100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4380
 
Introduced , by Rep. Allen Skillicorn
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



510 ILCS 70/3.01  from Ch. 8, par. 703.01

     Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that no owner of a dog or cat that is a companion animal may expose the dog or cat in a manner that places the dog or cat in a life-threatening situation for a prolonged period of time in extreme heat of 100 degrees Fahrenheit or above or cold conditions of 20 degrees Fahrenheit or below that could: (1) result in injury to or death of the animal; or (2) result in hypothermia, hyperthermia, frostbite, or similar condition as diagnosed by a doctor of veterinary medicine.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning animals.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 3.01 as follows:
 



6    (510 ILCS 70/3.01)  (from Ch. 8, par. 703.01)



7    Sec. 3.01. Cruel treatment. 
8    (a) No person or owner may beat, cruelly treat,
torment, 
9starve, overwork or otherwise abuse any animal.

10    (b) No owner may abandon any animal where it may become a 
11public charge or
may suffer injury, hunger or exposure.

12    (c) No owner of a dog or cat that is a companion animal may 
13expose the dog or cat in a manner that places the dog or cat in 
14a life-threatening situation for a prolonged period of time in 
15extreme heat of 100 degrees Fahrenheit or above or cold 
16conditions of 20 degrees Fahrenheit or below that could:
17        (1) result results in injury to or death of the animal; 
18    or
19        (2) result results in hypothermia, hyperthermia, 
20    frostbite, or similar condition as diagnosed by a doctor of 
21    veterinary medicine.
22    (c-5) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit an animal from 
23being impounded in an emergency situation under subsection (b) 
 
 
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1of Section 12 of this Act.
2    (d) A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty 
3of a Class A
misdemeanor.  A second or subsequent conviction for 
4a violation of this Section
is a Class 4 felony. In addition to 
5any other penalty provided by law, a person who is convicted of 
6violating subsection (a) upon a companion animal in the 
7presence of a child, as defined in Section 12-0.1 of the 
8Criminal Code of 2012, shall be subject to a fine of $250 and 
9ordered to perform community service for not less than 100 
10hours.  In addition to any other penalty provided by law, upon

11conviction for violating this Section, the court may order the 
12convicted person
to undergo a psychological or psychiatric 
13evaluation and to undergo any
treatment at the convicted 
14person's expense that the court determines to be
appropriate 
15after due consideration of the evidence.  If the convicted 
16person
is a juvenile or a companion animal hoarder, the court 
17must order the convicted
person to undergo a psychological or 
18psychiatric evaluation and to undergo
treatment that the court 
19determines to be appropriate after due consideration
of the 
20evaluation.

21(Source: P.A. 99-311, eff. 1-1-16; 99-357, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, 
22eff. 7-28-16; 99-782, eff. 8-12-16.)