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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4341 Introduced 1/29/2020, by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 720 ILCS 5/12C-5 | was 720 ILCS 5/12-21.6 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that endangering the life or health of a child that is a proximate cause of bodily harm to the child is a Class 4 felony (rather than a Class A misdemeanor).
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| | HB4341 | | LRB101 17224 RLC 66628 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 12C-5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/12C-5)
(was 720 ILCS 5/12-21.6)
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| 7 | | Sec. 12C-5. Endangering the life or health of a child.
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| 8 | | (a) A person commits endangering the life or health of a |
| 9 | | child when he or she knowingly: (1) causes or permits the life |
| 10 | | or
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 |
| 12 | | that endanger the child's life
or health. It is not a violation |
| 13 | | of this Section for a person to relinquish a child
in |
| 14 | | accordance with the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
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| 15 | | (b) A trier of fact may infer that a child 6 years of age or |
| 16 | | younger is unattended if that child is left in a motor
vehicle |
| 17 | | for more than 10 minutes.
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| 18 | | (c) "Unattended" means either: (i) not accompanied by a |
| 19 | | person 14 years
of age or older; or (ii) if accompanied by a |
| 20 | | person 14 years of age or older,
out of sight of that person.
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| 21 | | (d) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class A |
| 22 | | misdemeanor. A second or
subsequent violation of this Section |
| 23 | | is a Class 3 felony. A violation of this Section that is a |