Bill Text: IL HB4967 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that any person legally authorized to treat, transport, or store human remains, except as authorized by law, shall not: (1) knowingly and intentionally provide inaccurate documentation of the identity of human remains to an individual or organization; (2) knowingly and intentionally store human remains in violation of Illinois law; or (3) knowingly and intentionally provide an individual or organization with human remains that are intentionally misidentified. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-19 - House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4967 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4967-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4967 Introduced 2/7/2024, by Rep. Wayne A Rosenthal SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/17-5.8 new
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that any person legally authorized to treat, transport, or store human remains, except as authorized by law, shall not: (1) knowingly and intentionally provide inaccurate documentation of the identity of human remains to an individual or organization; (2) knowingly and intentionally store human remains in violation of Illinois law; or (3) knowingly and intentionally provide an individual or organization with human remains that are intentionally misidentified. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony.
LRB103 38973 RLC 69110 b
A BILL FOR
HB4967 LRB103 38973 RLC 69110 b
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 adding
Section 17-5.8 as follows: