Bill Text: IL SB1553 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits endangering the life or health of a child when he or she knowingly causes or permits a child to be placed in circumstances that cause bodily injury to the child. Provides that this offense is a Class 4 felony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-15 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon [SB1553 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB1553-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB1553 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Rachelle Crowe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/12C-5 was 720 ILCS 5/12-21.6
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits endangering the life or health of a child when he or she knowingly causes or permits a child to be placed in circumstances that cause bodily injury to the child. Provides that this offense is a Class 4 felony.
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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
changing Section 12C-5 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/12C-5) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-21.6)
Sec. 12C-5. Endangering the life or health of a child.
(a) A person commits endangering the life or health of a
child when he or she knowingly: (1) causes or permits the life
or health of a child under the age of 18 to be endangered; or
(2) causes or permits a child to be placed in circumstances
that endanger the child's life or health. It is not a violation
of this Section for a person to relinquish a child in
accordance with the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
(a-5) A person commits endangering the life or health of a
child when he or she knowingly causes or permits a child to be
placed in circumstances that cause bodily injury to the child.
(b) A trier of fact may infer that a child 6 years of age
or younger is unattended if that child is left in a motor
vehicle for more than 10 minutes.
(c) "Unattended" means either: (i) not accompanied by a
person 14 years of age or older; or (ii) if accompanied by a
person 14 years of age or older, out of sight of that person.

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(d) Sentence. A violation of subsection (a) this Section
is a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation of
subsection (a) this Section is a Class 3 felony. A violation of
subsection (a) this Section that is a proximate cause of the
death of the child is a Class 3 felony for which a person, if
sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a
term of not less than 2 years and not more than 10 years. A
violation of subsection (a-5) is a Class 4 felony. A parent,
who is found to be in violation of this Section with respect to
his or her child, may be sentenced to probation for this
offense pursuant to Section 12C-15.
(Source: P.A. 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13.)