Senate Sponsors: CULLERTON. House Sponsors: BROSNAHAN-OSTERMAN-YOUNGE-MCCARTHY-BRADY Short description: CRIM CD-CHILD UNATTEND-VEHCLE Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle. Provides that a person commits this offense when he or she leaves a child under age 11 in a motor vehicle at a time when no person 14 years of age or older is also present in the vehicle. Provides that this offense is (1) a Class C misdemeanor; (2) a Class A misdemeanor when it results in injury to the child or another person; or (3) a Class 4 felony when it results in the death of the child or another person. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 720 ILCS 5/12-21.7 new Adds reference to: 720 ILCS 5/12-21.6 Deletes everything. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 concerning the offense of endangering the life or health of a child. Provides that a person commits this offense if he or she leaves a child unattended in a motor vehicle. Provides that there is a rebuttable presumption that a person committed the offense if he or she left a child unattended in a motor vehicle for more than 10 minutes. Provides that "unattended" means either: (i) not accompanied by a person 14 years of age or older; or (ii) if accompanied by a person 14 years of age or older, out of sight of that person. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Further amends the Criminal Code of 1961 concerning the offense of endangering the life or health of a child. Provides that a person commits this offense when he or she leaves a child unattended in a motor vehicle, but only if the child is 6 years of age or younger. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Deletes everything. Reinserts the contents of the engrossed bill together with House Amendment No. 1. GOVERNOR'S AMENDATORY VETO MESSAGE Recommends that the provisions creating the new offense of en- dangering the life or health of a child by leaving a child 6 years of age or younger unattended in a motor vehicle be deleted; and that the rebuttable presumption (that leaving a child 6 years of age or younger unattended in a motor vehicle for more than 10 minutes constitutes a violation) in the new offense be retained as a rebuttable presumption that applies to the existing offense of endangering the life or health of a child. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0515 Last action date: JAN-01-2002 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 2 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status