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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5004

Introduced 2/10/2026, by Rep. Patrick Sheehan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/31-10 new

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a first responder who
reasonably believes that a person's presence within 14 feet of the first
responder will interfere with the performance of the first responder's
legal duty may warn the person not to approach or to remain within 14 feet
of the first responder. Provides that it is unlawful for a person, after
receiving a warning not to approach from a first responder who is engaged
in the lawful performance of a legal duty, to knowingly or intentionally
violate the warning and approach or remain within 14 feet of the first
responder with the intent to: (1) interrupt, disrupt, hinder, impede, or
interfere with the first responder's ability to perform the first
responder's legal duty; (2) threaten the first responder with physical
harm; or (3) harass the first responder by interfering with the first
responder performing the first responder's legal duty. Provides that a
violation is a Class A misdemeanor. Defines "harass" and "first
responder".
LRB104 15335 RLC 28626 b

A BILL FOR

HB5004
LRB104 15335 RLC 28626 b
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding
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Section 31-10 as follows:

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(720 ILCS 5/31-10 new)
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Sec. 31-10.
Approaching a first responder after a warning
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with intent to impede, threaten, or harass.
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(a) In this Section:
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"First responder" includes a law enforcement officer,
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as defined in Section 2 of the Line of Duty Compensation
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Act, a fire fighter, as defined in Section 2 of the
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Illinois Fire Protection Training Act, a peace officer, as
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defined in Section 2-13 of this Code, emergency medical
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services personnel, as defined in Section 3.5 of the
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Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, or a
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probation officer, as defined in paragraph (3) of Section
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9b of the Probation and Probation Officers Act.
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"Harass" means to engage in a course of conduct
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directed at a first responder that causes substantial
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emotional distress in that first responder.
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(b) A first responder who reasonably believes that a
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person's presence within 14 feet of the first responder will

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LRB104 15335 RLC 28626 b
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interfere with the performance of the first responder's legal
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duty may warn the person not to approach or to remain within 14
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feet of the first responder.

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(c) It is unlawful for a person, after receiving a warning
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not to approach from a first responder who is engaged in the
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lawful performance of a legal duty, to knowingly or
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intentionally violate the warning and approach or remain
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within 14 feet of the first responder with the intent to:
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(1) interrupt, disrupt, hinder, impede, or interfere
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with the first responder's ability to perform the first
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responder's legal duty;
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(2) threaten the first responder with physical harm;
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or
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(3) harass the first responder by interfering with the
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first responder performing the first responder's legal
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duty.

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(d) Sentence. A person who violates this Section commits a
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Class A misdemeanor.

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