Illinois House Bill 4568 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on December 3 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person that uses an electronic communication device while driving that causes the death of another person shall be guilty of a Class 2 felony, rather than a Class 4 felony, and unless the court determines that circumstances requiring probation or conditional discharge exist, a person found guilty under this Section shall be sentenced to not less than 3 years and not more than 14 years imprisonment if the violation resulted in the death of one person, or not less than 6 years and not more than 28 years imprisonment if the violation resulted in the death of 2 or more persons. Provides that a person that receives probation or a conditional discharge for a violation that results in the death of another person must perform a minimum 480 hours of community service or 10 days imprisonment as a condition of probation or conditional discharge in addition to any other criminal or administrative sanction.

VEH CD - CELL PHONE PENALTY

Sen. Robert Martwick [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-03	House	Session Sine Die
2014-03-28	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2014-03-28	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2014-03-19	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
2014-03-14	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2014-03-14	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert F. Martwick
2014-03-13	House	Assigned to Judiciary
2014-02-04	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2014-02-04	House	First Reading
2014-02-04	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert F. Martwick

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
625	5	12-610.2	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4568&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB4568.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB4568ham001.htm