Bill Text: IL HB5106 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides for enhanced mandatory sentences of imprisonment for trafficking in persons, involuntary servitude, and involuntary sexual servitude of a minor and aggravating factors concerning those offenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5106 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB5106-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 10-9 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/10-9) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 10-9. Trafficking in persons, involuntary servitude, | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | and related offenses. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) Definitions. In this Section: | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | (1) "Intimidation" has the meaning prescribed in Section | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | 12-6. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | (2) "Commercial sexual activity" means any sex act on | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | account of which anything of value is given, promised to, or | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | received by any person.
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15 | (2.5) "Company" means any sole proprietorship, | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | limited liability limited partnership, limited liability | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | company, or other entity or business association, including | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | all wholly owned subsidiaries, majority-owned subsidiaries, | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | parent companies, or affiliates of those entities or business | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | associations, that exist for the purpose of making profit. | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | (3) "Financial harm" includes intimidation that brings |
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1 | about financial loss, criminal usury, or employment contracts | ||||||
2 | that violate the Frauds Act. | ||||||
3 | (4) (Blank). | ||||||
4 | (5) "Labor" means work of economic or financial value. | ||||||
5 | (6) "Maintain" means, in relation to labor or services, to | ||||||
6 | secure continued performance thereof, regardless of any | ||||||
7 | initial agreement on the part of the victim to perform that | ||||||
8 | type of service. | ||||||
9 | (7) "Obtain" means, in relation to labor or services, to | ||||||
10 | secure performance thereof. | ||||||
11 | (7.5) "Serious harm" means any harm, whether physical or | ||||||
12 | nonphysical, including psychological, financial, or | ||||||
13 | reputational harm, that is sufficiently serious, under all the | ||||||
14 | surrounding circumstances, to compel a reasonable person of | ||||||
15 | the same background and in the same circumstances to perform | ||||||
16 | or to continue performing labor or services in order to avoid | ||||||
17 | incurring that harm. | ||||||
18 | (8) "Services" means activities resulting from a | ||||||
19 | relationship between a person and the actor in which the | ||||||
20 | person performs activities under the supervision of or for the | ||||||
21 | benefit of the actor. Commercial sexual activity and | ||||||
22 | sexually-explicit performances are forms of activities that | ||||||
23 | are "services" under this Section. Nothing in this definition | ||||||
24 | may be construed to legitimize or legalize prostitution. | ||||||
25 | (9) "Sexually-explicit performance" means a live, | ||||||
26 | recorded, broadcast (including over the Internet), or public |
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1 | act or show intended to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires or | ||||||
2 | appeal to the prurient interests of patrons. | ||||||
3 | (10) "Trafficking victim" means a person subjected to the | ||||||
4 | practices set forth in subsection (b), (c), or (d). | ||||||
5 | (b) Involuntary servitude. A person commits involuntary | ||||||
6 | servitude when he or she knowingly subjects, attempts to | ||||||
7 | subject, or engages in a conspiracy to subject another person | ||||||
8 | to labor or services obtained or maintained through any of the | ||||||
9 | following means, or any combination of these means: | ||||||
10 | (1) causes or threatens to cause physical harm to any | ||||||
11 | person; | ||||||
12 | (2) physically restrains or threatens to physically | ||||||
13 | restrain another person; | ||||||
14 | (3) abuses or threatens to abuse the law or legal | ||||||
15 | process; | ||||||
16 | (4) knowingly destroys, conceals, removes, | ||||||
17 | confiscates, or possesses any actual or purported passport | ||||||
18 | or other immigration document, or any other actual or | ||||||
19 | purported government identification document, of another | ||||||
20 | person; | ||||||
21 | (5) uses intimidation, or exerts financial control | ||||||
22 | over any person; or | ||||||
23 | (6) uses any scheme, plan, or pattern intended to | ||||||
24 | cause the person to believe that, if the person did not | ||||||
25 | perform the labor or services, that person or another | ||||||
26 | person would suffer serious harm or physical restraint. |
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1 | Sentence. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) | ||||||
2 | or (f), a violation of subsection (b)(1) is a Class X felony | ||||||
3 | for which a person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment | ||||||
4 | of not less than 12 years and not more than 60 years , (b)(2) is | ||||||
5 | a Class 1 felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a | ||||||
6 | term of imprisonment of not less than 8 years and not more than | ||||||
7 | 30 years , (b)(3) is a Class 2 felony for which a person shall | ||||||
8 | be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years | ||||||
9 | and not more than 14 years , (b)(4) is a Class 3 felony for | ||||||
10 | which a person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of | ||||||
11 | not less 4 years and not more than 10 years , (b)(5) and (b)(6) | ||||||
12 | is a Class 4 felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a | ||||||
