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 Bill Status of HB0073  93rd General Assembly


Short Description:  RE-ENACTS -CHILD MURDER

House Sponsors
Rep. Tom Cross - Patricia Reid Lindner

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/11/2005HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
730 ILCS 5/5-8-1from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Re-enacts a provision added by Public Act 89-203 that was held unconstitutional in People v. Wooters, 188 Ill. 2d 500 (1999) as violating the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution. Re-enacts the provision that requires the court to impose a sentence of natural life imprisonment upon a defendant who has not been sentenced to death and who at the time of the commission of the murder has attained the age of 17 or more and is found guilty of murdering an individual under 12 years of age. Effective immediately.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  1/6/2003HousePrefiled with Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross
  1/8/2003HouseFirst Reading
  1/8/2003HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  1/23/2003HouseAssigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
  1/30/2003HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
  3/13/2003HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  1/11/2005HouseSession Sine Die

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