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

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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

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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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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 12C-5 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/12C-5) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-21.6)
Sec. 12C-5. Endangering the life or health of a child.
(a) A person commits endangering the life or health of a
child when he or she knowingly: (1) causes or permits the life
or health of a child under the age of 18 to be endangered; or
(2) causes or permits a child to be placed in circumstances
that endanger the child's life or health. It is not a violation
of this Section for a person to relinquish a child in
accordance with the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
(b) A trier of fact may infer that a child 6 years of age or
younger is unattended if that child is left in a motor vehicle
for more than 10 minutes.
(c) "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.
(d) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class A
misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation of this Section
is a Class 3 felony. A violation of this Section that is a

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