100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4493

 

Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/9-3.3-1 new

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of drug-induced homicide of an unborn child. Provides that a person commits the offense when the person, without lawful justification, knowingly injects or knowingly causes injection, inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of any amount of a prescription drug, over-the-counter drug, controlled substance, or methamphetamine that causes the death of an unborn child. Exempts from a violation: (1) acts which cause the death of an unborn child if those acts were committed during any abortion, as defined in the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975, to which the pregnant woman has consented; (2) acts which were committed under usual and customary standards of medical practice during diagnostic testing or therapeutic treatment; or (3) the use of a drug according to the direction of a physician or in accordance with the directions written on the drug label. Provides that a violation is a Class X felony.


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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 2012 is amended by adding
5Section 9-3.3-1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/9-3.3-1 new)
7    Sec. 9-3.3-1. Drug-induced homicide of an unborn child.
8    (a) In this Section:
9    "Controlled substance", "drug", and "prescription" have
10the meanings ascribed to them in Section 102 of the Illinois
11Controlled Substances Act.
12    "Methamphetamine" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
1310 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act.
14    "Over-the-counter-drug" means a drug for human use that
15contains a label that identifies the product as a drug as
16required by 21 C.F.R. 201.66 and in which a prescription is not
17required by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the
18Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or the Illinois Food, Drug
19and Cosmetic Act.
20    (b) A person commits drug-induced homicide of an unborn
21child when the person, without lawful justification, knowingly
22injects or knowingly causes inhalation, absorption, or
23ingestion of any amount of a prescription drug,

 

 

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1over-the-counter drug, controlled substance, or
2methamphetamine that causes the death of an unborn child.
3    (c) This Section does not apply to:
4        (1) acts which cause the death of an unborn child if
5    those acts were committed during any abortion, as defined
6    in Section 2 of the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975, to which
7    the pregnant woman has consented;
8        (2) acts which were committed under usual and customary
9    standards of medical practice during diagnostic testing or
10    therapeutic treatment; or
11        (3) the use of a drug according to the direction of a
12    physician or in accordance with the directions written on
13    the drug label.
14    (d) Sentence. Drug-induced homicide of an unborn child is a
15Class X felony.