102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4590

 

Introduced 1/21/2022, by Rep. Patrick Windhorst

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-501  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-501

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Prohibits a person from driving or being in actual physical control of any vehicle within this State while under the influence of cannabis.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Section 11-501 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-501)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-501)
7    Sec. 11-501. Driving while under the influence of alcohol,
8other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or any
9combination thereof.
10    (a) A person shall not drive or be in actual physical
11control of any vehicle within this State while:
12        (1) the alcohol concentration in the person's blood,
13    other bodily substance, or breath is 0.08 or more based on
14    the definition of blood and breath units in Section
15    11-501.2;
16        (2) under the influence of alcohol;
17        (3) under the influence of any intoxicating compound
18    or combination of intoxicating compounds to a degree that
19    renders the person incapable of driving safely;
20        (4) under the influence of any other drug or
21    combination of drugs to a degree that renders the person
22    incapable of safely driving;
23        (5) under the combined influence of alcohol, other

 

 

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1    drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds to a
2    degree that renders the person incapable of safely
3    driving;
4        (6) there is any amount of a drug, substance, or
5    compound in the person's breath, blood, other bodily
6    substance, or urine resulting from the unlawful use or
7    consumption of a controlled substance listed in the
8    Illinois Controlled Substances Act, an intoxicating
9    compound listed in the Use of Intoxicating Compounds Act,
10    or methamphetamine as listed in the Methamphetamine
11    Control and Community Protection Act; or
12        (7) the person has, within 2 hours of driving or being
13    in actual physical control of a vehicle, a
14    tetrahydrocannabinol concentration in the person's whole
15    blood or other bodily substance as defined in paragraph 6
16    of subsection (a) of Section 11-501.2 of this Code.
17    Subject to all other requirements and provisions under
18    this Section, this paragraph (7) does not apply to the
19    lawful consumption of cannabis by a qualifying patient
20    licensed under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
21    Program Act who is in possession of a valid registry card
22    issued under that Act, unless that person is impaired by
23    the use of cannabis; or .
24        (8) under the influence of cannabis.
25    (b) The fact that any person charged with violating this
26Section is or has been legally entitled to use alcohol,

 

 

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1cannabis under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
2Program Act, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or
3compounds, or any combination thereof, shall not constitute a
4defense against any charge of violating this Section.
5    (c) Penalties.
6        (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, any
7    person convicted of violating subsection (a) of this
8    Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
9        (2) A person who violates subsection (a) or a similar
10    provision a second time shall be sentenced to a mandatory
11    minimum term of either 5 days of imprisonment or 240 hours
12    of community service in addition to any other criminal or
13    administrative sanction.
14        (3) A person who violates subsection (a) is subject to
15    6 months of imprisonment, an additional mandatory minimum
16    fine of $1,000, and 25 days of community service in a
17    program benefiting children if the person was transporting
18    a person under the age of 16 at the time of the violation.
19        (4) A person who violates subsection (a) a first time,
20    if the alcohol concentration in his or her blood, breath,
21    other bodily substance, or urine was 0.16 or more based on
22    the definition of blood, breath, other bodily substance,
23    or urine units in Section 11-501.2, shall be subject, in
24    addition to any other penalty that may be imposed, to a
25    mandatory minimum of 100 hours of community service and a
26    mandatory minimum fine of $500.

 

 

