inference does not apply to any peace officer or other 
employee of a law enforcement agency, or to any person or 
agency licensed under the Private Detective, Private Alarm, 
Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 
2004.  For the purposes of this Section, "lock bumping" means a 
lock picking technique for opening a pin tumbler lock using a 
specially-crafted bumpkey.
    (a-5)  A person also commits possession of burglary tools 
when he or she, knowingly and with the intent to enter the 
motor vehicle and with the intent to commit therein a felony or 
theft, possesses a device designed to:
        (1)   unlock or start a motor vehicle without the use or 
    possession of the key to the motor vehicle; or
        (2)   capture or duplicate a signal from the key fob of a 
    motor vehicle to unlock or start the motor vehicle without 
    the use or possession of the key to the motor vehicle.
    (b) Sentence. Possession of burglary tools is a Class 4

felony.

(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)



Effective Date:  1/1/2023