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Bill would make injuring, killing a police dog while driving under influence a felony

Jerry Nowicki, Capitol News Illinois by Jerry Nowicki, Capitol News Illinois
April 15, 2021 - Updated on April 17, 2021
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SPRINGFIELD (CNI) – Lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday to make it a felony offense if a person kills or injures a police animal while driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Rep. Joe Sosnowski (R-Rockford) sponsored House Bill 3019, which passed with 72 votes in favor. He said it was brought to him by a state’s attorney from his district.

“We had an unfortunate circumstance of a drunk driver who hit a police safety vehicle, instantly killing a rescue canine that was within that vehicle,” Sosnowski said. “Unfortunately what came out of this was that there’s actually nothing that could be charged to that particular drunk driver if nothing else had happened.”

The driver was charged with driving under the influence in that circumstance, Sosnowski said. But no charges could be brought for killing the police dog.

Rep. Will Guzzardi (D-Chicago) spoke against the bill on the floor for creating a new category of felony for causing death or injury of a service animal while driving under the influence. The bill also applies to search and rescue or service animals.

“If a driver is drunk and they hit a dog, they can get charged with a DUI irrespective of the current law right – irrespective of the law you’re proposing?” Guzzardi said. “If you’re drunk, you can get charged with a DUI. You’re proposing an increase from like a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony, is that what you’re suggesting?”

Sosnowski confirmed that is what the bill would do if the police or rescue animal is killed or injured.

Guzzardi opposed the bill on the grounds of its creation of a new felony offense, and several other Democrats joined him in voting against the measure.

The bill will head to the state Senate for further consideration.

The House also approved a bill to require public universities and community colleges to make feminine hygiene products available free of charge in restrooms owned and operated by the institutions of higher learning. The schools must make tampons and sanitary napkins available in the bathrooms of education buildings.

That measure, House Bill 641, passed with no debate by a vote of 76-31 and will head to the Senate for further consideration.

House Bill 24, sponsored by Rep. Maurice West (D-Rockford) would require public schools that teach sex education for grades 6-12 to include “age-appropriate” education on the impacts of “sexting,” or sending or receiving sexually explicit images electronically.

That education would include the discussion of “the possible long-term legal, social, academic, and other consequences that may result from possessing sexual content.”

That measure passed with 115 votes in favor and none against, sending it to the Senate.

The measures were two among dozens that were approved Thursday on the House’s third day of session since returning to the Capitol this week.

Others included approval of a measure creating an elected Chicago school board, regulating trampoline parks, and allowing the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to reimburse providers via Medicaid for epilepsy treatments given via telehealth.

Jerry Nowicki, Capitol News Illinois
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Jerry Nowicki is the bureau chief of Capitol News Illinois and has been with the organization since its inception in 2019. Prior to joining CNI, Nowicki spent two years as an Illinois Senate staffer, an aide to state Sen. Steve Landek. Previously, he was editor of the LeRoy-Farmer City Press, winner of the 2015 Kramer Memorial Trophy for Illinois' best small weekly newspaper. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Illinois State University and obtained his master’s degree in communication from Purdue University in May 2019.

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