CRIM CD&CD CORR-ACCOUNTABILITY
- Introduced Feb 7, 2025
- In committee Feb 18, 2025
- Passed the House Next
- Passed the Senate
- To the governor
- Became law
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person found legally accountable for the conduct of another when either before or during the commission of an offense, by taking deliberate action (deletes and with the intent) to promote or facilitate that commission, he or she solicits, aids, abets, agrees, or attempts to aid that other person in the planning or commission of the offense shall be sentenced pursuant…
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person found legally accountable for the conduct of another when either before or during the commission of an offense, by taking deliberate action (deletes and with the intent) to promote or facilitate that commission, he or she solicits, aids, abets, agrees, or attempts to aid that other person in the planning or commission of the offense shall be sentenced pursuant to the Unified Code of Corrections, except when: (1) the person initiated the commission of the offense; or (2) the person expressly directed another person to engage in conduct that constituted an element of the offense. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person convicted under such an accountability theory shall be sentenced according to the provisions of the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that no separate sentence shall be imposed for the offense in which the conduct of another person satisfied an element of the offense for which the individual has been found guilty. Establishes penalties for being legally accountable for the conduct of another under such an accountability theory. Effective immediately.
Every action
24 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
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- HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Lisa Davis
- HouseFirst Reading
- CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
- HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. William "Will" Davis
- HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- CommitteeAssigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee · House Judiciary - Criminal
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel
- HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
- HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
- HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lisa Davis
- CommitteeHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee · House Rules
- CommitteeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · House Rules
Roll calls
No recorded votes on this bill yet.
Sponsors
The member who introduced it, joined by 17 cosponsors: 17 Democrats.
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Lisa DavisD Primary sponsor · District 32
All 17 cosponsors
From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.