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1        (5) A person who violates subsection (a) a second
2    time, if at the time of the second violation the alcohol
3    concentration in his or her blood, breath, other bodily
4    substance, or urine was 0.16 or more based on the
5    definition of blood, breath, other bodily substance, or
6    urine units in Section 11-501.2, shall be subject, in
7    addition to any other penalty that may be imposed, to a
8    mandatory minimum of 2 days of imprisonment and a
9    mandatory minimum fine of $1,250.
10    (d) Aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol,
11other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds, or
12any combination thereof.
13        (1) Every person convicted of committing a violation
14    of this Section shall be guilty of aggravated driving
15    under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or
16    intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination
17    thereof if:
18            (A) the person committed a violation of subsection
19        (a) or a similar provision for the third or subsequent
20        time;
21            (B) the person committed a violation of subsection
22        (a) while driving a school bus with one or more
23        passengers on board;
24            (C) the person in committing a violation of
25        subsection (a) was involved in a motor vehicle
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1        permanent disability or disfigurement to another, when
2        the violation was a proximate cause of the injuries;
3            (D) the person committed a violation of subsection
4        (a) and has been previously convicted of violating
5        Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
6        Criminal Code of 2012 or a similar provision of a law
7        of another state relating to reckless homicide in
8        which the person was determined to have been under the
9        influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or
10        intoxicating compound or compounds as an element of
11        the offense or the person has previously been
12        convicted under subparagraph (C) or subparagraph (F)
13        of this paragraph (1);
14            (E) the person, in committing a violation of
15        subsection (a) while driving at any speed in a school
16        speed zone at a time when a speed limit of 20 miles per
17        hour was in effect under subsection (a) of Section
18        11-605 of this Code, was involved in a motor vehicle
19        accident that resulted in bodily harm, other than
20        great bodily harm or permanent disability or
21        disfigurement, to another person, when the violation
22        of subsection (a) was a proximate cause of the bodily
23        harm;
24            (F) the person, in committing a violation of
25        subsection (a), was involved in a motor vehicle,
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1        accident that resulted in the death of another person,
2        when the violation of subsection (a) was a proximate
3        cause of the death;
4            (G) the person committed a violation of subsection
5        (a) during a period in which the defendant's driving
6        privileges are revoked or suspended, where the
7        revocation or suspension was for a violation of
8        subsection (a) or a similar provision, Section
9        11-501.1, paragraph (b) of Section 11-401, or for
10        reckless homicide as defined in Section 9-3 of the
11        Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
12            (H) the person committed the violation while he or
13        she did not possess a driver's license or permit or a
14        restricted driving permit or a judicial driving permit
15        or a monitoring device driving permit;
16            (I) the person committed the violation while he or
17        she knew or should have known that the vehicle he or
18        she was driving was not covered by a liability
19        insurance policy;
20            (J) the person in committing a violation of
21        subsection (a) was involved in a motor vehicle
22        accident that resulted in bodily harm, but not great
23        bodily harm, to the child under the age of 16 being
24        transported by the person, if the violation was the
25        proximate cause of the injury;
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1        subsection (a) or a similar provision was transporting
2        a person under the age of 16; or
3            (L) the person committed a violation of subsection
4        (a) of this Section while transporting one or more
5        passengers in a vehicle for-hire.
6        (2)(A) Except as provided otherwise, a person
7    convicted of aggravated driving under the influence of
8    alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or
9    compounds, or any combination thereof is guilty of a Class
10    4 felony.
11        (B) A third violation of this Section or a similar
12    provision is a Class 2 felony. If at the time of the third
13    violation the alcohol concentration in his or her blood,
14    breath, other bodily substance, or urine was 0.16 or more
15    based on the definition of blood, breath, other bodily
16    substance, or urine units in Section 11-501.2, a mandatory
17    minimum of 90 days of imprisonment and a mandatory minimum
18    fine of $2,500 shall be imposed in addition to any other
19    criminal or administrative sanction. If at the time of the
20    third violation, the defendant was transporting a person
21    under the age of 16, a mandatory fine of $25,000 and 25
22    days of community service in a program benefiting children
23    shall be imposed in addition to any other criminal or
24    administrative sanction.
25        (C) A fourth violation of this Section or a similar
26    provision is a Class 2 felony, for which a sentence of

 

 

