MYERS-TENHOUSE-RYDER-BOST AND FEIGENHOLTZ. (DONAHUE-DILLARD) 720 ILCS 5/Art. 20.5 heading new 720 ILCS 5/20.5-5 new Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of causing a catastrophe. Defines the offense as knowingly causing a catastrophe by explosion, fire, flood, collapse of a building, release of poison, radioactive material, bacteria, virus, or other dangerous and difficult to confine force or substance. Penalty is a Class X felony. Effective immediately. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Changes definition of catastrophe. Deletes "death" from definition. Provides that serious physical injury must occur to 5 or more persons (rather than 10 or more persons). 97-03-05 H FIRST READING 97-03-05 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 97-03-06 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL 97-03-12 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FEIGENHOLTZ 97-03-13 H JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO TENHOUSE 97-03-13 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RYDER 97-03-13 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOST 97-03-13 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FEIGENHOLTZ 97-03-21 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 015-000-000 HJUB 97-03-21 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-04-08 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-04-08 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-04-11 H RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-04-11 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-MYERS 97-04-11 H AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL 97-04-11 H HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE 97-04-12 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-MYERS 97-04-12 H BE ADOPTED HRUL 97-04-12 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-MYERS 97-04-12 H ADOPTED 97-04-12 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-04-14 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 118-000-000 97-04-15 S ARRIVE IN SENATE 97-04-15 S PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 97-04-23 97-04-21 S CHIEF SPONSOR DONAHUE 97-04-23 S FIRST READING 97-04-23 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 97-04-25 S ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR DILLARD 98-04-28 S ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY 98-05-05 S DO PASS 007-000-000 SJUD 98-05-05 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 98-05-06 98-05-06 S SECOND READING 98-05-06 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 98-05-07 98-05-07 S THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 98-05-07 H PASSED BOTH HOUSES 98-06-05 H SENT TO THE GOVERNOR 98-07-31 H GOVERNOR APPROVED 98-07-31 H EFFECTIVE DATE 98-07-31 98-07-31 H PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0669 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary