Bill Text: IL HB5797 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Includes in the offense of mob action, (1) the knowing or reckless steering of a motor vehicle so that it makes a controlled skid sideways through a turn with the front wheels pointed in a direction opposite to that of the turn if the activity results in the use of force or violence disturbing the public peace; or (2) the knowing or reckless act of street racing if the activity results in the use of force or violence disturbing the public peace. Defines "street racing". Provides that the penalty for these offenses is a Class 4 felony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-11-16 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5797 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB5797-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB5797 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/25-1 from Ch. 38, par. 25-1
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Includes in the offense of mob action, (1) the knowing or reckless steering of a motor vehicle so that it makes a controlled skid sideways through a turn with the front wheels pointed in a direction opposite to that of the turn if the activity results in the use of force or violence disturbing the public peace; or (2) the knowing or reckless act of street racing if the activity results in the use of force or violence disturbing the public peace. Defines "street racing". Provides that the penalty for these offenses is a Class 4 felony.
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A BILL FOR
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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 25-1 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/25-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 25-1)
Sec. 25-1. Mob action.
(a) A person commits mob action when he or she engages in
any of the following:
(1) the knowing or reckless use of force or violence
disturbing the public peace by 2 or more persons acting
together and without authority of law;
(2) the knowing assembly of 2 or more persons with the
intent to commit or facilitate the commission of a felony
or misdemeanor; or
(3) the knowing assembly of 2 or more persons, without
authority of law, for the purpose of doing violence to the
person or property of anyone supposed to have been guilty
of a violation of the law, or for the purpose of exercising
correctional powers or regulative powers over any person
by violence;
(4) the knowing or reckless steering of a motor
vehicle so that it makes a controlled skid sideways

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through a turn with the front wheels pointed in a
direction opposite to that of the turn if the activity
results in the use of force or violence disturbing the
public peace; or
(5) the knowing or reckless act of street racing if
the activity results in the use of force or violence
disturbing the public peace. In this paragraph (5),
"street racing" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
11-506 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(b) Sentence.
(1) Mob action in violation of paragraph (1), (4), or
(5) of subsection (a) is a Class 4 felony.
(2) Mob action in violation of paragraphs (2) and (3)
of subsection (a) is a Class C misdemeanor.
(3) A participant in a mob action that by violence
inflicts injury to the person or property of another
commits a Class 4 felony.
(4) A participant in a mob action who does not
withdraw when commanded to do so by a peace officer
commits a Class A misdemeanor.
(5) In addition to any other sentence that may be
imposed, a court shall order any person convicted of mob
action to perform community service for not less than 30
and not more than 120 hours, if community service is
available in the jurisdiction and is funded and approved
by the county board of the county where the offense was

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committed. In addition, whenever any person is placed on
supervision for an alleged offense under this Section, the
supervision shall be conditioned upon the performance of
the community service. This paragraph does not apply when
the court imposes a sentence of incarceration.
(Source: P.A. 96-710, eff. 1-1-10; 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)