Bill Text: IL HB4380 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In regards to the offenses of criminal sexual abuse and aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving victims under 17 years of age, provides that the following factors do not serve independently as a defense: (1) a statement by the victim that he or she is 17 years of age or over; (2) the presence of the victim on a social media platform that requires participants to be 17 years of age or over; or (3) attendance of the victim in an educational activity such as a high school trade program or community college class that would generally be attended only by someone 17 years of age or over.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4380 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB4380-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,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 11-1.70 as follows:
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| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/11-1.70) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-17)
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| 7 | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-567)
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| 8 | Sec. 11-1.70. Defenses with respect to offenses described | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | in Sections 11-1.20 through 11-1.60.
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| 10 | (a) It shall be a defense to any offense under Section | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, or 11-1.60 of this Code | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | where force or threat of force is an element of the
offense | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | that the victim consented. "Consent" means a freely given
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| 14 | agreement to the act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | in question.
Lack of verbal or physical resistance or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | submission by the victim resulting
from the use of force or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | threat of force by the accused shall not
constitute consent. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | The manner of dress of the victim at the time of the
offense | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | shall not constitute consent.
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| 20 | (b) It shall be a defense under subsection (b) and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | subsection (c) of
Section 11-1.50 and subsection (d) of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Section 11-1.60 of this Code that the
accused reasonably | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | believed the person to be 17 years of age or over.
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| 1 | (c) A person who initially consents to sexual penetration | ||||||
| 2 | or sexual
conduct
is not deemed to have consented to any sexual | ||||||
| 3 | penetration or sexual
conduct that occurs after he or she | ||||||
| 4 | withdraws consent during the course of
that sexual penetration | ||||||
| 5 | or sexual conduct.
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| 6 | (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)
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| 7 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-567)
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| 8 | Sec. 11-1.70. Defenses with respect to offenses described | ||||||
| 9 | in Sections 11-1.20 through 11-1.60; certain factors not an | ||||||
| 10 | independent defense to a reasonable belief that the victim was | ||||||
| 11 | 17 years of age or over.
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| 12 | (a) It shall be a defense to any offense under Section | ||||||
| 13 | 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, or 11-1.60 of this Code | ||||||
| 14 | where force or threat of force is an element of the
offense | ||||||
| 15 | that the victim consented.
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| 16 | (b) It shall be a defense under subsection (b) and | ||||||
| 17 | subsection (c) of
Section 11-1.50 and subsection (d) of | ||||||
| 18 | Section 11-1.60 of this Code that the
accused reasonably | ||||||
| 19 | believed the person to be 17 years of age or over. The | ||||||
| 20 | following factors do not serve independently as a defense: | ||||||
| 21 | (1) a statement by the victim that he or she is 17 | ||||||
| 22 | years of age or over; | ||||||
| 23 | (2) the presence of the victim on a social media | ||||||
| 24 | platform that requires participants to be 17 years of age | ||||||
| 25 | or over; or | ||||||
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| 1 | (3) attendance of the victim in an educational | ||||||
| 2 | activity such as a high school trade program or community | ||||||
| 3 | college class that would generally be attended only by | ||||||
| 4 | someone 17 years of age or over.
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| 5 | (c) A person who initially consents to sexual penetration | ||||||
| 6 | or sexual
conduct
is not deemed to have consented to any sexual | ||||||
| 7 | penetration or sexual
conduct that occurs after he or she | ||||||
| 8 | withdraws consent during the course of
that sexual penetration | ||||||
| 9 | or sexual conduct.
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| 10 | (Source: P.A. 102-567, eff. 1-1-22.)
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| 11 | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | ||||||
| 12 | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | ||||||
| 13 | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | ||||||
| 14 | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | ||||||
| 15 | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | ||||||
| 16 | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | ||||||
| 17 | Public Act.
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