103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4310

Introduced , by Rep. Travis Weaver

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/12C-5 was 720 ILCS 5/12-21.6

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits endangering the life or health of a child when he or she knowingly permits a child to possess an imitation firearm that has had a federally required marking altered, changed, removed, or obliterated. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor. Defines "imitation firearm".
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
5changing Section 12C-5 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/12C-5) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-21.6)
7 Sec. 12C-5. Endangering the life or health of a child.
8 (a) A person commits endangering the life or health of a
9child when he or she knowingly: (1) causes or permits the life
10or health of a child under the age of 18 to be endangered; or
11(2) causes or permits a child to be placed in circumstances
12that endanger the child's life or health. It is not a violation
13of this Section for a person to relinquish a child in
14accordance with the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
15 (a-5) A person commits endangering the life or health of a
16child when he or she knowingly permits a child to possess an
17imitation firearm that has had a marking that is required
18under Section 5001 of Title 15 of the United States Code
19altered, changed, removed, or obliterated.
20 (b) A trier of fact may infer that a child 6 years of age
21or younger is unattended if that child is left in a motor
22vehicle for more than 10 minutes.
23 (c) As used in this Section:

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