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SB 639 Illinois Senate · 100th Regular Session

CRIM CD-DRUG INDUCED HOMICIDE

Summary
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Allows a drug-induced homicide prosecution when a person violates the law of another jurisdiction, which, if the violation had been committed in this State, could be charged under the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act for unlawfully delivering a controlled substance to another, and any person's death is caused in this State by the injection, inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of any amount of that controlled substance. Provides that the bill may be referred to as the Evan Rushing Law.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2017
Committee Review
May 2017
Senate Passage
May 2017
House Passage
May 2017
Signed into Law
Aug 2017
Introduced May 18, 2017 Signed Aug 25, 2017
Floor votes · Senate May 18, 2017 · House May 31, 2017

How they voted

47–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 52
May 18, 2017
D Democratic32
27 Yea 5
84% Yea
R Republican20
20 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
35
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Aug 25, 2017
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
May 31, 2017
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
May 31, 2017
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (92-2-11)
house
May 25, 2017
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 012-000-000
lower
May 22, 2017
Lower · Passed
Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Judiciary - Criminal Committee; Rep. Lou Lang
lower
May 22, 2017
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
lower
May 18, 2017
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 18, 2017
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
May 18, 2017
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (47-0-5)
senate
Mar 1, 2017
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-002
upper
Feb 1, 2017
Committee
Assigned to Criminal Law
upper
Jan 25, 2017
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
0 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.