LEITCH. (TROTTER-CULLERTON-PETKA) 720 ILCS 5/7-13.5 new Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates a rebuttable presumption that action or possession undertaken by a commercial airline pilot, navigator, engineer, or flight attendant, on or after September 11, 2001, is necessary to avoid a public or private injury greater than the injury that might reasonably result from his or her own conduct, if the conduct or possession is reasonably necessary to provide for the safety of a commercial aircraft. Provides that in the case of a person who flies across state lines, no Illinois or municipal licenses for carrying concealed weapons are required to establish this defense. Effective immediately. JAN-31-2002 H FILED WITH CLERK FEB-01-2002 H FIRST READING FEB-01-2002 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES FEB-05-2002 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL FEB-22-2002 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 013-000-000 HJUB FEB-22-2002 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-22-2002 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-22-2002 H HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE APR-04-2002 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE APR-04-2002 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 105-011-001 APR-09-2002 S ARRIVE IN SENATE APR-09-2002 S PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 02-04-10 APR-09-2002 S CHIEF SPONSOR TROTTER APR-09-2002 S ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR CULLERTON APR-09-2002 S FIRST READING APR-09-2002 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES APR-09-2002 S ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR PETKA JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary