SB1788Introduced in the Senate
FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE MURDER
Introduced by Robert Peters, District 13
What does this bill do?
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Official description
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Eliminates the felony murder provisions from the first degree murder statute. Provides that a person commits second degree murder when he or she, acting alone or with one or more participants, commits or attempts to commit a forcible felony, other than first degree murder, and in the course of or in furtherance of the crime or flight from the crime, he or she or another participant causes the death of a person, other than one of the participants.
Where it stands
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
April 11, 2025
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Bill history
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Robert Peters
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mark L. Walker
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane L. Johnson
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
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