Date	Chamber	Action
1/11/2011	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

720 ILCS 5/9-1

from Ch. 38, par. 9-1

720 ILCS 5/9-2

from Ch. 38, par. 9-2

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is a defense to first degree murder that the person killed had a documented history or pattern of physically abusing the defendant and both the defendant and the victim were, at the time of the offense or previously, family or household members as defined in the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that such conduct is second degree murder.

House Committee Amendment No. 1

	Deletes reference to:
	720 ILCS 5/9-1

720 ILCS 5/9-2

	Adds reference to:
	725 ILCS 5/111-2.5 new

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that the State's Attorney may not charge a person with first degree murder, second degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, reckless homicide, or drug-induced homicide if the person killed had a documented history or pattern of physically abusing the person who committed the homicide and both the person who committed the homicide and the person killed were, at the time of the offense or previously, family or household members as defined in the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/4/2010	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Annazette Collins
2/5/2010	House	First Reading
2/5/2010	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/16/2010	House	Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
2/25/2010	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
2/25/2010	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote
2/25/2010	House	Motion Do Pass as Amended - Lost Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 003-004-000
2/25/2010	House	Remains in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
3/15/2010	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/11/2011	House	Session Sine Die

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