100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1903
 
Introduced 2/10/2017, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
510 ILCS 70/3.01  from Ch. 8, par. 703.01

     Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act.  Provides that no owner of a companion animal (rather than a cat or dog that is a companion animal) may expose the companion animal in a manner that places that animal in a life-threatening situation for a prolonged period of time in extreme heat or cold conditions that: (1) results in injury to or death of the animal; or (2) results in hypothermia, hyperthermia, frostbite, or similar condition as diagnosed by a doctor of veterinary medicine.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning animals.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 3.01 as follows:
 



6    (510 ILCS 70/3.01)  (from Ch. 8, par. 703.01)



7    Sec. 3.01. Cruel treatment. 
8    (a) No person or owner may beat, cruelly treat,
torment, 
9starve, overwork or otherwise abuse any animal.

10    (b) No owner may abandon any animal where it may become a 
11public charge or
may suffer injury, hunger or exposure.

12    (c) No owner of a dog or cat that is a companion animal may 
13expose the companion animal dog or cat in a manner that places 
14that animal the dog or cat in a life-threatening situation for 
15a prolonged period of time in extreme heat or cold conditions 
16that:
17        (1) results in injury to or death of the animal; or
18        (2) results in hypothermia, hyperthermia, frostbite, 
19    or similar condition as diagnosed by a doctor of veterinary 
20    medicine.
21    (c-5) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit an animal from 
22being impounded in an emergency situation under subsection (b) 
23of Section 12 of this Act.
 
 
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1    (d) A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty 
2of a Class A
misdemeanor.  A second or subsequent conviction for 
3a violation of this Section
is a Class 4 felony. In addition to 
4any other penalty provided by law, a person who is convicted of 
5violating subsection (a) upon a companion animal in the 
6presence of a child, as defined in Section 12-0.1 of the 
7Criminal Code of 2012, shall be subject to a fine of $250 and 
8ordered to perform community service for not less than 100 
9hours.  In addition to any other penalty provided by law, upon

10conviction for violating this Section, the court may order the 
11convicted person
to undergo a psychological or psychiatric 
12evaluation and to undergo any
treatment at the convicted 
13person's expense that the court determines to be
appropriate 
14after due consideration of the evidence.  If the convicted 
15person
is a juvenile or a companion animal hoarder, the court 
16must order the convicted
person to undergo a psychological or 
17psychiatric evaluation and to undergo
treatment that the court 
18determines to be appropriate after due consideration
of the 
19evaluation.

20(Source: P.A. 99-311, eff. 1-1-16; 99-357, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, 
21eff. 7-28-16; 99-782, eff. 8-12-16.)