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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3861

Introduced 2/6/2026, by Sen. John F. Curran

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/11-204

from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-204
625 ILCS 5/11-204.1

from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-204.1

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that fleeing or attempting
to elude a peace officer is a Class 4 felony instead of a Class A
misdemeanor and that a third or subsequent violation is a Class 3 felony
instead of a Class 4 felony. Provides that aggravated fleeing or
attempting to elude a peace officer is a Class 3 felony instead of a Class
4 felony and that a second or subsequent violation is a Class 2 felony
instead of a Class 3 felony. Effective immediately.
LRB104 18879 LNS 32324 b

A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning transportation.

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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 Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
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changing Sections 11-204 and 11-204.1 as follows:

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(625 ILCS 5/11-204)

(from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-204)
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Sec. 11-204.
Fleeing or attempting to elude a peace
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officer.
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(a) Any driver or operator of a motor vehicle who, having
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been given a visual or audible signal by a peace officer
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directing such driver or operator to bring his vehicle to a
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stop, wilfully fails or refuses to obey such direction,
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increases his speed, extinguishes his lights, or otherwise
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flees or attempts to elude the officer, is guilty of a Class
4
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felony

A misdemeanor
. The signal given by the peace officer
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may be by hand, voice, siren, red or blue light. Provided, the
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officer giving such signal shall be in police uniform, and, if
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driving a vehicle, such vehicle shall display illuminated
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oscillating, rotating or flashing red or blue lights which
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when used in conjunction with an audible horn or siren would
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indicate the vehicle to be an official police vehicle. Such
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requirement shall not preclude the use of amber or white
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oscillating, rotating or flashing lights in conjunction with

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red or blue oscillating, rotating or flashing lights as
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required in Section 12-215 of Chapter 12.
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(b) Upon receiving notice of such conviction the Secretary
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of State shall suspend the drivers license of the person so
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convicted for a period of not more than 6 months for a first
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conviction and not more than 12 months for a second
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conviction.
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(c) A third or subsequent violation of this Section is a
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Class
3

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felony.
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(Source: P.A. 93-120, eff. 1-1-04.)

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(625 ILCS 5/11-204.1)

(from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-204.1)
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Sec. 11-204.1.
Aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a
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peace officer.
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(a) The offense of aggravated fleeing or attempting to
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elude a peace officer is committed by any driver or operator of
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a motor vehicle who flees or attempts to elude a peace officer,
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after being given a visual or audible signal by a peace officer
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in the manner prescribed in subsection (a) of Section 11-204
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of this Code, and such flight or attempt to elude:
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(1) is at a rate of speed at least 21 miles per hour
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over the legal speed limit;
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(2) causes bodily injury to any individual;
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(3) causes damage in excess of $300 to property;
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(4) involves disobedience of 2 or more official
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traffic control devices; or

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(5) involves the concealing or altering of the
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vehicle's registration plate or digital registration
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plate.
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(b) Any person convicted of a first violation of this
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Section shall be guilty of a Class
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felony. Upon notice of
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such a conviction the Secretary of State shall forthwith
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revoke the driver's license of the person so convicted, as
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provided in Section 6-205 of this Code. Any person convicted
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of a second or subsequent violation of this Section shall be
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guilty of a Class
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felony, and upon notice of such a
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conviction the Secretary of State shall forthwith revoke the
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driver's license of the person convicted, as provided in
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Section 6-205 of the Code.
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(c) The motor vehicle used in a violation of this Section
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is subject to seizure and forfeiture as provided in Sections
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36-1 and 36-2 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
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(Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)

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Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect upon
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becoming law.

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