Bill Text: IL HB4996 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that the Chicago Transit Board's rules and regulations may include the suspension of riding privileges or confiscation of fare media. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Changes the penalties for aggravated assault on a transit employee performing his or her official duties, or a transit passenger.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-27 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4996 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB4996-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB4996 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
70 ILCS 3605/31 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 331
720 ILCS 5/12-2 from Ch. 38, par. 12-2
720 ILCS 5/12-3.05 was 720 ILCS 5/12-4
Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that the Chicago Transit Board's rules and regulations may include the suspension of riding privileges or confiscation of fare media. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Changes the penalties for aggravated assault on a transit employee performing his or her official duties, or a transit passenger.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
amended by changing Section 31 as follows:
(70 ILCS 3605/31) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 331)
Sec. 31. The Board shall have power to pass all ordinances
and make all rules and regulations proper or necessary to
regulate the use, operation and maintenance of its property
and facilities, and to carry into effect the powers granted to
the Authority, with such fines or penalties, including the
suspension of riding privileges or confiscation of fare media,
as may be deemed proper. No fine or penalty shall exceed
$300.00, and no imprisonment shall exceed six (6) months for
one offense. All fines and penalties shall be imposed by
ordinances, which shall be published in a newspaper of general
circulation published in the metropolitan area. No such
ordinance shall take effect until ten days after its
publication.
(Source: P.A. 80-937.)
Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
changing Sections 12-2 and 12-3.05 as follows:

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(720 ILCS 5/12-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-2)
Sec. 12-2. Aggravated assault.
(a) Offense based on location of conduct. A person commits
aggravated assault when he or she commits an assault against
an individual who is on or about a public way, public property,
a public place of accommodation or amusement, or a sports
venue, or in a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building,
structure, or place used for religious worship.
(b) Offense based on status of victim. A person commits
aggravated assault when, in committing an assault, he or she
knows the individual assaulted to be any of the following:
(1) A person with a physical disability or a person 60
years of age or older and the assault is without legal
justification.
(2) A teacher or school employee upon school grounds
or grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a
building used for school purposes.
(3) A park district employee upon park grounds or
grounds adjacent to a park or in any part of a building
used for park purposes.
(4) A community policing volunteer, private security
officer, or utility worker:
(i) performing his or her official duties;
(ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or
her official duties; or

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(iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
or her official duties.
(4.1) A peace officer, fireman, emergency management
worker, or emergency medical services personnel:
(i) performing his or her official duties;
(ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or
her official duties; or
(iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
or her official duties.
(5) A correctional officer or probation officer:
(i) performing his or her official duties;
(ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or
her official duties; or
(iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
or her official duties.
(6) A correctional institution employee, a county
juvenile detention center employee who provides direct and
continuous supervision of residents of a juvenile
detention center, including a county juvenile detention
center employee who supervises recreational activity for
residents of a juvenile detention center, or a Department
of Human Services employee, Department of Human Services
officer, or employee of a subcontractor of the Department
of Human Services supervising or controlling sexually
dangerous persons or sexually violent persons:
(i) performing his or her official duties;

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(ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or
her official duties; or
(iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
or her official duties.
(7) An employee of the State of Illinois, a municipal
corporation therein, or a political subdivision thereof,
performing his or her official duties.
(8) A transit employee performing his or her official
duties, or a transit passenger.
(9) A sports official or coach actively participating
in any level of athletic competition within a sports
venue, on an indoor playing field or outdoor playing
field, or within the immediate vicinity of such a facility
or field.
(10) A person authorized to serve process under
Section 2-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure or a special
process server appointed by the circuit court, while that
individual is in the performance of his or her duties as a
process server.
(c) Offense based on use of firearm, device, or motor
vehicle. A person commits aggravated assault when, in
committing an assault, he or she does any of the following:
(1) Uses a deadly weapon, an air rifle as defined in
Section 24.8-0.1 of this Act, or any device manufactured
and designed to be substantially similar in appearance to
a firearm, other than by discharging a firearm.

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(2) Discharges a firearm, other than from a motor
vehicle.
(3) Discharges a firearm from a motor vehicle.
(4) Wears a hood, robe, or mask to conceal his or her
identity.
(5) Knowingly and without lawful justification shines
or flashes a laser gun sight or other laser device
attached to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm,
so that the laser beam strikes near or in the immediate
vicinity of any person.
(6) Uses a firearm, other than by discharging the
firearm, against a peace officer, community policing
volunteer, fireman, private security officer, emergency
management worker, emergency medical services personnel,
employee of a police department, employee of a sheriff's
department, or traffic control municipal employee:
(i) performing his or her official duties;
(ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or
her official duties; or
(iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
or her official duties.
(7) Without justification operates a motor vehicle in
a manner which places a person, other than a person listed
in subdivision (b)(4), in reasonable apprehension of being
struck by the moving motor vehicle.
(8) Without justification operates a motor vehicle in

