90th General Assembly
Summary of HB1368
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House Sponsors:
MYERS-TENHOUSE-RYDER-BOST AND FEIGENHOLTZ.

Senate Sponsors:
DONAHUE-DILLARD

Short description: 
CRIM CD-CAUSING CATASTROPHE                                                

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Creates the offense of causing      
   a catastrophe.  Defines the offense as knowingly causing a catastrophe      
   by explosion, fire, flood, collapse of a building, release of  poison,      
   radioactive   material,   bacteria,  virus,  or  other  dangerous  and      
   difficult to confine force or substance.  Penalty is a Class X felony.      
   Effective immediately.                                                      
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Changes  definition  of  catastrophe.    Deletes   "death"   from      
   definition.   Provides that serious physical injury must occur to 5 or      
   more persons (rather than 10 or more persons).                              
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0669

   Last action date: 98-07-31

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   0


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