97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1468

 

Introduced 2/9/2011, by Sen. Christine Radogno

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/2-10.1  from Ch. 38, par. 2-10.1

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "severely or profoundly mentally retarded person".


LRB097 07012 RLC 47105 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB1468LRB097 07012 RLC 47105 b

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 2-10.1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/2-10.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 2-10.1)
7    Sec. 2-10.1. "Severely or profoundly mentally retarded
8person" means a person (i) whose intelligence quotient does not
9exceed 40 or (ii) whose intelligence quotient does not exceed
1055 and and who suffers from significant mental illness to the
11extent that the person's ability to exercise rational judgment
12is impaired. In any proceeding in which the defendant is
13charged with committing a violation of Section 10-2, 10-5,
1411-15.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20.1, 12-4.3, 12-14, or 12-16 of
15this Code against a victim who is alleged to be a severely or
16profoundly mentally retarded person, any findings concerning
17the victim's status as a severely or profoundly mentally
18retarded person, made by a court after a judicial admission
19hearing concerning the victim under Articles V and VI of
20Chapter 4 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
21Code shall be admissible.
22(Source: P.A. 92-434, eff. 1-1-02.)