Bill Text: IL SB1903 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that no owner of a companion animal (rather than a cat or dog that is a companion animal) may expose the companion animal in a manner that places that animal in a life-threatening situation for a prolonged period of time in extreme heat or cold conditions that: (1) results in injury to or death of the animal; or (2) results in hypothermia, hyperthermia, frostbite, or similar condition as diagnosed by a doctor of veterinary medicine.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB1903 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB1903-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB1903 Introduced 2/10/2017, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
510 ILCS 70/3.01 from Ch. 8, par. 703.01
Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that no owner of a companion animal (rather than a cat or dog that is a companion animal) may expose the companion animal in a manner that places that animal in a life-threatening situation for a prolonged period of time in extreme heat or cold conditions that: (1) results in injury to or death of the animal; or (2) results in hypothermia, hyperthermia, frostbite, or similar condition as diagnosed by a doctor of veterinary medicine.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning animals.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by
changing Section 3.01 as follows:
(510 ILCS 70/3.01) (from Ch. 8, par. 703.01)
Sec. 3.01. Cruel treatment.
(a) No person or owner may beat, cruelly treat, torment,
starve, overwork or otherwise abuse any animal.
(b) No owner may abandon any animal where it may become a
public charge or may suffer injury, hunger or exposure.
(c) No owner of a dog or cat that is a companion animal may
expose the companion animal dog or cat in a manner that places
that animal the dog or cat in a life-threatening situation for
a prolonged period of time in extreme heat or cold conditions
that:
(1) results in injury to or death of the animal; or
(2) results in hypothermia, hyperthermia, frostbite,
or similar condition as diagnosed by a doctor of veterinary
medicine.
(c-5) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit an animal from
being impounded in an emergency situation under subsection (b)
of Section 12 of this Act.

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(d) A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty
of a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent conviction for
a violation of this Section is a Class 4 felony. In addition to
any other penalty provided by law, a person who is convicted of
violating subsection (a) upon a companion animal in the
presence of a child, as defined in Section 12-0.1 of the
Criminal Code of 2012, shall be subject to a fine of $250 and
ordered to perform community service for not less than 100
hours. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, upon
conviction for violating this Section, the court may order the
convicted person to undergo a psychological or psychiatric
evaluation and to undergo any treatment at the convicted
person's expense that the court determines to be appropriate
after due consideration of the evidence. If the convicted
person is a juvenile or a companion animal hoarder, the court
must order the convicted person to undergo a psychological or
psychiatric evaluation and to undergo treatment that the court
determines to be appropriate after due consideration of the
evaluation.
(Source: P.A. 99-311, eff. 1-1-16; 99-357, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642,
eff. 7-28-16; 99-782, eff. 8-12-16.)