92nd General Assembly
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Senate Sponsors:
CULLERTON.

House Sponsors:
BROSNAHAN-OSTERMAN-YOUNGE-MCCARTHY-BRADY

Short description: 
CRIM CD-CHILD UNATTEND-VEHCLE                                              

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Creates the offense of leaving      
   a child unattended in a motor vehicle.  Provides that a person commits      
   this offense when he or she leaves a child under age  11  in  a  motor      
   vehicle  at  a  time  when  no person 14 years of age or older is also      
   present in the vehicle.  Provides that this offense is (1) a  Class  C      
   misdemeanor;  (2)  a  Class A misdemeanor when it results in injury to      
   the child or another person; or (3) a Class 4 felony when  it  results      
   in the death of the child or another person.  Effective immediately.        
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          720 ILCS 5/12-21.7 new                                               
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          720 ILCS 5/12-21.6                                                   
        Deletes everything.  Amends the Criminal Code of 1961  concerning      
   the  offense  of  endangering the life or health of a child.  Provides      
   that a person commits this  offense  if  he  or  she  leaves  a  child      
   unattended  in  a  motor vehicle.  Provides that there is a rebuttable      
   presumption that a person committed the offense if he or she left a         
   child unattended in a motor vehicle for more than 10 minutes. Provides      
   that "unattended" means either: (i) not accompanied by a person 14          
   years of age or older; or (ii) if accompanied by a person 14 years of       
   age or older, out of sight of that person.                                  
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Further amends the Criminal Code of 1961 concerning  the  offense      
   of  endangering the life or health of a child.  Provides that a person      
   commits this offense when he or she leaves a  child  unattended  in  a      
   motor vehicle, but only if the child is 6 years of age or younger.          
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
        Deletes everything.  Reinserts the contents of the engrossed bill      
   together with House Amendment No. 1.                                        
        GOVERNOR'S AMENDATORY VETO MESSAGE                                     
        Recommends that the provisions creating the new offense of en-         
   dangering the life or health of a child by leaving a child 6 years of       
   age or younger unattended in a motor vehicle be deleted; and that the       
   rebuttable presumption (that leaving a child 6 years of age or younger      
   unattended in a motor vehicle for more than 10 minutes constitutes a        
   violation) in the new offense be retained as a rebuttable presumption       
   that applies to the existing offense of endangering the life or health      
   of a child.                                                                 
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0515

   Last action date: JAN-01-2002

           Location: Senate

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


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