Illinois House Bill 318 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Creates the offense of theft of public funds. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she: (1) embezzles, steals, purloins, obtains by fraud, or knowingly converts to his or her use or the use of another, or without authority sells, conveys, or disposes of, any record, voucher, money, or thing of value of the State or any department or agency of the State, or of any unit of local government or school district, or any property made or being made under contract for the State or any department or agency of the State, or any unit of local government or school district; or (2) receives, conceals, or retains the record, voucher, money, thing of value, or property of the State or any department or agency of the State, or of any unit of local government or school district, or any property made or being made under contract for the State or any department or agency of the State, or any unit of local government or school district with intent to convert it to his or her use or gain, knowing it to have been embezzled, stolen, purloined, obtained by fraud, or converted. Establishes penalties based on the value of the property unlawfully obtained. Changes the statute concerning misapplication of funds. Includes embezzling, stealing, obtaining by fraud, or otherwise without authority knowingly converting to the use of any person other than the rightful owner or intentionally misapplying, property that is owned by, or is under the care, custody, or control of the State or of any agency of the State, a unit of local government, or school district.

THEFT-PUBLIC FUNDS

Rep. Scott Drury [D]

Rep. David Olsen [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2017-03-31	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2017-02-16	House	To Sentencing, Penalties and Criminal Procedure Subcommittee
2017-01-25	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
2017-01-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen
2017-01-11	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2017-01-11	House	First Reading
2017-01-11	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Scott Drury

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	5	16-1.4	New Code	See Bill Text
720	5	33E-16	Amended Code	Citation Text
730	5	5-5-3	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=318&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB0318.htm