Illinois House Bill 5942 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 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 person who unlawfully possesses fentanyl commits reckless endangerment of a first responder by fentanyl exposure if he or she, by any means lawful or unlawful, recklessly performs an act or acts that cause a first responder bodily harm as a result of exposure to or contact with fentanyl. Provides that a person commits reckless endangerment of a first responder by fentanyl exposure when he or she unlawfully delivers fentanyl to another that causes bodily harm to a first responder as a result of exposure to or contact with that fentanyl. Reckless endangerment of a first responder by fentanyl exposure is a Class 2 felony. Effective immediately.

CRIM CD-FENTANYL EXPOSURE

Rep. Monica Bristow [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2018-11-07	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2018-11-07	House	First Reading
2018-08-14	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Monica Bristow

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	5	12-5.03	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5942&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB5942.htm