99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB1462

 

Introduced 2/6/2015, by Rep. Pamela Reaves-Harris

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Peace Officer Chokehold Prohibition Act. Provides that a peace officer may not apply a chokehold to effect the arrest of a person, unless faced with a situation in which the use of deadly force is justified under the Justifiable Use of Force; Exoneration Article of the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a peace officer who violates this provision is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Effective January 1, 2016.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Peace
5Officer Chokehold Prohibition Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7    "Chokehold" means a method by which a person holds another
8person by putting his or her arm around the other person's neck
9with sufficient pressure to make breathing difficult or
10impossible and includes, but is not limited to, any pressure to
11the throat or windpipe, which may prevent or hinder breathing
12or reduce intake of air.
13    "Peace officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
142-13 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
 
15    Section 10. Chokeholds prohibited; exception. A peace
16officer may not apply a chokehold to effect the arrest of a
17person, unless faced with a situation in which the use of
18deadly force is justified under Article 7 of the Criminal Code
19of 2012.
 
20    Section 15. Sentence. A violation of this Act is a Class A
21misdemeanor.
 

 

 

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1    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
21, 2016.