101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB1593
 
Introduced , by Rep. Monica Bristow
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
720 ILCS 5/12-5.03 new

     Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who unlawfully possesses fentanyl commits reckless endangerment of a first responder or coroner by fentanyl exposure if he or she, by any means lawful or unlawful, recklessly performs an act or acts that causes a  first responder or coroner bodily harm as a result of exposure to or contact with fentanyl. Provides that a person commits reckless endangerment of a first responder or coroner by fentanyl exposure when he or she unlawfully delivers fentanyl to another that causes bodily harm to a first responder or coroner as a result of exposure to or contact with that fentanyl. Reckless endangerment of a first responder or coroner by fentanyl exposure is a Class 2 felony. Effective immediately.
  


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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 12-5.03 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/12-5.03 new)
7    Sec. 12-5.03. Reckless endangerment of a first responder or 
8coroner by fentanyl exposure.
9    (a) In this Section: 
10        "Coroner" means a coroner designated under Division 
113-3 of the Counties Code, a medical examiner,  or his or her 
12designated representative. 
13        "Fentanyl" means a substance containing any amount of 
14fentanyl or a fentanyl analog, including any isomers, esters, 
15ethers, salts, or salts of isomers thereof. 
16        "First responder" means emergency medical services 
17personnel as defined in Section 3.5 of the Emergency Medical 
18Services (EMS) Systems Act, a law enforcement officer, or 
19firefighter. 
20    (b) A person who unlawfully possesses fentanyl commits 
21reckless endangerment of a first responder or coroner by 
22fentanyl exposure if he or she, by any means lawful or 
23unlawful, recklessly performs an act or acts that causes a  
 
 
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1first responder or coroner bodily harm as a result of exposure 
2to or contact with fentanyl.
3    (c) A person commits reckless endangerment of a first 
4responder or coroner by fentanyl exposure when he or she 
5unlawfully delivers fentanyl to another that causes bodily harm 
6to a first responder or coroner as a result of exposure to or 
7contact with that fentanyl.
8    (d) Reckless endangerment of a first responder or coroner 
9by fentanyl exposure is a Class 2 felony. 
  
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
11becoming law.