Illinois House Bill 1615 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-06 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 concerning first degree murder. Provides that a person who kills an individual without lawful justification commits first degree murder if he or she acting alone, commits or attempts to commit a forcible felony other than second degree murder and, in the course of and in furtherance of the crime, he or she personally causes the death of an individual. Provides that a person who kills an individual without lawful justification commits first degree murder if he or she, when acting with one or more participants, commits or attempts to commit a forcible felony other than second degree murder, and in the course of and in furtherance of the offense, another participant in the offense causes the death of an individual, and he or she knew that the other participant would engage in conduct that would result in death or great bodily harm. Makes technical changes.

CRIM CD-FELONY MURDER

Rep. Justin Slaughter [D]	Rep. Kelly Cassidy [D]	Rep. William Davis [D]	Rep. Yehiel Kalish [D]
Rep. Robyn Gabel [D]	Rep. Bob Morgan [D]	Rep. Will Guzzardi [D]	Rep. Maurice West [D]
Rep. Rita Mayfield [D]	Rep. Joyce Mason [D]	Rep. Kambium Buckner [D]	Rep. Anne Stava-Murray [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
2020-06-29	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner
2020-06-23	House	Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2020-03-17	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
2020-02-26	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2019-10-30	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
2019-10-28	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
2019-09-16	House	Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Edly-Allen
2019-09-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Edly-Allen
2019-09-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
2019-09-13	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
2019-08-29	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
2019-08-28	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
2019-08-26	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yehiel M. Kalish
2019-03-29	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-02-13	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
2019-02-13	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
2019-02-01	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-02-01	House	First Reading
2019-01-31	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Justin Slaughter

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	5	9-1	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1615&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB1615.htm