HB 6175

Abstract

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who commits the offense of financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability may be tried in any one of the following counties in which: (1) any part of the offense occurred; or (2) the victim or one of the victims reside. Provides that a prosecution for the offense of financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability may be commenced within 7 years of the last act committed in furtherance of the crime (rather than 3 years after commission of the offense). Provides that theft by deception in which the offender obtained money or property valued at $5,000 or more from a person with a disability is a Class 2 felony.