Bill Text: IL SB3409 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person shall not drive or be in actual physical control of any vehicle within this State while the person has, within 2 hours of driving or being in actual physical control of a vehicle, a free tetrahydrocannabinol concentration in the person's whole blood or other bodily substances of 5 nanograms or more per milliliter in whole blood or 10 nanograms or more per milliliter in any other bodily substance (currently, this provision does not specify whether the concentration is a free concentration). Makes technical changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-26 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB3409 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3409-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3409 Introduced 2/8/2024, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/11-501 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-501
625 ILCS 5/11-501.2 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-501.2
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person shall not drive or be in actual physical control of any vehicle within this State while the person has, within 2 hours of driving or being in actual physical control of a vehicle, a free tetrahydrocannabinol concentration in the person's whole blood or other bodily substances of 5 nanograms or more per milliliter in whole blood or 10 nanograms or more per milliliter in any other bodily substance (currently, this provision does not specify whether the concentration is a free concentration). Makes technical changes.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Sections 11-501 and 11-501.2 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-501) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-501)
Sec. 11-501. Driving while under the influence of alcohol,
other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or any
combination thereof.
(a) A person shall not drive or be in actual physical
control of any vehicle within this State while:
(1) the alcohol concentration in the person's blood,
other bodily substance, or breath is 0.08 or more based on
the definition of blood and breath units in Section
11-501.2;
(2) under the influence of alcohol;
(3) under the influence of any intoxicating compound
or combination of intoxicating compounds to a degree that
renders the person incapable of driving safely;
(4) under the influence of any other drug or
combination of drugs to a degree that renders the person
incapable of safely driving;
(5) under the combined influence of alcohol, other

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drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds to a
degree that renders the person incapable of safely
driving;
(6) there is any amount of a drug, substance, or
compound in the person's breath, blood, other bodily
substance, or urine resulting from the unlawful use or
consumption of a controlled substance listed in the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act, an intoxicating
compound listed in the Use of Intoxicating Compounds Act,
or methamphetamine as listed in the Methamphetamine
Control and Community Protection Act; or
(7) the person has, within 2 hours of driving or being
in actual physical control of a vehicle, a free
tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of 5 nanograms or more
per milliliter in whole blood or 10 nanograms or more per
milliliter in any other bodily substance in the person's
whole blood or other bodily substance as defined in
paragraph 6 of subsection (a) of Section 11-501.2 of this
Code. Subject to all other requirements and provisions
under this Section, this paragraph (7) does not apply to
the lawful consumption of cannabis by a qualifying patient
licensed under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
Program Act who is in possession of a valid registry card
issued under that Act, unless that person is impaired by
the use of cannabis.
As used in this subsection (a), "free tetrahydrocannabinol

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concentration" means the amount of unchanged, parent
delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol detected in a blood or bodily
fluid sample.
(b) The fact that any person charged with violating this
Section is or has been legally entitled to use alcohol,
cannabis under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
Program Act, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or
compounds, or any combination thereof, shall not constitute a
defense against any charge of violating this Section.
(c) Penalties.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, any
person convicted of violating subsection (a) of this
Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(2) A person who violates subsection (a) or a similar
provision a second time shall be sentenced to a mandatory
minimum term of either 5 days of imprisonment or 240 hours
of community service in addition to any other criminal or
administrative sanction.
(3) A person who violates subsection (a) is subject to
6 months of imprisonment, an additional mandatory minimum
fine of $1,000, and 25 days of community service in a
program benefiting children if the person was transporting
a person under the age of 16 at the time of the violation.
(4) A person who violates subsection (a) a first time,
if the alcohol concentration in his or her blood, breath,
other bodily substance, or urine was 0.16 or more based on

