Bill Text: IL HB1981 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning domestic battery.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1981 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB1981-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 Criminal Code of 1961 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 intentionally | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | or knowingly
without legal justification by any means:
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| 10 | (1) Causes bodily harm to any family or household | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | member as defined in
subsection (3) of Section 112A-3 of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | the
the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as
amended;
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| 13 | (2) Makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | nature with any
family or household member as defined in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | subsection (3) of Section 112A-3
of the Code of Criminal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Procedure of 1963, as amended.
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| 17 | (b) Sentence. Domestic battery is a Class A misdemeanor.
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| 18 | Domestic battery is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any
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| 19 | prior
conviction under this Code for domestic battery (Section | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | 12-3.2) or violation
of an order of protection (Section 12-30), | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | or any prior conviction under the
law of another jurisdiction | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | for an offense which is substantially similar.
Domestic battery | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | is a Class 4 felony
if the
defendant has any prior conviction | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | under this Code for first degree murder
(Section 9-1), attempt | ||||||
| 2 | to
commit first degree murder (Section 8-4), aggravated | ||||||
| 3 | domestic battery (Section
12-3.3), aggravated battery
(Section | ||||||
| 4 | 12-4), heinous battery (Section 12-4.1), aggravated battery | ||||||
| 5 | with a
firearm (Section 12-4.2), aggravated battery of a child | ||||||
| 6 | (Section 12-4.3),
aggravated battery of
an unborn child | ||||||
| 7 | (Section 12-4.4), aggravated battery of a senior citizen
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| 8 | (Section 12-4.6), stalking (Section 12-7.3), aggravated | ||||||
| 9 | stalking (Section
12-7.4), criminal sexual assault (Section | ||||||
| 10 | 12-13), aggravated criminal sexual
assault
(12-14), kidnapping | ||||||
| 11 | (Section 10-1), aggravated kidnapping (Section 10-2),
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| 12 | predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (Section 12-14.1), | ||||||
| 13 | aggravated
criminal sexual abuse (Section 12-16), unlawful | ||||||
| 14 | restraint (Section 10-3),
aggravated unlawful restraint | ||||||
| 15 | (Section 10-3.1), aggravated arson (Section
20-1.1), or | ||||||
| 16 | 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 in | ||||||
| 19 | this Section, when any of these
offenses have been committed
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| 20 | against a
family or household member as defined in Section
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| 21 | 112A-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. In addition | ||||||
| 22 | to any other
sentencing alternatives, for any second or | ||||||
| 23 | subsequent conviction of violating this
Section, the
offender | ||||||
| 24 | shall be mandatorily sentenced to a minimum of 72
consecutive | ||||||
| 25 | hours of
imprisonment. The imprisonment shall not be subject to | ||||||
| 26 | suspension, nor shall
the person be eligible for probation in | ||||||
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| 1 | order to reduce the sentence.
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| 2 | (c) Domestic battery committed in the presence of a child. | ||||||
| 3 | In addition to
any other sentencing alternatives, a defendant | ||||||
| 4 | who commits, in the presence of
a child, a felony domestic | ||||||
| 5 | battery (enhanced under subsection
(b)), aggravated domestic | ||||||
| 6 | battery (Section 12-3.3),
aggravated battery (Section 12-4), | ||||||
| 7 | unlawful restraint (Section
10-3), or aggravated unlawful | ||||||
| 8 | restraint (Section 10-3.1) against a family or
household | ||||||
| 9 | member, as defined in Section 112A-3 of the Code of Criminal
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| 10 | Procedure of 1963, shall be required to serve a mandatory | ||||||
| 11 | minimum imprisonment
of 10 days or perform 300 hours of | ||||||
| 12 | community service, or both. The defendant
shall further be | ||||||
| 13 | liable for the cost of any counseling required for the child
at | ||||||
| 14 | the discretion of the court in accordance
with subsection (b) | ||||||
| 15 | of Section 5-5-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
For | ||||||
| 16 | purposes of this Section, "child" means a person under 18
years | ||||||
| 17 | of age
who is the defendant's or victim's child or step-child | ||||||
| 18 | or who is a minor child
residing
within or visiting the | ||||||
| 19 | household of the defendant or victim. For purposes of this | ||||||
| 20 | Section,
"in the presence of a child" means in the physical | ||||||
| 21 | presence of a child or
knowing or having reason to know that a | ||||||
| 22 | child is present and may see or hear an
act constituting one of | ||||||
| 23 | the offenses listed in this subsection.
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| 24 | (Source: P.A. 93-336, eff. 1-1-04; 93-809, eff. 1-1-05; 94-148, | ||||||
| 25 | eff. 1-1-06.)
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