Bill Text: IL HB2777 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the definition of "severely or profoundly intellectually disabled person".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2777 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB2777-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB2777 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/2-10.1 from Ch. 38, par. 2-10.1
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the definition of "severely or profoundly intellectually disabled person".
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
Section 2-10.1 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/2-10.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 2-10.1)
Sec. 2-10.1. "Severely or profoundly intellectually
disabled person" means a person (i) whose intelligence quotient
does not exceed 40 or (ii) whose intelligence quotient does not
exceed 55 and and who suffers from significant mental illness
to the extent that the person's ability to exercise rational
judgment is impaired. In any proceeding in which the defendant
is charged with committing a violation of Section 10-2, 10-5,
11-1.30, 11-1.60, 11-14.4, 11-15.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20.1,
11-20.1B, 11-20.3, 12-4.3, 12-14, or 12-16, or subdivision
(b)(1) of Section 12-3.05, of this Code against a victim who is
alleged to be a severely or profoundly intellectually disabled
person, any findings concerning the victim's status as a
severely or profoundly intellectually disabled person, made by
a court after a judicial admission hearing concerning the
victim under Articles V and VI of Chapter IV of the Mental
Health and Developmental Disabilities Code shall be
admissible.

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