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 Bill Status of HB1593  101st General Assembly


Short Description:  CRIM CD-FENTANYL EXPOSURE

House Sponsors
Rep. Monica Bristow - Katie Stuart

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/13/2021HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
720 ILCS 5/12-5.03 new


Synopsis As Introduced
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.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  1/30/2019HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Monica Bristow
  2/1/2019HouseFirst Reading
  2/1/2019HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/11/2019HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
  2/13/2019HouseAssigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
  3/5/2019HouseTo Sentencing, Penalities and Criminal Procedure Subcommittee
  3/29/2019HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  1/13/2021HouseSession Sine Die

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