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the definition of blood, breath, other bodily substance,
or urine units in Section 11-501.2, shall be subject, in
addition to any other penalty that may be imposed, to a
mandatory minimum of 100 hours of community service and a
mandatory minimum fine of $500.
(5) A person who violates subsection (a) a second
time, if at the time of the second violation the alcohol
concentration in his or her blood, breath, other bodily
substance, or urine was 0.16 or more based on the
definition of blood, breath, other bodily substance, or
urine units in Section 11-501.2, shall be subject, in
addition to any other penalty that may be imposed, to a
mandatory minimum of 2 days of imprisonment and a
mandatory minimum fine of $1,250.
(d) Aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol,
other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds, or
any combination thereof.
(1) Every person convicted of committing a violation
of this Section shall be guilty of aggravated driving
under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or
intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination
thereof if:
(A) the person committed a violation of subsection
(a) or a similar provision for the third or subsequent
time;
(B) the person committed a violation of subsection

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(a) while driving a school bus with one or more
passengers on board;
(C) the person in committing a violation of
subsection (a) was involved in a motor vehicle crash
that resulted in great bodily harm or permanent
disability or disfigurement to another, when the
violation was a proximate cause of the injuries;
(D) the person committed a violation of subsection
(a) and has been previously convicted of violating
Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
Criminal Code of 2012 or a similar provision of a law
of another state relating to reckless homicide in
which the person was determined to have been under the
influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or
intoxicating compound or compounds as an element of
the offense or the person has previously been
convicted under subparagraph (C) or subparagraph (F)
of this paragraph (1);
(E) the person, in committing a violation of
subsection (a) while driving at any speed in a school
speed zone at a time when a speed limit of 20 miles per
hour was in effect under subsection (a) of Section
11-605 of this Code, was involved in a motor vehicle
crash that resulted in bodily harm, other than great
bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement,
to another person, when the violation of subsection

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(a) was a proximate cause of the bodily harm;
(F) the person, in committing a violation of
subsection (a), was involved in a motor vehicle crash
or snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or watercraft
accident that resulted in the death of another person,
when the violation of subsection (a) was a proximate
cause of the death;
(G) the person committed a violation of subsection
(a) during a period in which the defendant's driving
privileges are revoked or suspended, where the
revocation or suspension was for a violation of
subsection (a) or a similar provision, Section
11-501.1, paragraph (b) of Section 11-401, or for
reckless homicide as defined in Section 9-3 of the
Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
(H) the person committed the violation while he or
she did not possess a driver's license or permit or a
restricted driving permit or a judicial driving permit
or a monitoring device driving permit;
(I) the person committed the violation while he or
she knew or should have known that the vehicle he or
she was driving was not covered by a liability
insurance policy;
(J) the person in committing a violation of
subsection (a) was involved in a motor vehicle crash
that resulted in bodily harm, but not great bodily

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harm, to the child under the age of 16 being
transported by the person, if the violation was the
proximate cause of the injury;
(K) the person in committing a second violation of
subsection (a) or a similar provision was transporting
a person under the age of 16; or
(L) the person committed a violation of subsection
(a) of this Section while transporting one or more
passengers in a vehicle for-hire.
(2)(A) Except as provided otherwise, a person
convicted of aggravated driving under the influence of
alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or
compounds, or any combination thereof is guilty of a Class
4 felony.
(B) A third violation of this Section or a similar
provision is a Class 2 felony. If at the time of the third
violation the alcohol concentration in his or her blood,
breath, other bodily substance, or urine was 0.16 or more
based on the definition of blood, breath, other bodily
substance, or urine units in Section 11-501.2, a mandatory
minimum of 90 days of imprisonment and a mandatory minimum
fine of $2,500 shall be imposed in addition to any other
criminal or administrative sanction. If at the time of the
third violation, the defendant was transporting a person
under the age of 16, a mandatory fine of $25,000 and 25
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shall be imposed in addition to any other criminal or
administrative sanction.
(C) A fourth violation of this Section or a similar
provision is a Class 2 felony, for which a sentence of
probation or conditional discharge may not be imposed. If
at the time of the violation, the alcohol concentration in
the defendant's blood, breath, other bodily substance, or
urine was 0.16 or more based on the definition of blood,
breath, other bodily substance, or urine units in Section
11-501.2, a mandatory minimum fine of $5,000 shall be
imposed in addition to any other criminal or
administrative sanction. If at the time of the fourth
violation, the defendant was transporting a person under
the age of 16 a mandatory fine of $25,000 and 25 days of
community service in a program benefiting children shall
be imposed in addition to any other criminal or
administrative sanction.
(D) A fifth violation of this Section or a similar
provision is a Class 1 felony, for which a sentence of
probation or conditional discharge may not be imposed. If
at the time of the violation, the alcohol concentration in
the defendant's blood, breath, other bodily substance, or
urine was 0.16 or more based on the definition of blood,
breath, other bodily substance, or urine units in Section
11-501.2, a mandatory minimum fine of $5,000 shall be
imposed in addition to any other criminal or

