91st General Assembly
Summary of HB0839
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House Sponsors:
FEIGENHOLTZ-O'BRIEN-KENNER-OSMOND-MYERS,RICHARD, 
   GARRETT AND GILES.

Senate Sponsors:
KLEMM-SILVERSTEIN

Short description: 
CRIM CD-TAKING IDENTITY                                                    

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Creates the offense of  taking      
   the  identity of another person.  Provides that it is a Class 4 felony      
   to take the name, birth date, or social  security  number  of  another      
   person,  without  that  other  person's consent and with the intent to      
   obtain or use the other person's identity for an unlawful  purpose  or      
   to cause economic loss to another person.                                   
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          720 ILCS 5/17-23 new                                                 
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          720 ILCS 5/Art. 16G heading new                                      
          720 ILCS 5/16G-1 new                                                 
          720 ILCS 5/16G-5 new                                                 
          720 ILCS 5/16G-10 new                                                
          720 ILCS 5/16G-15 new                                                
          720 ILCS 5/16G-20 new                                                
          720 ILCS 5/16G-25 new                                                
        Deletes the title  and  everything  after  the  enacting  clause.      
   Amends  the  Criminal  Code of 1961.  Creates the offense of financial      
   identity theft.   Provides  that  it  is  unlawful  to  knowingly  use      
   personal identifying information or a personal identification document      
   of  another  person to obtain credit, money, goods, services, or other      
   property in  the  name  of  the  other  person,  without  the  written      
   authorization  of  the other person and knowingly representing that he      
   or she is the other person or is acting with the authorization of  the      
   other  person.  Creates  the  offense of aggravated financial identity      
   theft defined as committing the offense of  financial  identity  theft      
   against  a  person  at  least  60  years  of age or against a disabled      
   person. Effective immediately.                                              
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                
        Changes the elements of the offense of financial  identity  theft      
   to  knowingly  using  personal  identifying  information  or  personal      
   identification  documents of  another  person  to  fraudulently obtain      
   credit, money, goods, services, or other property in the name  of  the      
   other  person.  Deletes  provision that requires that the obtaining of      
   the property must be without the written authorization  of  the  other      
   person  and  that  the  offender  must represent that he or she is the      
   person or is acting with the authorization of the other person.             
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: 01-01-09

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   0     SENATE -   2


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