SB 1788 Illinois Senate · 104th Regular Session

FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE MURDER

Summary
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.
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Feb 2025
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Introduced Feb 6, 2025 Last action Apr 11, 2025
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