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2020 SESSION
HB 673 Cruelty to children; increases penalty to a Class 4 felony.
Introduced by: Michael P. Mullin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Cruelty to children; penalty. Increases the penalty from a Class 6 felony to a Class 4 felony for any person employing or having custody of a child to willfully cause or permit such child to be tortured physically or psychologically, tormented, mutilated, beaten, or cruelly treated. The bill includes such offense in the definition of "violent felony" for purposes of determining felony sentencing guidelines. The bill also includes willful and negligent acts of cruelty and injuries to children in offenses prohibiting a person from operating or residing in a family day home and provides that a conviction is a barrier crime for persons providing care to certain children or the elderly or disabled.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101936D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107948D-H1 pdf | impact statements
- 02/24/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed to LIS only 20108644D-S1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/06/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101936D
- 01/06/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/04/20 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/06/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N)
- 02/07/20 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107948D-H1
- 02/09/20 House: Read first time
- 02/10/20 House: Read second time
- 02/10/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20107948D-H1
- 02/10/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB673H1
- 02/11/20 House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 House: VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/24/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed to LIS only 20108644D-S1
- 02/24/20 Senate: Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)