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administrative sanction. If at the time of the fifth
violation, the defendant was transporting a person under
the age of 16, a mandatory fine of $25,000, and 25 days of
community service in a program benefiting children shall
be imposed in addition to any other criminal or
administrative sanction.
(E) A sixth or subsequent violation of this Section or
similar provision is a Class X felony. If at the time of
the violation, the alcohol concentration in the
defendant's blood, breath, other bodily substance, or
urine was 0.16 or more based on the definition of blood,
breath, other bodily substance, or urine units in Section
11-501.2, a mandatory minimum fine of $5,000 shall be
imposed in addition to any other criminal or
administrative sanction. If at the time of the violation,
the defendant was transporting a person under the age of
16, a mandatory fine of $25,000 and 25 days of community
service in a program benefiting children shall be imposed
in addition to any other criminal or administrative
sanction.
(F) For a violation of subparagraph (C) of paragraph
(1) of this subsection (d), the defendant, if sentenced to
a term of imprisonment, shall be sentenced to not less
than one year nor more than 12 years.
(G) A violation of subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1)
of this subsection (d) is a Class 2 felony, for which the

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defendant, unless the court determines that extraordinary
circumstances exist and require probation, shall be
sentenced to: (i) a term of imprisonment of not less than 3
years and not more than 14 years if the violation resulted
in the death of one person; or (ii) a term of imprisonment
of not less than 6 years and not more than 28 years if the
violation resulted in the deaths of 2 or more persons.
(H) For a violation of subparagraph (J) of paragraph
(1) of this subsection (d), a mandatory fine of $2,500,
and 25 days of community service in a program benefiting
children shall be imposed in addition to any other
criminal or administrative sanction.
(I) A violation of subparagraph (K) of paragraph (1)
of this subsection (d), is a Class 2 felony and a mandatory
fine of $2,500, and 25 days of community service in a
program benefiting children shall be imposed in addition
to any other criminal or administrative sanction. If the
child being transported suffered bodily harm, but not
great bodily harm, in a motor vehicle crash, and the
violation was the proximate cause of that injury, a
mandatory fine of $5,000 and 25 days of community service
in a program benefiting children shall be imposed in
addition to any other criminal or administrative sanction.
(J) A violation of subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1)
of this subsection (d) is a Class 3 felony, for which a
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imposed.
(3) Any person sentenced under this subsection (d) who
receives a term of probation or conditional discharge must
serve a minimum term of either 480 hours of community
service or 10 days of imprisonment as a condition of the
probation or conditional discharge in addition to any
other criminal or administrative sanction.
(e) Any reference to a prior violation of subsection (a)
or a similar provision includes any violation of a provision
of a local ordinance or a provision of a law of another state
or an offense committed on a military installation that is
similar to a violation of subsection (a) of this Section.
(f) The imposition of a mandatory term of imprisonment or
assignment of community service for a violation of this
Section shall not be suspended or reduced by the court.
(g) Any penalty imposed for driving with a license that
has been revoked for a previous violation of subsection (a) of
this Section shall be in addition to the penalty imposed for
any subsequent violation of subsection (a).
(h) For any prosecution under this Section, a certified
copy of the driving abstract of the defendant shall be
admitted as proof of any prior conviction.
(Source: P.A. 101-363, eff. 8-9-19; 102-982, eff. 7-1-23.)
(625 ILCS 5/11-501.2) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-501.2)
Sec. 11-501.2. Chemical and other tests.

