HB1585 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB099 06364 RLC 26434 b

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB1585

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/2-7

from Ch. 38, par. 2-7

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "felony".

A BILL FOR

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 2-7 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/2-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 2-7)

Sec. 2-7. "Felony". "Felony" means an an offense for which a sentence to death or to a term of imprisonment in a penitentiary for one year or more is provided.

(Source: P.A. 77-2638.)