Sec. 2-1d. Interference with the General Assembly; misdemeanor.
Sec. 2-1d. Interference with the General Assembly; misdemeanor. (a) A person
is guilty of interfering with the legislative process when he:
(1) Alone or in concert with others, either by force, physical interference, fraud,
intimidation or by means of any unlawful act, with intent to do so, prevents or attempts
to prevent the General Assembly, either house thereof, or any committee of the General
Assembly or either house thereof, from meeting;
(2) Alone or in concert with others, with intent to do so, disturbs, disrupts or interferes with, or attempts to disturb, disrupt or interfere with, any session, meeting or
proceeding of the General Assembly or either house thereof or any committee of the
General Assembly or either house thereof, whether within or outside the presence of
said General Assembly, either house thereof or any such committee by (A) engaging
in violent, tumultuous or threatening behavior; or (B) using abusive or obscene language
or making an obscene gesture; or (C) making unreasonable noise; or (D) refusing to
comply with a lawful order of the police or a member of the Office of State Capitol
Police to disperse; or (E) performing any other act which disturbs, disrupts or interferes
with any such session, meeting or proceeding;
(3) Alone or in concert with others, without legal authority takes, obtains, withholds,
destroys, defaces or alters any official document or record of the General Assembly,
either house thereof or any committee of the General Assembly, or either house thereof,
which disrupts or interferes with the functioning of said General Assembly or committee
or either house thereof;
(4) Alone or in concert with others, and without legal authority, takes, obtains,
withholds, destroys or defaces any real or personal property owned or used by the General Assembly, either house thereof or any committee or agency of the General Assembly
or either house thereof;
(5) Alone or in concert with others, and without legal authority or proper authorization, refuses to leave any part of the chamber, galleries or offices of the General Assembly or either house thereof, or the building in which such chamber, galleries or any such
office is located, or within or upon any office or residence of any member of the General
Assembly, or within or upon any room or building in which a legislative hearing or
meeting is being conducted, upon a lawful order of the police or a member of the Office
of State Capitol Police to disperse, leave or move to an area he designates;
(6) Alone or in concert with others, pickets inside any building in which the chamber, galleries or offices of the General Assembly or either house thereof is located, or
in which the office or residence of any member of the General Assembly is located, or
in which a legislative hearing or meeting is being conducted.
(b) Interference with the legislative process under the provisions of this section is
a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 73-516, S. 1; P.A. 83-13, S. 1; P.A. 96-219, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 83-13 changed references to security officers to members of the office of state capitol security throughout
the section; P.A. 96-219 amended Subsecs. (a)(2) and (a)(5) by changing the name of the "Office of State Capitol Security"
to the "Office of State Capitol Police".
Cited. 228 C. 907. Cited. 232 C. 345. Cited. 242 C. 211.
Subsec. (a):
Subdiv. (2)(E): Section held constitutional; judgment of appellate court in State v. Linares, 32 CA 656, reversed in part
pertaining to this section. 232 C. 345.
Cited. 32 CA 656; judgment reversed in part, see 232 C. 345. Subdiv (2)(E): Section void for overbreadth; overbreadth
and vagueness discussed. Id. Subdiv. (2)(C): Does not involve protected speech; overbreadth and vagueness discussed. Id.