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(a) Upon the trial of any civil or criminal action or
proceeding arising out of an arrest for an offense as defined
in Section 11-501 or a similar local ordinance or proceedings
pursuant to Section 2-118.1, evidence of the concentration of
alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or
compounds, or any combination thereof in a person's blood or
breath at the time alleged, as determined by analysis of the
person's blood, urine, breath, or other bodily substance,
shall be admissible. Where such test is made the following
provisions shall apply:
1. Chemical analyses of the person's blood, urine,
breath, or other bodily substance to be considered valid
under the provisions of this Section shall have been
performed according to standards promulgated by the
Illinois State Police by a licensed physician, registered
nurse, trained phlebotomist, licensed paramedic, or other
individual possessing a valid permit issued by that
Department for this purpose. The Director of the Illinois
State Police is authorized to approve satisfactory
techniques or methods, to ascertain the qualifications and
competence of individuals to conduct such analyses, to
issue permits which shall be subject to termination or
revocation at the discretion of that Department and to
certify the accuracy of breath testing equipment. The
Illinois State Police shall prescribe regulations as
necessary to implement this Section.

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2. When a person in this State shall submit to a blood
test at the request of a law enforcement officer under the
provisions of Section 11-501.1, only a physician
authorized to practice medicine, a licensed physician
assistant, a licensed advanced practice registered nurse,
a registered nurse, trained phlebotomist, or licensed
paramedic, or other qualified person approved by the
Illinois State Police may withdraw blood for the purpose
of determining the alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug
content therein. This limitation shall not apply to the
taking of breath, other bodily substance, or urine
specimens.
When a blood test of a person who has been taken to an
adjoining state for medical treatment is requested by an
Illinois law enforcement officer, the blood may be
withdrawn only by a physician authorized to practice
medicine in the adjoining state, a licensed physician
assistant, a licensed advanced practice registered nurse,
a registered nurse, a trained phlebotomist acting under
the direction of the physician, or licensed paramedic. The
law enforcement officer requesting the test shall take
custody of the blood sample, and the blood sample shall be
analyzed by a laboratory certified by the Illinois State
Police for that purpose.
3. The person tested may have a physician, or a
qualified technician, chemist, registered nurse, or other

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qualified person of their own choosing administer a
chemical test or tests in addition to any administered at
the direction of a law enforcement officer. The failure or
inability to obtain an additional test by a person shall
not preclude the admission of evidence relating to the
test or tests taken at the direction of a law enforcement
officer.
4. Upon the request of the person who shall submit to a
chemical test or tests at the request of a law enforcement
officer, full information concerning the test or tests
shall be made available to the person or such person's
attorney.
5. Alcohol concentration shall mean either grams of
alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood or grams of alcohol
per 210 liters of breath.
6. "Free tetrahydrocannabinol Tetrahydrocannabinol
concentration" means the amount of unchanged, parent
delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol detected in a blood or bodily
fluid sample either 5 nanograms or more of
delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per milliliter of whole blood
or 10 nanograms or more of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
per milliliter of other bodily substance.
(a-5) Law enforcement officials may use validated roadside
chemical tests or standardized field sobriety tests approved
by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration when
conducting investigations of a violation of Section 11-501 or

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similar local ordinance by drivers suspected of driving under
the influence of cannabis. The General Assembly finds that (i)
validated roadside chemical tests are effective means to
determine if a person is under the influence of cannabis and
(ii) standardized field sobriety tests approved by the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are divided
attention tasks that are intended to determine if a person is
under the influence of cannabis. The purpose of these tests is
to determine the effect of the use of cannabis on a person's
capacity to think and act with ordinary care and therefore
operate a motor vehicle safely. Therefore, the results of
these validated roadside chemical tests and standardized field
sobriety tests, appropriately administered, shall be
admissible in the trial of any civil or criminal action or
proceeding arising out of an arrest for a cannabis-related
offense as defined in Section 11-501 or a similar local
ordinance or proceedings under Section 2-118.1 or 2-118.2.
Where a test is made the following provisions shall apply:
1. The person tested may have a physician, or a
qualified technician, chemist, registered nurse, or other
qualified person of their own choosing administer a
chemical test or tests in addition to the standardized
field sobriety test or tests administered at the direction
of a law enforcement officer. The failure or inability to
obtain an additional test by a person does not preclude
the admission of evidence relating to the test or tests