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a manner which places a person listed in subdivision
(b)(4), in reasonable apprehension of being struck by the
moving motor vehicle.
(9) Knowingly video or audio records the offense with
the intent to disseminate the recording.
(d) Sentence. Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision
(a), (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(7), (b)(8), (b)(9),
(c)(1), (c)(4), or (c)(9) is a Class A misdemeanor, except
that aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (b)(4) and
(b)(7) is a Class 4 felony if a Category I, Category II, or
Category III weapon is used in the commission of the assault.
Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (b)(4.1), (b)(5),
(b)(6), (b)(8) (b)(10), (c)(2), (c)(5), (c)(6), or (c)(7) is a
Class 4 felony. Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision
(c)(3) or (c)(8) is a Class 3 felony.
(e) For the purposes of this Section, "Category I weapon",
"Category II weapon", and "Category III weapon" have the
meanings ascribed to those terms in Section 33A-1 of this
Code.
(Source: P.A. 101-223, eff. 1-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
(720 ILCS 5/12-3.05) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-4)
Sec. 12-3.05. Aggravated battery.
(a) Offense based on injury. A person commits aggravated
battery when, in committing a battery, other than by the
discharge of a firearm, he or she knowingly does any of the

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following:
(1) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability
or disfigurement.
(2) Causes severe and permanent disability, great
bodily harm, or disfigurement by means of a caustic or
flammable substance, a poisonous gas, a deadly biological
or chemical contaminant or agent, a radioactive substance,
or a bomb or explosive compound.
(3) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability
or disfigurement to an individual whom the person knows to
be a peace officer, community policing volunteer, fireman,
private security officer, correctional institution
employee, or Department of Human Services employee
supervising or controlling sexually dangerous persons or
sexually violent persons:
(i) performing his or her official duties;
(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
official duties; or
(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
or her official duties.
(4) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability
or disfigurement to an individual 60 years of age or
older.
(5) Strangles another individual.
(b) Offense based on injury to a child or person with an
intellectual disability. A person who is at least 18 years of

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age commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery,
he or she knowingly and without legal justification by any
means:
(1) causes great bodily harm or permanent disability
or disfigurement to any child under the age of 13 years, or
to any person with a severe or profound intellectual
disability; or
(2) causes bodily harm or disability or disfigurement
to any child under the age of 13 years or to any person
with a severe or profound intellectual disability.
(c) Offense based on location of conduct. A person commits
aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than
by the discharge of a firearm, he or she is or the person
battered is on or about a public way, public property, a public
place of accommodation or amusement, a sports venue, or a
domestic violence shelter, or in a church, synagogue, mosque,
or other building, structure, or place used for religious
worship.
(d) Offense based on status of victim. A person commits
aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than
by discharge of a firearm, he or she knows the individual
battered to be any of the following:
(1) A person 60 years of age or older.
(2) A person who is pregnant or has a physical
disability.
(3) A teacher or school employee upon school grounds

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or grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a
building used for school purposes.
(4) A peace officer, community policing volunteer,
fireman, private security officer, correctional
institution employee, or Department of Human Services
employee supervising or controlling sexually dangerous
persons or sexually violent persons:
(i) performing his or her official duties;
(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
official duties; or
(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
or her official duties.
(5) A judge, emergency management worker, emergency
medical services personnel, or utility worker:
(i) performing his or her official duties;
(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
official duties; or
(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
or her official duties.
(6) An officer or employee of the State of Illinois, a
unit of local government, or a school district, while
performing his or her official duties.
(7) A transit employee performing his or her official
duties, or a transit passenger.
(8) A taxi driver on duty.
(9) A merchant who detains the person for an alleged

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commission of retail theft under Section 16-26 of this
Code and the person without legal justification by any
means causes bodily harm to the merchant.
(10) A person authorized to serve process under
Section 2-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure or a special
process server appointed by the circuit court while that
individual is in the performance of his or her duties as a
process server.
(11) A nurse while in the performance of his or her
duties as a nurse.
(12) A merchant: (i) while performing his or her
duties, including, but not limited to, relaying directions
for healthcare or safety from his or her supervisor or
employer or relaying health or safety guidelines,
recommendations, regulations, or rules from a federal,
State, or local public health agency; and (ii) during a
disaster declared by the Governor, or a state of emergency
declared by the mayor of the municipality in which the
merchant is located, due to a public health emergency and
for a period of 6 months after such declaration.
(e) Offense based on use of a firearm. A person commits
aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he or she
knowingly does any of the following:
(1) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or
a firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury
to another person.

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(2) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or
a firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury
to a person he or she knows to be a peace officer,
community policing volunteer, person summoned by a police
officer, fireman, private security officer, correctional
institution employee, or emergency management worker:
(i) performing his or her official duties;
(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
official duties; or
(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
or her official duties.
(3) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or
a firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury
to a person he or she knows to be emergency medical
services personnel:
(i) performing his or her official duties;
(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
official duties; or
(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
or her official duties.
(4) Discharges a firearm and causes any injury to a
person he or she knows to be a teacher, a student in a
school, or a school employee, and the teacher, student, or
employee is upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a
school or in any part of a building used for school
purposes.

