Bill Text: IL SB2995 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Makes changes to the penalties for persons convicted of aggravated cruelty to a companion animal. Provides that a person convicted of causing the death of a companion animal is guilty of a Class 2 felony (rather than a Class 4 felony). Provides that a second or subsequent conviction for an act that causes the death of a companion animal is a Class 1 felony (rather than a Class 3 felony).

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2995 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB2995-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB2995 Introduced 2/4/2020, by Sen. Steve McClure - Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
510 ILCS 70/3.02
Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Makes changes to the penalties for persons convicted of aggravated cruelty to a companion animal. Provides that a person convicted of causing the death of a companion animal is guilty of a Class 2 felony (rather than a Class 4 felony). Provides that a second or subsequent conviction for an act that causes the death of a companion animal is a Class 1 felony (rather than a Class 3 felony).
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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 3.02 as follows:
(510 ILCS 70/3.02)
Sec. 3.02. Aggravated cruelty.
(a) No person may intentionally commit an act that causes a
companion animal to suffer serious injury or death. Aggravated
cruelty does not include euthanasia of a companion animal
through recognized methods approved by the Department of
Agriculture unless prohibited under subsection (b).
(b) No individual, except a licensed veterinarian as
exempted under Section 3.09, may knowingly or intentionally
euthanize or authorize the euthanasia of a companion animal by
use of carbon monoxide.
(c) A person convicted of violating this Section for an act
that causes a companion animal to suffer serious injury is
guilty of a Class 4 felony. A person convicted for an act that
causes the death of a companion animal is guilty of a Class 2
felony Section 3.02 is guilty of a Class 4 felony. A second or
subsequent violation for an act that causes a companion animal
to suffer serious injury is a Class 3 felony. A second or

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subsequent violation for an act that causes the death of a
companion animal is a Class 1 felony is a Class 3 felony. 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 evaluation. 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. 96-780, eff. 8-28-09.)