Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Allows a drug-induced homicide prosecution when a person violates the law of another jurisdiction, which if the violation had been committed in this State could be charged under Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or Section 55 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, by unlawfully delivering a controlled substance to another, and any person's death is caused in this State by the injection, inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of any amount of that controlled substance. Provides that the bill may be referred to as the Evan Rushing Law.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0404 [SB0639 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	Third Reading in House	2017-05-31	105	2	10	1	118	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2017-05-18	54	0	5	0	59	Passed	Link	View

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