HB2471ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

Filed: 4/17/2015

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2471

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2471 on page 21, line 2, by inserting "or evidence of rehabilitation, or both" after "rehabilitation"; and

on page 21, by replacing lines 17 through 21 with the following:

"(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the court may sentence the defendant to any disposition authorized for the class of the offense of which he or she was found guilty as described in Article 4.5 of this Code, and may, in its discretion, decline to impose any otherwise applicable sentencing enhancement based upon firearm possession, possession with personal discharge, or possession with personal discharge that proximately causes great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent disfigurement, or death to another person.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the defendant is convicted of first degree murder and would otherwise be subject to sentencing under clause (iii), (iv), (v), or (vii) of subsection (c) of Section 5-8-1 of this Code based on the category of persons identified therein, the court shall impose a sentence of not less than 40 years of imprisonment. In addition, the court may, in its discretion, decline to impose the sentencing enhancements based upon the possession or use of a firearm during the commission of the offense included in subsection (d) of Section 5-8-1."; and

by replacing lines 24 through 26 on page 22 and lines 1 through 3 on page 23 with the following:

"(ii) is a person who, at the time of the commission of the murder, had attained the age of 17 or more and is found guilty of murdering an individual under 12 years of age; or, irrespective of the defendant's age at the time of the commission of the offense, is found guilty of".