Bill Text: IL HB1105 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning domestic battery.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-11 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1105 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB1105-Introduced.html
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
| |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
| |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 12-3.2 as follows:
| |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (720 ILCS 5/12-3.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-3.2)
| |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 12-3.2. Domestic battery.
| |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) A person commits domestic battery if he or she | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | knowingly
without legal justification by any means:
| |||||||||||||||||||
10 | (1) causes bodily harm to any family or household | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | member;
| |||||||||||||||||||
12 | (2) makes physical contact of an insulting or | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | provoking nature with any
family or household member.
| |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (b) Sentence. Domestic battery is a Class A misdemeanor.
| |||||||||||||||||||
15 | Domestic battery is a Class 4 felony if the
the defendant has | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | any
prior
conviction under this Code for violation
of an order | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | of protection (Section 12-3.4 or 12-30), or any prior | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | conviction under the
law of another jurisdiction for an | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | offense which is substantially similar.
Domestic battery is a | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Class 4 felony
if the
defendant has any prior conviction under | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | this Code for first degree murder
(Section 9-1), attempt to
| |||||||||||||||||||
22 | commit first degree murder (Section 8-4), aggravated domestic | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | battery (Section
12-3.3), aggravated battery
(Section 12-3.05 |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | or 12-4), heinous battery (Section 12-4.1), aggravated battery | ||||||
2 | with a
firearm (Section 12-4.2), aggravated battery with a | ||||||
3 | machine gun or a firearm equipped with a silencer (Section | ||||||
4 | 12-4.2-5), aggravated battery of a child (Section 12-4.3),
| ||||||
5 | aggravated battery of
an unborn child (subsection (a-5) of | ||||||
6 | Section 12-3.1, or Section 12-4.4), aggravated battery of a | ||||||
7 | senior citizen
(Section 12-4.6), stalking (Section 12-7.3), | ||||||
8 | aggravated stalking (Section
12-7.4), criminal sexual assault | ||||||
9 | (Section 11-1.20 or 12-13), aggravated criminal sexual
assault
| ||||||
10 | (Section 11-1.30 or 12-14), kidnapping (Section 10-1), | ||||||
11 | aggravated kidnapping (Section 10-2),
predatory criminal | ||||||
12 | sexual assault of a child (Section 11-1.40 or 12-14.1), | ||||||
13 | aggravated
criminal sexual abuse (Section 11-1.60 or 12-16), | ||||||
14 | unlawful restraint (Section 10-3),
aggravated unlawful | ||||||
15 | restraint (Section 10-3.1), aggravated arson (Section
20-1.1), | ||||||
16 | or aggravated discharge of a firearm
(Section 24-1.2), or any | ||||||
17 | prior conviction under the law of another
jurisdiction for any | ||||||
18 | offense that is substantially similar to the offenses
listed | ||||||
19 | in this Section, when any of these
offenses have been | ||||||
20 | committed
against a
family or household member. Domestic | ||||||
21 | battery is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has one
or 2 prior
| ||||||
22 | convictions under this Code for domestic battery (Section | ||||||
23 | 12-3.2), or one or 2 prior convictions under the law of another | ||||||
24 | jurisdiction for any offense which is substantially similar. | ||||||
25 | Domestic battery is a Class 3 felony if the defendant had 3 | ||||||
26 | prior convictions under this Code for domestic battery |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (Section 12-3.2), or 3 prior convictions under the law of | ||||||
2 | another jurisdiction for any offense which is substantially | ||||||
3 | similar. Domestic battery is a Class 2 felony if the defendant | ||||||
4 | had 4 or more prior convictions under this Code for domestic | ||||||
5 | battery (Section 12-3.2), or 4 or more prior convictions under | ||||||
6 | the law of another jurisdiction for any offense which is | ||||||
7 | substantially similar. In addition to any other
sentencing | ||||||
8 | alternatives, for any second or subsequent conviction of | ||||||
9 | violating this
Section, the
offender shall be mandatorily | ||||||
10 | sentenced to a minimum of 72
consecutive hours of
| ||||||
11 | imprisonment. The imprisonment shall not be subject to | ||||||
12 | suspension, nor shall
the person be eligible for probation in | ||||||
13 | order to reduce the sentence. | ||||||
14 | (c) Domestic battery committed in the presence of a child. | ||||||
15 | In addition to
any other sentencing alternatives, a defendant | ||||||
16 | who commits, in the presence of
a child, a felony domestic | ||||||
17 | battery (enhanced under subsection
(b)), aggravated domestic | ||||||
18 | battery (Section 12-3.3),
aggravated battery (Section 12-3.05 | ||||||
19 | or 12-4), unlawful restraint (Section
10-3), or aggravated | ||||||
20 | unlawful restraint (Section 10-3.1) against a family or
| ||||||
21 | household member shall be required to serve a mandatory | ||||||
22 | minimum imprisonment
of 10 days or perform 300 hours of | ||||||
23 | community service, or both. The defendant
shall further be | ||||||
24 | liable for the cost of any counseling required for the child
at | ||||||
25 | the discretion of the court in accordance
with subsection (b) | ||||||
26 | of Section 5-5-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
For |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | purposes of this Section, "child" means a person under 18
| ||||||
2 | years of age
who is the defendant's or victim's child or | ||||||
3 | step-child or who is a minor child
residing
within or visiting | ||||||
4 | the household of the defendant or victim.
|