Bill Status of HB 4446   103rd General Assembly

Short Description:  CRIM CD-DANGEROUS ANIMAL-DEFIN

House Sponsors
Rep. Daniel Didech

Senate Sponsors
(Sen. Adriane Johnson)


Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  4/19/2024SenateReferred to Assignments

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
720 ILCS 5/48-10

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends provisions of the Criminal Code of 2012 making it an offense to keep a dangerous animal, with specified exceptions. In the definition of "dangerous animal", includes a serval, caracal, kangaroo, and wallaby and any hybrid, intergrade, or cross of a listed dangerous animal.

House Committee Amendment No. 1
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Makes a technical correction. Defines "federally licensed facility". Permits a person to have a right of property in, keep, harbor, care for, act as custodian of or maintain in his or her possession any dangerous animal or primate in or by a: (1) federally licensed facility, (2) veterinary hospital, or (3) permitted hound running area and only for possession of coyotes. Provides that the exemptions listed in the dangerous animals statute do not exempt persons from having to be in compliance with the Wildlife Code or the Endangered Species Act, including, but not limited to, prohibitions on possession of any dangerous animal. Provides that it is an affirmative defense for a prosecution under the dangerous animals statute if a person had lawful possession of a feline crossbreed between a serval cat and a domesticated cat and the possessor of the animal proves that the possessor possessed the animal before the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that nothing in dangerous animals statute shall be construed to apply to a motion picture, television, or digital media production company employing or contracting with a dealer or exhibitor licensed under the federal Animal Welfare Act or with a carrier, intermediate handler, or unlicensed exhibitor registered under that Act for the transportation, purchase, exhibition, or use of animals in its motion picture, television or digital media production.

House Floor Amendment No. 2
Adds reference to:
225 ILCS 115/18

Amends the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004. Provides that a veterinarian who, on his own initiative or other than at the request of the owner, gives emergency treatment to a sick or injured animal, including a dangerous animal as defined in the dangerous animals provisions of the Criminal Code of 2012, shall not be liable for damages in the absence of gross negligence. In the amendatory changes to the Criminal Code of 2012, provides that upon the conviction of a person for keeping, harboring, caring for, acting as custodian of, or maintaining in his or her possession any dangerous animal, the animal with regard to which the conviction was obtained shall be confiscated and placed in a licensed (rather than an approved) facility, with the owner responsible for all costs connected with the seizure and confiscation of the animal.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  1/12/2024HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech
  1/16/2024HouseFirst Reading
  1/16/2024HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/14/2024HouseAssigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
  2/28/2024HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech
  2/28/2024HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
  3/5/2024HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
  3/12/2024HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Criminal Committee; by Voice Vote
  3/12/2024HouseDo Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 008-005-000
  3/13/2024HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  4/11/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech
  4/11/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
  4/15/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
  4/15/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 008-005-000
  4/17/2024HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
  4/17/2024HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
  4/18/2024HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain
  4/18/2024HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Caulkins
  4/18/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
  4/18/2024HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  4/18/2024HouseRemove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Caulkins
  4/18/2024HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 067-034-003
  4/18/2024HouseRemove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain
  4/19/2024SenateArrive in Senate
  4/19/2024SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading
  4/19/2024SenateChief Senate Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
  4/19/2024SenateFirst Reading
  4/19/2024SenateReferred to Assignments

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