Bill Texts: IL HB5474 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Includes "coercive control" in the definition of abuse. "Coercive control" is defined 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-09 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5474 Detail]

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