Bill Text: IL HB0958 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that domestic battery is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has one or 2 prior convictions under the Code for domestic battery. Provides that domestic battery is a Class 3 felony if the defendant had 3 prior convictions under the Code for domestic battery. Provides that domestic battery is a Class 2 felony if the defendant had 4 or more prior convictions under the Code for domestic battery.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-06 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0187 [HB0958 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB0958-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that domestic battery is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has one or 2 prior convictions under the Code for domestic battery. Provides that domestic battery is a Class 3 felony if the defendant had 3 prior convictions under the Code for domestic battery. Provides that domestic battery is a Class 2 felony if the defendant had 4 or more prior convictions under the Code for domestic battery.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-06 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0187 [HB0958 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB0958-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 12-3.2 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/12-3.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-3.2)
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7 | Sec. 12-3.2. Domestic battery.
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8 | (a) A person commits domestic battery if he or she | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | knowingly
without legal justification by any means:
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10 | (1) Causes bodily harm to any family or household | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | member;
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12 | (2) Makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | nature with any
family or household member.
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14 | (b) Sentence. Domestic battery is a Class A misdemeanor.
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15 | Domestic battery is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any
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16 | prior
conviction under this Code for domestic battery (Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 12-3.2) or violation
of an order of protection (Section 12-3.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | or 12-30), or any prior conviction under the
law of another | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | jurisdiction for an offense which is substantially similar.
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20 | Domestic battery is a Class 4 felony
if the
defendant has any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | prior conviction under this Code for first degree murder
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22 | (Section 9-1), attempt to
commit first degree murder (Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 8-4), aggravated domestic battery (Section
12-3.3), aggravated |
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1 | battery
(Section 12-3.05 or 12-4), heinous battery (Section | ||||||
2 | 12-4.1), aggravated battery with a
firearm (Section 12-4.2), | ||||||
3 | aggravated battery with a machine gun or a firearm equipped | ||||||
4 | with a silencer (Section 12-4.2-5), aggravated battery of a | ||||||
5 | child (Section 12-4.3),
aggravated battery of
an unborn child | ||||||
6 | (subsection (a-5) of Section 12-3.1, or Section 12-4.4), | ||||||
7 | aggravated battery of a senior citizen
(Section 12-4.6), | ||||||
8 | stalking (Section 12-7.3), aggravated stalking (Section
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9 | 12-7.4), criminal sexual assault (Section 11-1.20 or 12-13), | ||||||
10 | aggravated criminal sexual
assault
(Section 11-1.30 or 12-14), | ||||||
11 | kidnapping (Section 10-1), aggravated kidnapping (Section | ||||||
12 | 10-2),
predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (Section | ||||||
13 | 11-1.40 or 12-14.1), aggravated
criminal sexual abuse (Section | ||||||
14 | 11-1.60 or 12-16), unlawful restraint (Section 10-3),
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15 | aggravated unlawful restraint (Section 10-3.1), aggravated | ||||||
16 | arson (Section
20-1.1), or aggravated discharge of a firearm
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17 | (Section 24-1.2), or any prior conviction under the law of | ||||||
18 | another
jurisdiction for any offense that is substantially | ||||||
19 | similar to the offenses
listed in this Section, when any of | ||||||
20 | these
offenses have been committed
against a
family or | ||||||
21 | household member. Domestic battery is a Class 4 felony if the | ||||||
22 | defendant has one
or 2 prior
convictions under this Code for | ||||||
23 | domestic battery (Section 12-3.2). Domestic battery is a Class | ||||||
24 | 3 felony if the defendant had 3 prior convictions under this | ||||||
25 | Code for domestic battery (Section 12-3.2). Domestic battery is | ||||||
26 | a Class 2 felony if the defendant had 4 or more prior |
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1 | convictions under this Code for domestic battery (Section | ||||||
2 | 12-3.2). In addition to any other
sentencing alternatives, for | ||||||
3 | any second or subsequent conviction of violating this
Section, | ||||||
4 | the
offender shall be mandatorily sentenced to a minimum of 72
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5 | consecutive hours of
imprisonment. The imprisonment shall not | ||||||
6 | be subject to suspension, nor shall
the person be eligible for | ||||||
7 | probation in order to reduce the sentence.
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8 | (c) Domestic battery committed in the presence of a child. | ||||||
9 | In addition to
any other sentencing alternatives, a defendant | ||||||
10 | who commits, in the presence of
a child, a felony domestic | ||||||
11 | battery (enhanced under subsection
(b)), aggravated domestic | ||||||
12 | battery (Section 12-3.3),
aggravated battery (Section 12-3.05 | ||||||
13 | or 12-4), unlawful restraint (Section
10-3), or aggravated | ||||||
14 | unlawful restraint (Section 10-3.1) against a family or
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15 | household member shall be required to serve a mandatory minimum | ||||||
16 | imprisonment
of 10 days or perform 300 hours of community | ||||||
17 | service, or both. The defendant
shall further be liable for the | ||||||
18 | cost of any counseling required for the child
at the discretion | ||||||
19 | of the court in accordance
with subsection (b) of Section 5-5-6 | ||||||
20 | of the Unified Code of Corrections.
For purposes of this | ||||||
21 | Section, "child" means a person under 18
years of age
who is | ||||||
22 | the defendant's or victim's child or step-child or who is a | ||||||
23 | minor child
residing
within or visiting the household of the | ||||||
24 | defendant or victim.
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25 | (d) Upon conviction of domestic battery, the court shall | ||||||
26 | advise the defendant orally or in writing, substantially as |
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1 | follows: "An individual convicted of domestic battery may be | ||||||
2 | subject to federal criminal penalties for possessing, | ||||||
3 | transporting, shipping, or receiving any firearm or ammunition | ||||||
4 | in violation of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. | ||||||
5 | 922(g)(8) and (9))." A notation shall be made in the court file | ||||||
6 | that the admonition was given. | ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 96-287, eff. 8-11-09; 96-1551, Article 1, Section | ||||||
8 | 5, eff. 7-1-11; 96-1551, Article 2, Section 1035, eff. 7-1-11; | ||||||
9 | 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13.)
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