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.
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A BILL FOR

HB1091LRB102 03105 RLC 13118 b
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 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
5changing 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
8constitutes an offense unless it is described as an offense in
9this Code or in another statute of this State. However, this
10provision does not affect the the power of a court to punish
11for contempt or to employ any sanction authorized by law for
12the enforcement of an order or civil judgment.
13(Source: P.A. 79-1360.)