Bill Text: IL HB1331 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning intentional homicide of an unborn child.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-12 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1331 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB1331-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 9-1.2 as follows:
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| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/9-1.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 9-1.2)
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| 7 | Sec. 9-1.2. Intentional Homicide of an Unborn Child.
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| 8 | (a) A person
commits the
the offense of intentional | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | homicide of an unborn child if, in
performing acts which cause | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | the death of an unborn child, he without lawful
justification:
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| 11 | (1) either intended to cause the death of or do great | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | bodily harm to the
pregnant woman or her unborn child or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | knew that such acts would cause death
or great bodily harm | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | to the pregnant woman or her unborn child; or
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| 15 | (2) knew that his acts created a strong probability of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | death or great
bodily harm to the pregnant woman or her | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | unborn child; and
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| 18 | (3) knew that the woman was pregnant.
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| 19 | (b) For purposes of this Section, (1) "unborn child" shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | mean any
individual of the human species from fertilization | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | until birth, and (2)
"person" shall not include the pregnant | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | woman whose unborn child is killed.
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| 23 | (c) This Section shall not apply to acts which cause the | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | death of an
unborn child if those acts were committed during | ||||||
| 2 | any abortion, as defined
in Section 2 of the Illinois Abortion | ||||||
| 3 | Law of 1975, as amended, to which the
pregnant woman has | ||||||
| 4 | consented. This Section shall not apply to acts which
were | ||||||
| 5 | committed pursuant to usual and customary standards of medical
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| 6 | practice during diagnostic testing or therapeutic treatment.
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| 7 | (d) Penalty. The sentence for intentional homicide of an | ||||||
| 8 | unborn child
shall be the same as for first degree murder, | ||||||
| 9 | except that:
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| 10 | (1) the death penalty may not be imposed;
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| 11 | (2) if the person committed the offense while armed | ||||||
| 12 | with a firearm, 15
years shall be added to the term of | ||||||
| 13 | imprisonment imposed by the court;
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| 14 | (3) if, during the commission of the offense, the | ||||||
| 15 | person personally
discharged a firearm, 20 years shall be | ||||||
| 16 | added to the term of imprisonment
imposed by the court;
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| 17 | (4) if, during the commission of the offense, the | ||||||
| 18 | person personally
discharged a firearm that proximately | ||||||
| 19 | caused great bodily harm, permanent
disability, permanent | ||||||
| 20 | disfigurement, or death to another person, 25 years or up
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| 21 | to a term of natural life shall be added to the term of | ||||||
| 22 | imprisonment imposed by
the court.
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| 23 | (e) The provisions of this Act shall not be construed to | ||||||
| 24 | prohibit the
prosecution of any person under any other | ||||||
| 25 | provision of law.
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| 26 | (Source: P.A. 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
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