Bill Text: IL HB1133 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the admissibility of hearsay evidence in a prosecution for elder abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1133 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB1133-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, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 115-10.3 as follows:
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6 | (725 ILCS 5/115-10.3)
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7 | Sec. 115-10.3. Hearsay exception regarding elder adults.
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8 | (a) In a prosecution for a physical act, abuse, neglect, | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | or financial
exploitation
perpetrated upon or against an | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | eligible adult, as defined in
the
the Adult Protective | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Services Act, who has been diagnosed by a physician to suffer | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | from (i) any form of
dementia, developmental disability, or | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | other form of mental incapacity or (ii)
any physical | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | infirmity, including but not limited to
prosecutions for | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | violations of Sections 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 10-3.1, 10-4, | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-11,
12-1, | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | 12-2, 12-3, 12-3.05, 12-3.2, 12-3.3, 12-4, 12-4.1, 12-4.2, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | 12-4.5, 12-4.6, 12-4.7, 12-5, 12-6, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-11, | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | 12-11.1, 12-13, 12-14, 12-15, 12-16, 12-21,
16-1, 16-1.3, | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | 17-1, 17-3, 17-56, 18-1, 18-2, 18-3, 18-4, 18-5, 18-6, 19-6, | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | 20-1.1,
24-1.2, and 33A-2, or subsection (b) of Section | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | 12-4.4a of the Criminal Code of 2012, the following evidence | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | shall be admitted
as an exception to the hearsay rule:
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1 | (1) testimony by an eligible adult, of an out of court | ||||||
2 | statement made by
the eligible adult, that he or she | ||||||
3 | complained of such act to another; and
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4 | (2) testimony of an out of court statement made by the
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5 | eligible adult,
describing any complaint of such act or | ||||||
6 | matter or detail pertaining to any act
which is an element | ||||||
7 | of an offense which is the subject of a prosecution for
a | ||||||
8 | physical act, abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation | ||||||
9 | perpetrated
upon or
against the eligible adult.
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10 | (b) Such testimony shall only be admitted if:
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11 | (1) The court finds in a hearing conducted outside the | ||||||
12 | presence of the
jury that the time, content, and | ||||||
13 | circumstances of the statement provide
sufficient | ||||||
14 | safeguards of reliability; and
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15 | (2) The eligible adult either:
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16 | (A) testifies at the proceeding; or
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17 | (B) is unavailable as a witness and there is | ||||||
18 | corroborative evidence of
the act which is the subject | ||||||
19 | of the statement.
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20 | (c) If a statement is admitted pursuant to this Section, | ||||||
21 | the court shall
instruct the jury that it is for the jury to | ||||||
22 | determine the weight and
credibility to be given the statement | ||||||
23 | and that, in making the determination, it
shall consider the | ||||||
24 | condition of the eligible adult, the nature of
the
statement, | ||||||
25 | the circumstances under which the statement was made, and any | ||||||
26 | other
relevant factor.
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1 | (d) The proponent of the statement shall give the adverse | ||||||
2 | party reasonable
notice of his or her intention to offer the | ||||||
3 | statement and the particulars of
the statement.
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