Illinois 103rd Regular Session Status: Introduced 1 R cosponsors

SB 1598 — CRIM CD-DRUG-INDUCED HOMICIDE

Last action — Referred to Assignments

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  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 103rd Regular Session. It reached “Introduced” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits drug-induced homicide when he or she violates delivery of a controlled substance or methamphetamine or a similar law of another jurisdiction, by unlawfully delivering a controlled substance to another, and the injection, inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of any amount of that controlled substance is a contributing cause of the person's death.

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill modifies the definition of drug-induced homicide to include situations where the substance's role is a contributing cause of death.

  • 720 ILCS 5/9-3.3

    and any person's death is caused by the injection, inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of any amount of that controlled substance. → and the injection, inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of any amount of that controlled substance is a contributing cause of the person's death.

    This change clarifies that drug-induced homicide can be established even if the controlled substance is only a contributing cause of death.

  • 720 ILCS 5/9-3.3

    by 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. → by unlawfully delivering a controlled substance to another, and the injection, inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of any amount of that controlled substance is a contributing cause of the person's death.

    The language now also indicates that in the context of violations of other jurisdictions' laws, the substance need only be a contributing cause of death to establish drug-induced homicide.

Action History

  1. Referred to Assignments

  2. First Reading

  3. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jason Plummer

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on

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Not signed on (182)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1598 do?
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits drug-induced homicide when he or she violates delivery of a controlled substance or methamphetamine or a similar law of another jurisdiction, by unlawfully delivering a controlled substance to another, and the injection, inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of any amount of that controlled substance is a contributing cause of the person's death.
Who sponsors SB 1598?
SB 1598 is sponsored by Jason Plummer (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 1598?
This bill died with 103rd Regular Session. It reached “Introduced” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 1598?
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