Date	Chamber	Action
1/7/2025	Senate	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

730 ILCS 5/5-8-1

from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the court shall sentence the defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment for first degree murder if the defendant, at the time of the commission of the murder, had attained the age of 18, and is found guilty of the first degree murder of a child under the age of 5 who is determined by the court, upon testimony of a physician, to have died from abusive head trauma caused by the defendant. Provides that "abusive head trauma" includes shaken baby syndrome. Defines "abusive head trauma" and shaken baby syndrome".

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/17/2024	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy
1/17/2024	Senate	First Reading
1/17/2024	Senate	Referred to Assignments
1/29/2024	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
2/5/2024	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
2/6/2024	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran
2/7/2024	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Seth Lewis
2/20/2024	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
2/28/2024	Senate	Assigned to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety
3/7/2024	Senate	To Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance
3/15/2024	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 5, 2024
4/5/2024	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 19, 2024
4/12/2024	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
4/19/2024	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
1/7/2025	Senate	Session Sine Die

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