97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1666

 

Introduced 2/9/2011, by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/12-21.6

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Adds, to the circumstances under which endangering the life or health of a child is a Class 3 felony for which the person, if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of not less than 2 years and not more than 10 years, the following: that the violation is the proximate cause of great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement of the child; or that the violation occurs while the person is committing or attempting to commit another offense that is a felony or a Class A misdemeanor. Effective immediately.


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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 1961 is amended by changing
5Section 12-21.6 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/12-21.6)
7    Sec. 12-21.6. Endangering the life or health of a child.
8    (a) It is unlawful for any person to willfully cause or
9permit the life or health of a child under the age of 18 to be
10endangered or to willfully cause or permit a child to be placed
11in circumstances that endanger the child's life or health,
12except that it is not unlawful for a person to relinquish a
13child in accordance with the Abandoned Newborn Infant
14Protection Act.
15    (b) There is a rebuttable presumption that a person
16committed the offense if he or she left a child 6 years of age
17or younger unattended in a motor vehicle for more than 10
18minutes.
19    (c) "Unattended" means either: (i) not accompanied by a
20person 14 years of age or older; or (ii) if accompanied by a
21person 14 years of age or older, out of sight of that person.
22    (d) A violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor. A
23second or subsequent violation of this Section is a Class 3

 

 

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1felony. A violation of this Section that:(i) is a proximate
2cause of the death, great bodily harm, or permanent disability
3or disfigurement of the child, or (ii) occurs while the person
4is committing or attempting to commit another offense that is a
5felony or a Class A misdemeanor, is a Class 3 felony for which
6a person, if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be
7sentenced to a term of not less than 2 years and not more than
810 years.
9(Source: P.A. 92-408, eff. 8-17-01; 92-432, eff. 8-17-01;
1092-515, eff. 6-1-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.