Illinois House Bill 5474 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Includes "coercive control" in the definition of abuse. Defines "coercive control" as a pattern of behavior that in purpose or effect unreasonably interferes with a person's free will and personal liberty, including, but not limited to: (i) isolating a person from friends, relatives, or other sources of support; (ii) depriving a person of basic necessities; (iii) controlling, regulating, or monitoring a person's movements, communications, daily behavior, finances, economic resources, or access to services; or (iv) compelling a person by force, threat of force, or intimidation, including threats based on actual or suspected immigration status to engage in conduct from which the other person has a right to abstain or abstain from conduct in which the other person has a right to engage.

DOM VIOLENCE-COERCIVE CONTROL

Rep. Kelly Cassidy [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	House	Session Sine Die
2024-02-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2024-02-09	House	First Reading
2024-02-09	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
750	60	103	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5474&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB5474.htm