Bill Text: IL HB1742 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Civil No Contact Order Act. Provides that any family or household member of a victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration may file a petition for a civil no contact order.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-2)

Status: (Passed) 2021-07-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0198 [HB1742 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB1742-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 102-0198
HB1742 Enrolled LRB102 15094 LNS 20449 b
AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Civil No Contact Order Act is amended by
changing Section 201 as follows:
(740 ILCS 22/201)
Sec. 201. Persons protected by this Act.
(a) The following persons are protected by this Act:
(1) any victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or
non-consensual sexual penetration on whose behalf the
petition is brought;
(2) any family or household member of the named
victim; and
(3) any employee of or volunteer at a rape crisis
center that is providing services to the petitioner or the
petitioner's family or household member.
(b) A petition for a civil no contact order may be filed:
(1) by any person who is a victim of non-consensual
sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration,
including a single incident of non-consensual sexual
conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration; or
(2) by a person on behalf of a minor child or an adult
who is a victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or

non-consensual sexual penetration but, because of age,
disability, health, or inaccessibility, cannot file the
petition; or
(3) only after receiving consent from the victim, by
any family or household member of a victim of
non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual
penetration, and the petition shall include a statement
that the victim has consented to the family or household
member filing the petition.
(Source: P.A. 96-311, eff. 1-1-10.)