Illinois House Bill 4784 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a defendant who has been found guilty of first degree murder and who at the time of the commission of the offense had attained the age of 18 years or more may be sentenced to natural life imprisonment if the murder was committed against a victim who was the parent of a child under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense and the defendant is: (1) the spouse or former spouse of the victim; (2) a person who shares or formerly shared a common dwelling with the victim; or (3) a person who has or allegedly had a child in common with the victim.

CRIM CD-1ST DEGREE MURDER-AGG

Rep. Thomas Morrison [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2018-02-13	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2018-02-13	House	First Reading
2018-02-13	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thomas Morrison

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	5	9-1	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4784&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB4784.htm