ENHANCED PENALTIES-PHARMACIST

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Enhances the penalties from assault and battery to aggravated assault and aggravated battery if the victim is a pharmacist, student pharmacist, or pharmacy technician performing his or her duties as a pharmacist, student pharmacist, or pharmacy technician. Enhances from a Class 2 felony to a Class 1 felony a robbery or burglary committed in a pharmacy. Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that any person who violates the provisions concerning the illegal delivery of a controlled substance in an amount not otherwise specified in the statute classified in Schedule II, III, IV, or V that was illegally and directly obtained from a pharmacy, either through robbery or burglary, which substance is not included as a Class 2 felony by the statute, is guilty of a Class 2 felony. Provides that the fine for a violation shall not be more than $200,000. Effective January 1, 2020.