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1    probation or conditional discharge may not be imposed. If
2    at the time of the violation, the alcohol concentration in
3    the defendant's blood, breath, other bodily substance, or
4    urine was 0.16 or more based on the definition of blood,
5    breath, other bodily substance, or urine units in Section
6    11-501.2, a mandatory minimum fine of $5,000 shall be
7    imposed in addition to any other criminal or
8    administrative sanction. If at the time of the fourth
9    violation, the defendant was transporting a person under
10    the age of 16 a mandatory fine of $25,000 and 25 days of
11    community service in a program benefiting children shall
12    be imposed in addition to any other criminal or
13    administrative sanction.
14        (D) A fifth violation of this Section or a similar
15    provision is a Class 1 felony, for which a sentence of
16    probation or conditional discharge may not be imposed. If
17    at the time of the violation, the alcohol concentration in
18    the defendant's blood, breath, other bodily substance, or
19    urine was 0.16 or more based on the definition of blood,
20    breath, other bodily substance, or urine units in Section
21    11-501.2, a mandatory minimum fine of $5,000 shall be
22    imposed in addition to any other criminal or
23    administrative sanction. If at the time of the fifth
24    violation, the defendant was transporting a person under
25    the age of 16, a mandatory fine of $25,000, and 25 days of
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1    be imposed in addition to any other criminal or
2    administrative sanction.
3        (E) A sixth or subsequent violation of this Section or
4    similar provision is a Class X felony. If at the time of
5    the violation, the alcohol concentration in the
6    defendant's blood, breath, other bodily substance, or
7    urine was 0.16 or more based on the definition of blood,
8    breath, other bodily substance, or urine units in Section
9    11-501.2, a mandatory minimum fine of $5,000 shall be
10    imposed in addition to any other criminal or
11    administrative sanction. If at the time of the violation,
12    the defendant was transporting a person under the age of
13    16, a mandatory fine of $25,000 and 25 days of community
14    service in a program benefiting children shall be imposed
15    in addition to any other criminal or administrative
16    sanction.
17        (F) For a violation of subparagraph (C) of paragraph
18    (1) of this subsection (d), the defendant, if sentenced to
19    a term of imprisonment, shall be sentenced to not less
20    than one year nor more than 12 years.
21        (G) A violation of subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1)
22    of this subsection (d) is a Class 2 felony, for which the
23    defendant, unless the court determines that extraordinary
24    circumstances exist and require probation, shall be
25    sentenced to: (i) a term of imprisonment of not less than 3
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1    in the death of one person; or (ii) a term of imprisonment
2    of not less than 6 years and not more than 28 years if the
3    violation resulted in the deaths of 2 or more persons.
4        (H) For a violation of subparagraph (J) of paragraph
5    (1) of this subsection (d), a mandatory fine of $2,500,
6    and 25 days of community service in a program benefiting
7    children shall be imposed in addition to any other
8    criminal or administrative sanction.
9        (I) A violation of subparagraph (K) of paragraph (1)
10    of this subsection (d), is a Class 2 felony and a mandatory
11    fine of $2,500, and 25 days of community service in a
12    program benefiting children shall be imposed in addition
13    to any other criminal or administrative sanction. If the
14    child being transported suffered bodily harm, but not
15    great bodily harm, in a motor vehicle accident, and the
16    violation was the proximate cause of that injury, a
17    mandatory fine of $5,000 and 25 days of community service
18    in a program benefiting children shall be imposed in
19    addition to any other criminal or administrative sanction.
20        (J) A violation of subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1)
21    of this subsection (d) is a Class 3 felony, for which a
22    sentence of probation or conditional discharge may not be
23    imposed.
24        (3) Any person sentenced under this subsection (d) who
25    receives a term of probation or conditional discharge must
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1    service or 10 days of imprisonment as a condition of the
2    probation or conditional discharge in addition to any
3    other criminal or administrative sanction.
4    (e) Any reference to a prior violation of subsection (a)
5or a similar provision includes any violation of a provision
6of a local ordinance or a provision of a law of another state
7or an offense committed on a military installation that is
8similar to a violation of subsection (a) of this Section.
9    (f) The imposition of a mandatory term of imprisonment or
10assignment of community service for a violation of this
11Section shall not be suspended or reduced by the court.
12    (g) Any penalty imposed for driving with a license that
13has been revoked for a previous violation of subsection (a) of
14this Section shall be in addition to the penalty imposed for
15any subsequent violation of subsection (a).
16    (h) For any prosecution under this Section, a certified
17copy of the driving abstract of the defendant shall be
18admitted as proof of any prior conviction.
19(Source: P.A. 101-363, eff. 8-9-19.)