Bill Title: Enacts "Erin's law"; establishes the class A-I felony of aggravated murder of a child for which the sentence shall be life imprisonment without parole; aggravated murder of a child shall include intentional killing of a person under 14 while in the course of committing rape, criminal sexual acts, aggravated sexual abuse or incest against such child, or the depraved indifference or intentional killing of a person under 14 while being legally responsible for the care of such child; repeals provisions of murder in the second degree which mirror certain provisions of aggravated murder of a child; treats the offense of aggravated murder of a child in a manner similar to murder in the first degree; establishes the offenses of aggravated manslaughter of a child, aggravated abuse of a child in the first, second and third degrees, and aggravated endangering the welfare of a child; requires recording of calls to the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment and the investigation of the prior history of a report of child abuse; requires increased scrutiny and the presence of law enforcement during investigations of a report with prior history of a report of child abuse.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 7)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-05 - PRINT NUMBER 3582A [S03582 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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