Bill Text: IL HB3357 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of domestic assault. Provides that a person commits the offense when, without lawful authority, he or she knowingly engages in conduct that places any family or household member in reasonable apprehension of great bodily harm, or permanent disability or disfigurement. Provides that if the defendant is arrested for domestic assault, upon release of the defendant from custody pending trial, the court, at the preliminary examination, shall order that the defendant refrain from contact or communication with the victim of the domestic assault and refrain from entering or remaining at the victim's residence for a minimum of 72 consecutive hours. Provides that domestic assault is a Class A misdemeanor. Defines "family or household member".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-26 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie [HB3357 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3357-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3357 Introduced , by Rep. Amy L. Grant - Dan Ugaste - Patrick Windhorst SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/12-3.1-5 new
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of domestic assault. Provides that a person commits the offense when, without lawful authority, he or she knowingly engages in conduct that places any family or household member in reasonable apprehension of great bodily harm, or permanent disability or disfigurement. Provides that if the defendant is arrested for domestic assault, upon release of the defendant from custody pending trial, the court, at the preliminary examination, shall order that the defendant refrain from contact or communication with the victim of the domestic assault and refrain from entering or remaining at the victim's residence for a minimum of 72 consecutive hours. Provides that domestic assault is a Class A misdemeanor. Defines "family or household member".
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding
Section 12-3.1-5 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/12-3.1-5 new)
Sec. 12-3.1-5. Domestic assault.
(a) In this Section, "family or household member" has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 112A-3 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure of 1963.
(b) A person commits a domestic assault when, without
lawful authority, he or she knowingly engages in conduct that
places any family or household member in reasonable
apprehension of great bodily harm, or permanent disability or
disfigurement.
(c) If the defendant is arrested for domestic assault,
upon release of the defendant from custody pending trial, the
court, at the preliminary examination held under Section 109-1
of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, shall order that the
defendant refrain from contact or communication with the
victim of the domestic assault and refrain from entering or
remaining at the victim's residence for a minimum of 72
consecutive hours.

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(d) Sentence. Domestic assault is a Class A misdemeanor.