100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5942

 

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


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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 12-5.03 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/12-5.03 new)
7    Sec. 12-5.03. Reckless endangerment of a first responder by
8fentanyl exposure.
9    (a) In this Section:
10        "Fentanyl" means a substance containing any amount of
11fentanyl or a fentanyl analog, including any isomers, esters,
12ethers, salts, or salts of isomers thereof.
13        "First responder" means emergency medical services
14personnel as defined in Section 3.5 of the Emergency Medical
15Services (EMS) Systems Act, a law enforcement officer, or
16firefighter.
17    (b) A person who unlawfully possesses fentanyl commits
18reckless endangerment of a first responder by fentanyl exposure
19if he or she, by any means lawful or unlawful, recklessly
20performs an act or acts that cause a first responder bodily
21harm as a result of exposure to or contact with fentanyl.
22    (c) A person commits reckless endangerment of a first
23responder by fentanyl exposure when he or she unlawfully

 

 

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1delivers fentanyl to another that causes bodily harm to a first
2responder as a result of exposure to or contact with that
3fentanyl.
4    (d) Reckless endangerment of a first responder by fentanyl
5exposure is a Class 2 felony.
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.