103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3599
 
Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Michelle Mussman
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
720 ILCS 5/26-7

     Amends the Criminal Code of 2012.  Provides that a person commits disorderly conduct with a laser or laser pointer when he or she intentionally or knowingly aims a laser or laser pointer at a person or at a person's residence without the consent of that person.  provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor.
  


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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 26-7 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/26-7)
7    Sec. 26-7. Disorderly conduct with  a laser or laser 
8pointer. 
9    (a) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:
10        "Aircraft" means any contrivance now known or 
11    hereafter invented, used, or designed for navigation of or 
12    flight in the air, but excluding parachutes. 
13        "Laser" means both of the following: 
14            (1) any device that utilizes the natural 
15        oscillations of atoms or molecules between energy 
16        levels for generating coherent electromagnetic 
17        radiation in the ultraviolet, visible, or infrared 
18        region of the spectrum and when discharged exceeds one 
19        milliwatt continuous wave; 
20            (2) any device designed or used to amplify 
21        electromagnetic radiation by simulated emission that 
22        is visible to the human eye. 
23        "Laser pointer" means a hand-held device that emits 
 
 
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1    light amplified by the
stimulated emission of radiation 
2    that is visible to the human eye. 
3        "Laser sight" means a laser pointer that can be 
4    attached to a firearm and can
be used to improve the 
5    accuracy of the firearm. 
6    (b) A person commits disorderly conduct with a laser or 
7laser pointer when he or she intentionally or knowingly:
8        (1) aims an operating laser pointer at a person he or 
9    she knows or
reasonably should know to be a
peace officer; 
10    or 
11        (2) aims and discharges a laser or other device that 
12    creates visible light into the cockpit of an aircraft that 
13    is in the process of taking off, landing, or is in flight; 
14    or
15        (3) aims a laser or laser pointer at a person or at a 
16    person's residence without the consent of that person. 
17    (c) Paragraph (2) of subsection (b) does not apply to the 
18following individuals who aim and discharge a laser or other 
19device at an aircraft: 
20        (1) an authorized individual in the conduct of 
21    research and development or flight test operations 
22    conducted by an aircraft manufacturer, the Federal 
23    Aviation Administration, or any other person authorized by 
24    the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct this 
25    research and development or flight test operations; or 
26        (2) members or elements of the Department of Defense 
 
 
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1    or Department of Homeland Security acting in an official 
2    capacity for the purpose of research, development, 
3    operations, testing, or training. 
4    (d) Sentence. Disorderly conduct with a laser or laser 
5pointer is a Class A misdemeanor. 

6(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)