Illinois House Bill 38

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression
Action: 2019-02-14 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
Pending: House Judiciary - Criminal Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is an aggravating factor in sentencing for first degree murder that the murdered individual was a member of a congregation engaged in prayer or other religious activities at a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place used for religious worship. Provides that assault and battery committed in a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place used for religious worship are enhanced to aggravated assault or aggravated battery. Provides that the penalty for aggravated assault under this provision is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that aggravated battery under this provision is a Class 1 felony when the person causes great bodily harm or permanent disability to an individual whom the person knows to be a member of a congregation engaged in prayer or other religious activities at a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place used for religious worship. Provides that a person also commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons when the person knowingly carries or possesses with intent to use the same unlawfully against another, any firearm, knife, or other dangerous weapon, in any school church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place used for religious worship. Provides that a violation is a Class 2 felony. Makes technical changes. Effective immediately.

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Rep. Rita Mayfield [D]	Rep. Marcus Evans [D]	Rep. Linda LaVia [D]	Rep. Yehiel Kalish [D]
Rep. Thomas Morrison [R]	Rep. Darren Bailey [R]	Rep. Carol Ammons [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
2019-02-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Darren Bailey
2019-02-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison
2019-02-13	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yehiel M. Kalish
2019-02-13	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
2019-02-13	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
2019-01-29	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
2019-01-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-01-09	House	First Reading
2018-11-30	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Rita Mayfield

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	5	12-2	Amended Code	Citation Text
720	5	12-3.05	Amended Code	Citation Text
720	5	12-4	Amended Code	Citation Text
720	5	24-1	Amended Code	Citation Text
720	5	9-1	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=38&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB0038.htm