Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Allows a drug-induced homicide prosecution when a person violates the law of another jurisdiction, which if the violation had been committed in this State could be charged under Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or Section 55 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, by unlawfully delivering a controlled substance to another, and any person's death is caused in this State by the injection, inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of any amount of that controlled substance. Provides that the bill may be referred to as the Evan Rushing Law.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0404
[SB0639 Detail]
Bill Drafts
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| Chaptered | 2017-08-28 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
| Enrolled | 2017-05-31 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
| Engrossed | 2017-05-18 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
| Introduced | 2017-01-25 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
Amendments
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| No bill amendments currently on file for Illinois SB0639 |
Supplemental Documents
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| No supplemental documents for Illinois SB0639 currently on file. |
