100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5782

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jonathan Carroll

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/48-12 new

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that beginning 180 days after the effective date of the bill, it is unlawful to possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute a pangolin product. Provides that unlawful possession or sale of pangolin products is a Class A misdemeanor. Defines "pangolin" and "pangolin product".


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding
5Section 48-12 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/48-12 new)
7    Sec. 48-12. Unlawful possession or sale of pangolin
8products.
9    (a) In this Section:
10        "Pangolin" means any of the species of Manis
11    pentadactyla, Manis javanica, Manis crassicaudata, Manis
12    culionensis, Smutsia temminckii, Phataginus tricuspis,
13    Smutsia gigantean, and Phataginus tetradactyla.
14        "Pangolin product" means any item that contains, or is
15    wholly or partially made from, a pangolin.
16    (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this
17Section, beginning 180 days after the effective date of this
18amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, it is unlawful to
19possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute a pangolin
20product.
21    (c) This Section does not apply to organizations engaged in
22pangolin research or conservation.
23    (d) Sentence. Unlawful possession or sale of pangolin

 

 

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1products is a Class A misdemeanor.