Bill Text: IL HB4341 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that endangering the life or health of a child that is a proximate cause of bodily harm to the child is a Class 4 felony (rather than a Class A misdemeanor).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-29 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4341 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4341-Introduced.html


101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4341

Introduced , by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/12C-5 was 720 ILCS 5/12-21.6

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that endangering the life or health of a child that is a proximate cause of bodily harm to the child is a Class 4 felony (rather than a Class A misdemeanor).
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 12C-5 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/12C-5) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-21.6)
7 Sec. 12C-5. Endangering the life or health of a child.
8 (a) A person commits endangering the life or health of a
9child when he or she knowingly: (1) causes or permits the life
10or health of a child under the age of 18 to be endangered; or
11(2) causes or permits a child to be placed in circumstances
12that endanger the child's life or health. It is not a violation
13of this Section for a person to relinquish a child in
14accordance with the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
15 (b) A trier of fact may infer that a child 6 years of age or
16younger is unattended if that child is left in a motor vehicle
17for more than 10 minutes.
18 (c) "Unattended" means either: (i) not accompanied by a
19person 14 years of age or older; or (ii) if accompanied by a
20person 14 years of age or older, out of sight of that person.
21 (d) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class A
22misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation of this Section
23is a Class 3 felony. A violation of this Section that is a

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1proximate cause of bodily harm to the child is a Class 4
2felony. A violation of this Section that is a proximate cause
3of the death of the child is a Class 3 felony for which a
4person, if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be
5sentenced to a term of not less than 2 years and not more than
610 years. A parent, who is found to be in violation of this
7Section with respect to his or her child, may be sentenced to
8probation for this offense pursuant to Section 12C-15.
9(Source: P.A. 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13.)
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