100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB0639

 

Introduced 1/25/2017, by Sen. William R. Haine

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/9-3.3  from Ch. 38, par. 9-3.3

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Allows a drug-induced homicide prosecution when a person violates the law of another jurisdiction, which if the violation had been committed in this State could be charged under Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or Section 55 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, by unlawfully delivering a controlled substance to another, and any person's death is caused in this State by the injection, inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of any amount of that controlled substance. Provides that the bill may be referred to as the Evan Rushing Law.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Evan Rushing
5Law.
 
6Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
7Section 9-3.3 as follows:
 
8    (720 ILCS 5/9-3.3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 9-3.3)
9    Sec. 9-3.3. Drug-induced homicide.
10    (a) A person commits drug-induced homicide when he or she
11who violates Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled Substances
12Act or Section 55 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community
13Protection Act by unlawfully delivering a controlled substance
14to another, and any person's death is caused by the injection,
15inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of any amount of that
16controlled substance, commits the offense of drug-induced
17homicide.
18    (a-5) A person commits drug-induced homicide when he or she
19violates the law of another jurisdiction, which if the
20violation had been committed in this State could be charged
21under Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or
22Section 55 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community

 

 

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1Protection Act, by unlawfully delivering a controlled
2substance to another, and any person's death is caused in this
3State by the injection, inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of
4any amount of that controlled substance.
5    (b) Sentence. Drug-induced homicide is a Class X felony,
6except: .
7        (1) (c) A person who commits drug-induced homicide by
8    violating subsection (a) or subsection (c) of Section 401
9    of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or Section 55 of
10    the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act
11    commits a Class X felony for which the defendant shall in
12    addition to a sentence authorized by law, be sentenced to a
13    term of imprisonment of not less than 15 years and not more
14    than 30 years or an extended term of not less than 30 years
15    and not more than 60 years.
16        (2) A person who commits drug-induced homicide by
17    violating the law of another jurisdiction, which if the
18    violation had been committed in this State could be charged
19    under subsection (a) or subsection (c) of Section 401 of
20    the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or Section 55 of the
21    Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act,
22    commits a Class X felony for which the defendant shall in
23    addition to a sentence authorized by law, be sentenced to a
24    term of imprisonment of not less than 15 years and not more
25    than 30 years or an extended term of not less than 30 years
26    and not more than 60 years.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 97-191, eff. 7-22-11.)