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(5) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
with a silencer, and causes any injury to another person.
(6) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or
she knows to be a peace officer, community policing
volunteer, person summoned by a police officer, fireman,
private security officer, correctional institution
employee or emergency management worker:
(i) performing his or her official duties;
(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
official duties; or
(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
or her official duties.
(7) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or
she knows to be emergency medical services personnel:
(i) performing his or her official duties;
(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
official duties; or
(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
or her official duties.
(8) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or
she knows to be a teacher, or a student in a school, or a
school employee, and the teacher, student, or employee is
upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a school or in

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any part of a building used for school purposes.
(f) Offense based on use of a weapon or device. A person
commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he
or she does any of the following:
(1) Uses a deadly weapon other than by discharge of a
firearm, or uses an air rifle as defined in Section
24.8-0.1 of this Code.
(2) Wears a hood, robe, or mask to conceal his or her
identity.
(3) Knowingly and without lawful justification shines
or flashes a laser gunsight or other laser device attached
to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so that
the laser beam strikes upon or against the person of
another.
(4) Knowingly video or audio records the offense with
the intent to disseminate the recording.
(g) Offense based on certain conduct. A person commits
aggravated battery when, other than by discharge of a firearm,
he or she does any of the following:
(1) Violates Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled
Substances Act by unlawfully delivering a controlled
substance to another and any user experiences great bodily
harm or permanent disability as a result of the injection,
inhalation, or ingestion of any amount of the controlled
substance.
(2) Knowingly administers to an individual or causes

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him or her to take, without his or her consent or by threat
or deception, and for other than medical purposes, any
intoxicating, poisonous, stupefying, narcotic,
anesthetic, or controlled substance, or gives to another
person any food containing any substance or object
intended to cause physical injury if eaten.
(3) Knowingly causes or attempts to cause a
correctional institution employee or Department of Human
Services employee to come into contact with blood, seminal
fluid, urine, or feces by throwing, tossing, or expelling
the fluid or material, and the person is an inmate of a
penal institution or is a sexually dangerous person or
sexually violent person in the custody of the Department
of Human Services.
(h) Sentence. Unless otherwise provided, aggravated
battery is a Class 3 felony.
Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(4),
(d)(4), (d)(7), or (g)(3) is a Class 2 felony.
Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(3) or
(g)(1) is a Class 1 felony.
Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(1) is a
Class 1 felony when the aggravated battery was intentional and
involved the infliction of torture, as defined in paragraph
(14) of subsection (b) of Section 9-1 of this Code, as the
infliction of or subjection to extreme physical pain,
motivated by an intent to increase or prolong the pain,

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suffering, or agony of the victim.
Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(1) is a
Class 2 felony when the person causes great bodily harm or
permanent disability to an individual whom the person knows to
be a member of a congregation engaged in prayer or other
religious activities at a church, synagogue, mosque, or other
building, structure, or place used for religious worship.
Aggravated battery under subdivision (a)(5) is a Class 1
felony if:
(A) the person used or attempted to use a dangerous
instrument while committing the offense;
(B) the person caused great bodily harm or permanent
disability or disfigurement to the other person while
committing the offense; or
(C) the person has been previously convicted of a
violation of subdivision (a)(5) under the laws of this
State or laws similar to subdivision (a)(5) of any other
state.
Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(1) is a
Class X felony.
Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(2) is a
Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term
of imprisonment of a minimum of 6 years and a maximum of 45
years.
Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(5) is a
Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term

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of imprisonment of a minimum of 12 years and a maximum of 45
years.
Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(2),
(e)(3), or (e)(4) is a Class X felony for which a person shall
be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 15 years
and a maximum of 60 years.
Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(6),
(e)(7), or (e)(8) is a Class X felony for which a person shall
be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 20 years
and a maximum of 60 years.
Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (b)(1) is a
Class X felony, except that:
(1) if the person committed the offense while armed
with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to the term of
imprisonment imposed by the court;
(2) if, during the commission of the offense, the
person personally discharged a firearm, 20 years shall be
added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
(3) if, during the commission of the offense, the
person personally discharged a firearm that proximately
caused great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent
disfigurement, or death to another person, 25 years or up
to a term of natural life shall be added to the term of
imprisonment imposed by the court.
(i) Definitions. In this Section:
"Building or other structure used to provide shelter" has

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the meaning ascribed to "shelter" in Section 1 of the Domestic
Violence Shelters Act.
"Domestic violence" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
"Domestic violence shelter" means any building or other
structure used to provide shelter or other services to victims
or to the dependent children of victims of domestic violence
pursuant to the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or the
Domestic Violence Shelters Act, or any place within 500 feet
of such a building or other structure in the case of a person
who is going to or from such a building or other structure.
"Firearm" has the meaning provided under Section 1.1 of
the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, and does not
include an air rifle as defined by Section 24.8-0.1 of this
Code.
"Machine gun" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
24-1 of this Code.
"Merchant" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
16-0.1 of this Code.
"Strangle" means intentionally impeding the normal
breathing or circulation of the blood of an individual by
applying pressure on the throat or neck of that individual or
by blocking the nose or mouth of that individual.
(Source: P.A. 101-223, eff. 1-1-20; 101-651, eff. 8-7-20.)