Bill Text: IL SB2790 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning endangering the life or health of a child.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB2790 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB2790-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB2790 Introduced 1/18/2012, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/12-21.6
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning endangering the life or health of a child.
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A BILL FOR
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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 1961 is amended by changing
Section 12-21.6 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/12-21.6)
Sec. 12-21.6. Endangering the life or health of a child.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to willfully cause or
permit the the life or health of a child under the age of 18 to
be endangered or to willfully cause or permit a child to be
placed in circumstances that endanger the child's life or
health, except that it is not unlawful for a person to
relinquish a child in accordance with the Abandoned Newborn
Infant Protection Act.
(b) There is a rebuttable presumption that a person
committed the offense if he or she left a child 6 years of age
or younger unattended 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.
(d) A violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor. A
second or subsequent violation of this Section is a Class 3

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felony. A violation of 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.
(Source: P.A. 92-408, eff. 8-17-01; 92-432, eff. 8-17-01;
92-515, eff. 6-1-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)