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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3842 Introduced , by Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 720 ILCS 5/12-20 | from Ch. 38, par. 12-20 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the penalty for knowingly buying or selling, or offering to buy or sell, a
human body or any part of a human body is a Class 4 felony (rather than a Class A misdemeanor) for the first conviction and a Class 3 felony (rather than a Class 4 felony) for subsequent convictions.
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| | HB3842 | | LRB101 12612 RLC 61048 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 12-20 as follows:
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| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/12-20) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-20)
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| 7 | | Sec. 12-20. Sale of body parts.
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| 8 | | (a) Except as provided in subsection
(b), any person who |
| 9 | | knowingly buys or sells, or offers to buy or sell, a
human body |
| 10 | | or any part of a human body, is guilty of a Class 4 felony A |
| 11 | | misdemeanor
for the first conviction and a Class 3 4 felony for |
| 12 | | subsequent convictions.
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| 13 | | (b) This Section does not prohibit:
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| 14 | | (1) An anatomical gift made in accordance with the |
| 15 | | Illinois
Anatomical Gift
Act.
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| 16 | | (2) (Blank).
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| 17 | | (3) Reimbursement of actual expenses incurred by a |
| 18 | | living person in
donating an organ, tissue or other body |
| 19 | | part or fluid for transplantation,
implantation, infusion, |
| 20 | | injection, or other medical or scientific purpose,
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| 21 | | including medical costs, loss of income, and travel |
| 22 | | expenses.
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| 23 | | (4) Payments provided under a plan of insurance or
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