102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1553
 
Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Rachelle Crowe
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



720 ILCS 5/12C-5  was 720 ILCS 5/12-21.6

     Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits endangering the life or health of a child when he or she knowingly causes or permits a child to be placed in circumstances that cause bodily injury to the child. Provides that this offense is a Class 4 felony.
  


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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 
5changing Section 12C-5 as follows:
 



6    (720 ILCS 5/12C-5)
  (was 720 ILCS 5/12-21.6)


7    Sec. 12C-5. Endangering the life or health of a child. 

8    (a) A person commits endangering the life or health of a 
9child when he or she knowingly: (1) causes or permits the life 
10or
health of a child under the age of 18 to be endangered; or 
11(2) causes or permits a child to be placed in circumstances 
12that endanger the child's life
or health. It is not a violation 
13of this Section for a person to relinquish a child
in 
14accordance with the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.

15    (a-5) A person commits endangering the life or health of a 
16child when he or she knowingly causes or permits a child to be 
17placed in circumstances that cause bodily injury to the child. 
18    (b) A trier of fact may infer that a child 6 years of age 
19or younger is unattended if that child is left in a motor

20vehicle for more than 10 minutes.

21    (c) "Unattended" means either: (i) not accompanied by a 
22person 14 years
of age or older; or (ii) if accompanied by a 
23person 14 years of age or older,
out of sight of that person.

 
 
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1    (d) Sentence. A violation of subsection (a) this Section 
2is a Class A misdemeanor.  A second or
subsequent violation of 
3subsection (a) this Section is a Class 3 felony.   A violation of

4subsection (a) this Section that is a proximate cause of the 
5death of the child is a Class
3 felony for which a person, if 
6sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall
be sentenced to a 
7term of not less than 2 years and not more than 10 years. A 
8violation of subsection (a-5) is a Class 4 felony. A parent, 
9who is found to be in violation of this Section with respect to 
10his or her child,  may be sentenced to probation for this 
11offense pursuant to Section 12C-15. 

12(Source: P.A. 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13.)