92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB5625
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House Sponsors:
RUTHERFORD-HOLBROOK-REITZ-STEPHENS-BLACK, MCAULIFFE, 
   DART, FEIGENHOLTZ AND LANG.

Senate Sponsors:
BOWLES-GEO-KARIS-LINK-WALSH,L-PARKER

Short description: 
HUMANE CARE ANIMALS-PENALTIES                                              

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Humane Care for Animals  Act.  Restates  that  certain      
   penalty  provisions  of  the  Act  apply to every violation, including      
   every violation that involves more than one  type  of  animal,  except      
   where the only one or more animals involved in the violation are dogs.      
   Effective immediately.                                                      
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          510 ILCS 70/16                                                       
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          510 ILCS 70/3.03-1 new                                               
        Deletes everything. Amends  the  Humane  Care  for  Animals  Act.      
   Provides  that  no person may knowingly create, sell, market, offer to      
   market or sell, or possess a depiction  of  animal  cruelty.  Provides      
   that  no  person  may  place that depiction in commerce for commercial      
   gain or entertainment. Provides that the prohibition  does  not  apply      
   when  the  depiction  has  serious  religious,  political, scientific,      
   educational,  law  enforcement  or   humane   investigator   training,      
   journalistic,  or  historical  value.  Provides  that depicting animal      
   cruelty is a Class A misdemeanor  and  that  a  second  or  subsequent      
   violation  is a Class 4 felony.  Provides that the court may order the      
   convicted person and must order a  convicted  juvenile  to  undergo  a      
   psychological  or  psychiatric evaluation and to undergo any treatment      
   that the court determines to be appropriate after due consideration of      
   the evaluation.                                                             
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
        Provides that the ban on creating, selling,  marketing,  offering      
   to  market  or  sell, or possessing a depiction of animal cruelty does      
   not apply when the depiction has artistic value  or  involves  rodeos,      
   sanctioned livestock events, or normal husbandry practices.                 
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                
        Provides that the Section pertaining to the depiction  of  animal      
   cruelty does not apply when the depiction has religious or other value      
   (rather  than  serious religious or other value). Provides that if the      
   convicted person is a juvenile, the court  shall  (rather  than  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.                      
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0776

   Last action date: AUG-06-2002

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   2


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