HB 5942 Illinois House · 100th Regular Session

CRIM CD-FENTANYL EXPOSURE

Summary
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who unlawfully possesses fentanyl commits reckless endangerment of a first responder by fentanyl exposure if he or she, by any means lawful or unlawful, recklessly performs an act or acts that cause a first responder bodily harm as a result of exposure to or contact with fentanyl. Provides that a person commits reckless endangerment of a first responder by fentanyl exposure when he or she unlawfully delivers fentanyl to another that causes bodily harm to a first responder as a result of exposure to or contact with that fentanyl. Reckless endangerment of a first responder by fentanyl exposure is a Class 2 felony. Effective immediately.
Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Aug 2018
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Introduced Aug 14, 2018 Last action Jan 8, 2019
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Jan 8, 2019
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Nov 7, 2018
House · Referred to committee
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Monica Bristow
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