Date	Chamber	Action
9/4/2007	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0587

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

720 ILCS 5/9-3

from Ch. 38, par. 9-3

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person commits reckless homicide if he or she unintentionally kills an individual while driving in a posted school zone or in a construction or maintenance zone and he or she was also either driving at a speed of more than 10 miles per hour in excess of the posted speed limit or driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. Corrects erroneous cross references in the statute concerning reckless homicide.

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1
Provides that in cases involving reckless homicide in which the defendant unintentionally kills an individual while driving in a posted school zone or in a construction or maintenance zone, the trier of fact may infer that the defendant's actions were performed recklessly where he or she was also either driving at a speed of more than 10 miles per hour in excess of the posted speed limit or violating the DUI provisions of the Illinois Vehicle Code (rather than defining reckless homicide as including such conduct).

House Amendment No. 1
Limits the inference to situations where children are present in the school zone or where construction or maintenance workers are present in the construction or maintenance zone and to situations in the case of driving over the speed limit to where the defendant is driving at a speed of more than 20 (rather than 10) miles per hour in excess of the posted speed limit.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/7/2007	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine
2/7/2007	Senate	First Reading
2/7/2007	Senate	Referred to Rules
2/21/2007	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law
2/26/2007	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine
2/26/2007	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
2/28/2007	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary Criminal Law
2/28/2007	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
3/1/2007	Senate	Do Pass as Amended Judiciary Criminal Law; 008-000-000
3/1/2007	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2007
3/2/2007	Senate	Second Reading
3/2/2007	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2007
3/15/2007	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
3/15/2007	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 054-001-000
3/15/2007	House	Arrived in House
3/15/2007	House	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
3/15/2007	House	Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
3/15/2007	House	First Reading
3/15/2007	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/15/2007	House	Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
3/15/2007	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
4/30/2007	House	Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
5/1/2007	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
5/17/2007	House	Do Pass / Standard Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-003-003
5/17/2007	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate
5/24/2007	House	House Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
5/24/2007	House	House Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
5/28/2007	House	House Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
5/29/2007	House	Second Reading - Standard Debate
5/29/2007	House	House Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote
5/29/2007	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
5/31/2007	House	Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 8, 2007
6/8/2007	House	Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 15, 2007
6/15/2007	House	Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 22, 2007
6/22/2007	House	Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 30, 2007
6/30/2007	House	Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) July 31, 2007
7/24/2007	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000
7/24/2007	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
7/25/2007	Senate	Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
7/25/2007	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - July 26, 2007
7/25/2007	Senate	House Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. William R. Haine
7/25/2007	Senate	House Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules
7/25/2007	Senate	House Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary Criminal Law
7/26/2007	Senate	House Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary Criminal Law; 008-000-000
7/26/2007	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
7/26/2007	Senate	House Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 053-000-001
7/26/2007	Senate	Passed Both Houses
8/24/2007	Senate	Sent to the Governor
9/4/2007	Senate	Governor Approved
9/4/2007	Senate	Effective Date June 1, 2008
9/4/2007	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0587

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