Senate Sponsors: DILLARD-PETKA-KARPIEL-CULLERTON-OBAMA, HALVORSON, FARLEY, REA, O'MALLEY, RADOGNO, PARKER, SMITH, MYERS,J, BURZYNSKI, LUECHTEFELD, GEO-KARIS, KEHOE AND WALSH,T. House Sponsors: FRITCHEY-LYONS,EILEEN-CROTTY-BROSNAHAN-RIGHTER Short description: CRIM CD-AGGRAVATED OFFENSES Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that administering a controlled substance to a person without his or her consent for nonmedical purposes constitutes aggravated battery. Provides that delivering a controlled substance to a victim without his or her consent as part of the same course of conduct as the commission of criminal sexual assault or criminal sexual abuse is an aggravating circumstance that enhances these offenses to aggravated criminal sexual assault or aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 720 ILCS 5/12-14.1 720 ILCS 5/12-18 from Ch. 38, par. 12-18 720 ILCS 5/18-5 725 ILCS 5/115-7.3 Further amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Expands the offenses of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and aggravated robbery to include committing the offense while delivering a controlled substance to the victim without his or her consent. Provides for procedures by emergency room personnel and law enforcement officers who reasonably believe that a person has been delivered a controlled substance without his or her consent. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that in certain prosecutions involving the involuntary delivery of a controlled substance for a victim, no inference may be made about the fact that a victim did not consent to a test for the presence of controlled substances. Adds a severability clause to the bill. CORRECTIONAL NOTE Corrections population and fiscal impact are unknown. FISCAL NOTE (Attorney General) No fiscal impact on the Office of the Attorney General. JUDICIAL NOTE No decrease or increase in the need for the number of judges. FISCAL NOTE (Administrative Office of Ill. Courts) No fiscal impact on the Judicial Branch. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Provides that in a hospital, whenever emergency room personnel, other than physicians, have reasonable cause to believe that a person has been delivered a controlled substance without his or her consent, personnel designated by the hospital (rather than law enforcement or other medical personnel) shall provide the victim with certain information about the effects and administration of controlled substances and information about testing for the presence of controlled substances. Provides that any medical treatment, care, or testing shall only be in accordance with the order of a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches. Also exempts from violation delivery of controlled substances to a person for medical purposes. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0735 Last action date: 98-08-11 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status