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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
State of Illinois 
2025 and 2026
HB1041

Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. John M. Cabello 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/7-5.5

 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Deletes language providing that a peace officer, or any other person acting under the color of law, shall not discharge kinetic impact projectiles or other non-lethal or less-lethal projectiles in a manner that targets the back.

LRB104 04503 RLC 14530 b

A BILL FOR

HB1041LRB104 04503 RLC 14530 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 7-5.5 as follows:

6 (720 ILCS 5/7-5.5)

7 Sec. 7-5.5. Prohibited use of force by a peace officer.

8 (a) A peace officer, or any other person acting under the 

9color of law, shall not use a chokehold or restraint above the 

10shoulders with risk of asphyxiation in the performance of his 

11or her duties, unless deadly force is justified under this 

12Article.

13 (b) A peace officer, or any other person acting under the 

14color of law, shall not use a chokehold or restraint above the 

15shoulders with risk of asphyxiation, or any lesser contact 

16with the throat or neck area of another, in order to prevent 

17the destruction of evidence by ingestion.

18 (c) As used in this Section, "chokehold" means applying 

19any direct pressure to the throat, windpipe, or airway of 

20another. "Chokehold" does not include any holding involving 

21contact with the neck that is not intended to reduce the intake 

22of air such as a headlock where the only pressure applied is to 

23the head.

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1 (d) As used in this