Bill Text: IL HB1644 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that beginning 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, it is unlawful to possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute a pangolin product. Provides that unlawful possession or sale of pangolin products is a Class A misdemeanor. Defines "pangolin" and "pangolin product".

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-11-12 - Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Pappas [HB1644 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB1644-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB1644 Introduced , by Rep. Jonathan Carroll SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/48-12 new
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that beginning 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, it is unlawful to possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute a pangolin product. Provides that unlawful possession or sale of pangolin products is a Class A misdemeanor. Defines "pangolin" and "pangolin product".
LRB101 07662 SLF 52710 b
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HB1644 LRB101 07662 SLF 52710 b
AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding
Section 48-12 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/48-12 new)
Sec. 48-12. Unlawful possession or sale of pangolin
products.
(a) In this Section:
"Pangolin" means any of the species of Manis
pentadactyla, Manis javanica, Manis crassicaudata, Manis
culionensis, Smutsia temminckii, Phataginus tricuspis,
Smutsia gigantean, and Phataginus tetradactyla.
"Pangolin product" means any item that contains, or is
wholly or partially made from, a pangolin.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c),
beginning 180 days after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 101st General Assembly, it is unlawful to possess,
sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute a pangolin product.
(c) This Section does not apply to organizations engaged in
pangolin research or conservation.
(d) Sentence. Unlawful possession or sale of pangolin
products is a Class A misdemeanor.