100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5942
 
Introduced , by Rep. Monica Bristow
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
720 ILCS 5/12-5.03 new

     Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who unlawfully possesses fentanyl commits reckless endangerment of a first responder by fentanyl exposure if he or she, by any means lawful or unlawful, recklessly performs an act or acts that cause a  first responder bodily harm as a result of exposure to or contact with fentanyl. Provides that a person commits reckless endangerment of a first responder by fentanyl exposure when he or she unlawfully delivers fentanyl to another that causes bodily harm to a first responder as a result of exposure to or contact with that fentanyl. Reckless endangerment of a first responder by fentanyl exposure is a Class 2 felony. Effective immediately.
  


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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 12-5.03 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/12-5.03 new)
7    Sec. 12-5.03. Reckless endangerment of a first responder by 
8fentanyl exposure.
9    (a) In this Section: 
10        "Fentanyl" means a substance containing any amount of 
11fentanyl or a fentanyl analog, including any isomers, esters, 
12ethers, salts, or salts of isomers thereof. 
13        "First responder" means emergency medical services 
14personnel as defined in Section 3.5 of the Emergency Medical 
15Services (EMS) Systems Act, a law enforcement officer, or 
16firefighter. 
17    (b) A person who unlawfully possesses fentanyl commits 
18reckless endangerment of a first responder by fentanyl exposure 
19if he or she, by any means lawful or unlawful, recklessly 
20performs an act or acts that cause a  first responder bodily 
21harm as a result of exposure to or contact with fentanyl.
22    (c) A person commits reckless endangerment of a first 
23responder by fentanyl exposure when he or she unlawfully 
 
 
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1delivers fentanyl to another that causes bodily harm to a first 
2responder as a result of exposure to or contact with that 
3fentanyl.
4    (d) Reckless endangerment of a first responder by fentanyl 
5exposure is a Class 2 felony. 
  
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
7becoming law.