Bill Text: IL HB3842 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the penalty for knowingly buying or selling, or offering to buy or sell, a human body or any part of a human body is a Class 4 felony (rather than a Class A misdemeanor) for the first conviction and a Class 3 felony (rather than a Class 4 felony) for subsequent convictions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-22 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3842 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3842-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 12-20 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/12-20) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-20)
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7 | Sec. 12-20. Sale of body parts.
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8 | (a) Except as provided in subsection
(b), any person who | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | knowingly buys or sells, or offers to buy or sell, a
human body | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | or any part of a human body, is guilty of a Class 4 felony A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | misdemeanor
for the first conviction and a Class 3 4 felony for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | subsequent convictions.
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13 | (b) This Section does not prohibit:
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14 | (1) An anatomical gift made in accordance with the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Illinois
Anatomical Gift
Act.
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16 | (2) (Blank).
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17 | (3) Reimbursement of actual expenses incurred by a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | living person in
donating an organ, tissue or other body | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | part or fluid for transplantation,
implantation, infusion, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | injection, or other medical or scientific purpose,
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21 | including medical costs, loss of income, and travel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | expenses.
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23 | (4) Payments provided under a plan of insurance or
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1 | other health care coverage.
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2 | (5) Reimbursement of reasonable costs associated with | ||||||
3 | the removal,
storage or transportation of a human body or | ||||||
4 | part thereof donated for
medical or scientific purposes.
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5 | (6) Purchase or sale of blood, plasma, blood products | ||||||
6 | or derivatives,
other body fluids, or human hair.
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7 | (7) Purchase or sale of drugs, reagents or other | ||||||
8 | substances made from
human bodies or body parts, for use in | ||||||
9 | medical or scientific research,
treatment or diagnosis.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .)
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