102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB1091

Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/1-3 from Ch. 38, par. 1-3

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a

Section
concerning the applicability of the common law.

LRB102 03105 RLC 13118 b

A BILL FOR

HB1091

LRB102 03105 RLC 13118 b

1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by

5 changing Section 1-3 as follows:

6 (720 ILCS 5/1-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1-3)

7 Sec. 1-3. Applicability of common law. No conduct

8 constitutes an offense unless it is described as an offense in

9 this Code or in another statute of this State. However, this

10 provision does not affectthe~~the~~ power of a court to punish

11 for contempt or to employ any sanction authorized by law for

12 the enforcement of an order or civil judgment.

13 (Source: P.A. 79-1360.)