103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0016

 

Introduced 10/25/2023, by Rep. David Friess

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
ILCON Art. XIII, Sec. 9 new

    Proposes to amend the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that no person shall knowingly perform an abortion upon a minor or any person under legal disability, as defined, unless the person or his or her agent has: (1) given at least 48 hours' actual notice of his or her intention to perform the abortion to an adult family member or legal guardian of the pregnant person; or (2) received a written statement by a referring physician certifying that the referring physician, or his or her agent, has given at least 48 hours' actual notice to an adult family member or legal guardian of the pregnant person. Sets forth circumstances under which notice is not required. Effective upon being declared adopted.


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1
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
2
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
4HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
5SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
6electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general
7election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption
8of this resolution a proposition to amend the Illinois
9Constitution in Article XIII by adding Section 9 as follows:
 
10
ARTICLE XIII
11
GENERAL PROVISIONS

12    (ILCON Art. XIII, Sec. 9 new)
13SECTION 9. PARENTAL NOTIFICATION
14    (a) As used in this Section:
15    "Abortion" means the use of any instrument, medicine,
16drug, or any other substance or device to terminate the
17pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant with an intention
18other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to
19preserve the life or health of a child after live birth, or to
20remove a dead fetus.
21    "Actual notice" means the giving of notice directly, in
22person, or by telephone.
23    "Adult family member" means a person over 21 years of age

 

 

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1who is the parent, grandparent, step-parent living in the
2household, or legal guardian.
3    "Constructive notice" means notice by certified mail to
4the last known address of the person entitled to notice with
5delivery deemed to have occurred 48 hours after the certified
6notice is mailed.
7    "Medical emergency" means a condition that, on the basis
8of the physician's good faith clinical judgment, so
9complicates the medical condition of a pregnant woman as to
10necessitate the immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert
11her death or for which a delay will create serious risk of
12substantial and irreversible impairment of major bodily
13function.
14    "Minor" means any person under 18 years of age who is not
15or has not been married or who has not been emancipated as
16prescribed by law.
17    "Neglect" means the failure of an adult family member to
18supply a minor with necessary food, clothing, shelter, or
19medical care when reasonably able to do so or the failure to
20protect a minor from conditions or actions that imminently and
21seriously endanger the minor's physical or mental health when
22reasonably able to do so.
23    "Physical abuse" means any physical injury intentionally
24inflicted by an adult family member on a minor.
25    "Physician" means any person licensed in this State to
26practice medicine in all its branches.

 

 

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1    "Person under legal disability" means a person 18 years of
2age or older who has been adjudged by a court to be a person
3with a mental illness or a person with a developmental
4disability and who because of his or her mental illness or
5developmental disability is not fully able to manage his or
6her person or estate, and for whom a guardian of the person has
7been appointed as prescribed by law.
8    "Sexual abuse" means any sexual conduct or sexual
9penetration that is prohibited by the criminal laws of this
10State and committed against a minor by an adult family member.
11    (b) No person shall knowingly perform an abortion upon a
12minor or any person under legal disability, unless the person
13or his or her agent has:
14        (1) given at least 48 hours' actual notice to an adult
15    family member or legal guardian of the pregnant minor or
16    person under legal disability of his or her intention to
17    perform the abortion; or
18        (2) received a written statement by a referring
19    physician certifying that the referring physician, or his
20    or her agent, has given at least 48 hours' actual notice to
21    an adult family member or legal guardian of the pregnant
22    minor or person under legal disability. If actual notice
23    is not possible after a reasonable effort, the physician
24    or his or her agent must give 48 hours constructive
25    notice.
26    (c) Notice shall not be required if:

 

 

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1        (1) the minor or person under legal disability is
2    accompanied by an adult family member or legal guardian
3    who is entitled to notice;
4        (2) notice is waived in writing by an adult family
5    member or legal guardian who is entitled to notice;
6        (3) the attending physician certifies in the patient's
7    medical record that a medical emergency exists and there
8    is insufficient time to provide the required notice; or
9        (4) the minor declares in writing that he or she is a
10    victim of sexual abuse, neglect, or physical abuse by an
11    adult family member who is entitled to notice. The person
12    intending to perform the abortion must certify in the
13    patient's medical record that he or she has received the
14    written declaration of abuse or neglect. Any notification
15    to public authorities of the alleged abuse that may be
16    required under the laws of this State need not be made by
17    the person performing the abortion until after the minor
18    receives an abortion.
 
19
SCHEDULE
20    This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
21declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
22Constitutional Amendment Act.