CRIM CD-OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE Senate SponsorsSen. Steve McClure 1/10/2023SenateSession Sine Die 720 ILCS 5/31-4from Ch. 38, par. 31-4Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Defines "concealment" for purposes of the obstructing justice statute. Defines "concealment" as hiding evidence in a manner that makes its recovery substantially more difficult or impossible. Effective immediately.Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with this change: changes "concealment" to "conceal". Also changes definition of "conceal", for the purposes of the provision that prohibits the knowing destruction, alteration, concealment, or disguising physical evidence, planting false evidence, or furnishing false information, to hiding evidence in a manner that makes its discovery or recovery materially more difficult or impossible. Effective immediately. 2/26/2021SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Steve McClure 2/26/2021SenateFirst Reading 2/26/2021SenateReferred to Assignments 4/7/2021SenateAssigned to Criminal Law 4/12/2021SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve McClure 4/12/2021SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments 4/13/2021SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law 4/16/2021SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 23, 2021 4/20/2021SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted 4/20/2021SenatePostponed - Criminal Law 4/23/2021SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments 1/10/2023SenateSession Sine Die