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taken at the direction of a law enforcement officer.
2. Upon the request of the person who shall submit to
validated roadside chemical tests or a standardized field
sobriety test or tests at the request of a law enforcement
officer, full information concerning the test or tests
shall be made available to the person or the person's
attorney.
3. At the trial of any civil or criminal action or
proceeding arising out of an arrest for an offense as
defined in Section 11-501 or a similar local ordinance or
proceedings under Section 2-118.1 or 2-118.2 in which the
results of these validated roadside chemical tests or
standardized field sobriety tests are admitted, the person
may present and the trier of fact may consider evidence
that the person lacked the physical capacity to perform
the validated roadside chemical tests or standardized
field sobriety tests.
(b) Upon the trial of any civil or criminal action or
proceeding arising out of acts alleged to have been committed
by any person while driving or in actual physical control of a
vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, the
concentration of alcohol in the person's blood or breath at
the time alleged as shown by analysis of the person's blood,
urine, breath, or other bodily substance shall give rise to
the following presumptions:
1. If there was at that time an alcohol concentration

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of 0.05 or less, it shall be presumed that the person was
not under the influence of alcohol.
2. If there was at that time an alcohol concentration
in excess of 0.05 but less than 0.08, such facts shall not
give rise to any presumption that the person was or was not
under the influence of alcohol, but such fact may be
considered with other competent evidence in determining
whether the person was under the influence of alcohol.
3. If there was at that time an alcohol concentration
of 0.08 or more, it shall be presumed that the person was
under the influence of alcohol.
4. The foregoing provisions of this Section shall not
be construed as limiting the introduction of any other
relevant evidence bearing upon the question whether the
person was under the influence of alcohol.
(b-5) Upon the trial of any civil or criminal action or
proceeding arising out of acts alleged to have been committed
by any person while driving or in actual physical control of a
vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, other drug or
drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or any combination
thereof, the concentration of cannabis in the person's whole
blood or other bodily substance at the time alleged as shown by
analysis of the person's blood or other bodily substance shall
give rise to the following presumptions:
1. If there was a free tetrahydrocannabinol
concentration, as defined in this Section, of 5 nanograms

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or more per milliliter in whole blood or 10 nanograms or
more per milliliter in any an other bodily substance as
defined in this Section, it shall be presumed that the
person was under the influence of cannabis.
2. If there was at that time a free
tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of less than 5
nanograms per milliliter in whole blood or less than 10
nanograms per milliliter in an other bodily substance,
such facts shall not give rise to any presumption that the
person was or was not under the influence of cannabis, but
such fact may be considered with other competent evidence
in determining whether the person was under the influence
of cannabis.
(c) 1. If a person under arrest refuses to submit to a
chemical test under the provisions of Section 11-501.1,
evidence of refusal shall be admissible in any civil or
criminal action or proceeding arising out of acts alleged to
have been committed while the person under the influence of
alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or
compounds, or any combination thereof was driving or in actual
physical control of a motor vehicle.
2. Notwithstanding any ability to refuse under this Code
to submit to these tests or any ability to revoke the implied
consent to these tests, if a law enforcement officer has
probable cause to believe that a motor vehicle driven by or in
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alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or
compounds, or any combination thereof has caused the death or
personal injury to another, the law enforcement officer shall
request, and that person shall submit, upon the request of a
law enforcement officer, to a chemical test or tests of his or
her blood, breath, other bodily substance, or urine for the
purpose of determining the alcohol content thereof or the
presence of any other drug or combination of both.
This provision does not affect the applicability of or
imposition of driver's license sanctions under Section
11-501.1 of this Code.
3. For purposes of this Section, a personal injury
includes any Type A injury as indicated on the traffic crash
report completed by a law enforcement officer that requires
immediate professional attention in either a doctor's office
or a medical facility. A Type A injury includes severe
bleeding wounds, distorted extremities, and injuries that
require the injured party to be carried from the scene.
(d) If a person refuses validated roadside chemical tests
or standardized field sobriety tests under Section 11-501.9 of
this Code, evidence of refusal shall be admissible in any
civil or criminal action or proceeding arising out of acts
committed while the person was driving or in actual physical
control of a vehicle and alleged to have been impaired by the
use of cannabis.
(e) Illinois State Police compliance with the changes in

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