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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB2618 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Rep. Adam M. Niemerg SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Statute on Statutes. Provides that a live child born as a result of an abortion shall be fully recognized as a human person and accorded immediate protection under the law. Removes language regarding interpretation of specified provisions. Effective immediately. |
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| | HB2618 | | LRB104 10401 BDA 20476 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Statute on Statutes is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 1.36 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 70/1.36) |
| 7 | | Sec. 1.36. Born alive infant. |
| 8 | | (a) In determining the meaning of any statute or of any |
| 9 | | rule, regulation, or interpretation of the various |
| 10 | | administrative agencies of this State, the words "person", |
| 11 | | "human being", "child", and "individual" shall include every |
| 12 | | infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at |
| 13 | | any stage of development. |
| 14 | | (b) As used in this Section, the term "born alive", with |
| 15 | | respect to a member of the species homo sapiens, means the |
| 16 | | complete expulsion or extraction from his or her mother of |
| 17 | | that member, at any stage of development, who after such |
| 18 | | expulsion or extraction breathes or has a beating heart, |
| 19 | | pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of |
| 20 | | voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the umbilical cord |
| 21 | | has been cut and regardless of whether the expulsion or |
| 22 | | extraction occurs as a result of natural or induced labor, |
| 23 | | cesarean section, or induced abortion. |
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| 1 | | (b-5) A live child born as a result of an abortion shall be |
| 2 | | fully recognized as a human person and accorded immediate |
| 3 | | protection under the law. |
| 4 | | (c) (Blank). Nothing in this Section shall be construed to |
| 5 | | affirm, deny, expand, or contract any legal status or legal |
| 6 | | right applicable to any member of the species homo sapiens at |
| 7 | | any point prior to being born alive, as defined in this |
| 8 | | Section. |
| 9 | | (d) (Blank). Nothing in this Section shall be construed to |
| 10 | | affect existing federal or State law regarding abortion. |
| 11 | | (e) (Blank). Nothing in this Section shall be construed to |
| 12 | | alter generally accepted medical standards. |
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 94-559, eff. 1-1-06.)
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| 14 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 15 | | becoming law. |
