HB1487 is a very narrow technical amendment to the Illinois Criminal Code of 2012. The bill amends Section 1-1, which concerns the Code’s short title, and the synopsis indicates that it makes a technical change rather than a substantive change to criminal offenses, penalties, procedures, or enforcement powers.
Because the bill is limited to a short-title section, it does not appear to alter the rights or obligations of defendants, law enforcement, prosecutors, courts, or the public. Its practical effect would be to clean up statutory language and maintain internal consistency in the Criminal Code, rather than change criminal law policy.
Impact
The bill would amend 720 ILCS 5/1-1, the Criminal Code of 2012’s short-title provision, but it does not identify any substantive policy change. As drafted, it would have little to no direct operational impact on state agencies, courts, or affected parties beyond a technical statutory update and possible clarification of the Code’s wording.
Sentiment
There is no recorded committee discussion or vote history provided for HB1487, so there is no evidence of controversy or support/opposition from the legislative record included here. Based on the text alone, the bill appears routine and noncontroversial because it is a technical correction bill with no substantive criminal-law changes.
Contention
No specific points of contention are apparent from the available materials. Since the bill only makes a technical change to the Criminal Code’s short title section, there are no identified stakeholders disputing policy impacts, enforcement consequences, or fiscal effects. The absence of transcripts and votes suggests the measure may have been treated as a housekeeping bill.