Illinois House Bill 3003 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that a person who willfully or maliciously tortures, mutilates, injures, disables, poisons, or kills any animal used by a law enforcement department or agency in the performance of the functions or duties of the department or agency or when placed in confinement off duty, any service animal, any search and rescue dog, any law enforcement, service, or search and rescue animal in training, or any accelerant detection canine used by a fire officer for arson investigations in the performance of his or her functions or while off duty is guilty of a Class 3 felony (rather than a Class 4 felony) if the animal is not killed or totally disables; and if the animal is killed or is totally disabled, the person is guilty of a Class 2 felony (rather than a Class 3 felony). Provides that a person who kills or severely injures any animal used by a law enforcement department or agency in the performance of the functions or duties of the department or agency or when placed off duty, any service animal, any search and rescue dog, any law enforcement, service, or search and rescue animal in training, or any accelerant detection canine used by a fire officer for arson investigations in the performance of his or her functions or while off duty, while he or she is in the commission of a felony, is guilty of a Class 2 felony. Provides that if the offender is found to be guilty under the Section, the offender shall be responsible for any veterinarian bills for an animal that was injured and training costs for another animal, if the animal injured or killed is no longer able to be in service.

ANIMALS-POLICE AND SERVICE

Rep. John Cavaletto [R]

Rep. John Cabello [R]

Sen. Brian Stewart [R]

Rep. Dave Severin [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2017-05-30	House	Motion Tabled
2017-05-30	House	Motion Prevailed
2017-05-30	House	Motion Discharge Committee Tabled
2017-03-31	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2017-03-23	House	Motion Filed to Discharge Committee Judiciary - Criminal Committee; Rep. John Cavaletto
2017-03-15	House	To Criminal Administration and Enforcement Subcommittee
2017-02-22	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
2017-02-10	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
2017-02-10	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brian W. Stewart
2017-02-10	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
2017-02-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2017-02-09	House	First Reading
2017-02-09	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John Cavaletto

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
510	70	4.04	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3003&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB3003.htm