13 | term of imprisonment of not less than 2 years and not more than | ||||||
14 | 8 years . | ||||||
15 | (c) Involuntary sexual servitude of a minor. A person | ||||||
16 | commits involuntary sexual servitude of a minor when he or she | ||||||
17 | knowingly recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, or | ||||||
18 | obtains by any means, or attempts to recruit, entice, harbor, | ||||||
19 | provide, or obtain by any means, another person under 18 years | ||||||
20 | of age, knowing that the minor will engage in commercial | ||||||
21 | sexual activity, a sexually-explicit performance, or the | ||||||
22 | production of pornography, or causes or attempts to cause a | ||||||
23 | minor to engage in one or more of those activities and: | ||||||
24 | (1) there is no overt force or threat and the minor is | ||||||
25 | between the ages of 17 and 18 years; | ||||||
26 | (2) there is no overt force or threat and the minor is |
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1 | under the age of 17 years; or | ||||||
2 | (3) there is overt force or threat. | ||||||
3 | Sentence. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) | ||||||
4 | or (f), a violation of subsection (c)(1) is a Class 1 felony | ||||||
5 | for which a person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment | ||||||
6 | of not less than 8 years and not more than 30 years , (c)(2) is | ||||||
7 | a Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a | ||||||
8 | term of imprisonment of not less than 12 years and not more | ||||||
9 | than 60 years , and (c)(3) is a Class X felony for which a | ||||||
10 | person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less | ||||||
11 | than 12 years and not more than 60 years . | ||||||
12 | (d) Trafficking in persons. A person commits trafficking | ||||||
13 | in persons when he or she knowingly: (1) recruits, entices, | ||||||
14 | harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means, or | ||||||
15 | attempts to recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, or | ||||||
16 | obtain by any means, another person, intending or knowing that | ||||||
17 | the person will be subjected to involuntary servitude; or (2) | ||||||
18 | benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from | ||||||
19 | participation in a venture that has engaged in an act of | ||||||
20 | involuntary servitude or involuntary sexual servitude of a | ||||||
21 | minor. A company commits trafficking in persons when the | ||||||
22 | company knowingly benefits, financially or by receiving | ||||||
23 | anything of value, from participation in a venture that has | ||||||
24 | engaged in an act of involuntary servitude or involuntary | ||||||
25 | sexual servitude of a minor. | ||||||
26 | Sentence. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) |
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1 | or (f), a violation of this subsection by a person is a Class 1 | ||||||
2 | felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term of | ||||||
3 | imprisonment of not less than 8 years and not more than 30 | ||||||
4 | years . A violation of this subsection by a company is a | ||||||
5 | business offense for which a fine of up to $100,000 may be | ||||||
6 | imposed. | ||||||
7 | (e) Aggravating factors. A violation of this Section | ||||||
8 | involving kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated | ||||||
9 | criminal sexual assault or an attempt to commit aggravated | ||||||
10 | criminal sexual assault, or an attempt to commit first degree | ||||||
11 | murder is a Class X felony for which a person shall be | ||||||
12 | sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 20 years | ||||||
13 | and not more than 60 years . | ||||||
14 | (f) Sentencing considerations. | ||||||
15 | (1) Bodily injury. If, pursuant to a violation of this | ||||||
16 | Section, a victim
suffered bodily injury, the defendant | ||||||
17 | may be sentenced to an extended-term sentence under | ||||||
18 | Section 5-8-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections. The | ||||||
19 | sentencing court must take into account the time in which | ||||||
20 | the victim was held in servitude, with increased penalties | ||||||
21 | for cases in which the victim was held for between 180 days | ||||||
22 | and one year, and increased penalties for cases in which | ||||||
23 | the victim was held for more than one year. | ||||||
24 | (2) Number of victims. In determining sentences within | ||||||
25 | statutory maximums, the sentencing court should take into | ||||||
26 | account the number of victims, and may provide for |
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1 | substantially increased sentences in cases involving more | ||||||
2 | than 10 victims. | ||||||
3 | (g) Restitution. Restitution is mandatory under this | ||||||
4 | Section. In addition to any other amount of loss identified, | ||||||
5 | the court shall order restitution including the greater of (1) | ||||||
6 | the gross income or value to the defendant of the victim's | ||||||
7 | labor or services or (2) the value of the victim's labor as | ||||||
8 | guaranteed under the Minimum Wage Law and overtime provisions | ||||||
9 | of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) or the Minimum Wage Law, | ||||||
10 | whichever is greater. | ||||||
11 | (g-5) Fine distribution. If the court imposes a fine under | ||||||
12 | subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this Section, it shall be | ||||||
13 | collected and distributed to the Specialized Services for | ||||||
14 | Survivors of Human Trafficking Fund in accordance with Section | ||||||
15 | 5-9-1.21 of the Unified Code of Corrections. | ||||||
16 | (h) Trafficking victim services. Subject to the | ||||||
17 | availability of funds, the Department of Human Services may | ||||||
18 | provide or fund emergency services and assistance to | ||||||
19 | individuals who are victims of one or more offenses defined in | ||||||
20 | this Section.
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21 | (i) Certification. The Attorney General, a State's | ||||||
22 | Attorney, or any law enforcement official shall certify in | ||||||
23 | writing to the United States Department of Justice or other | ||||||
24 | federal agency, such as the United States Department of | ||||||
25 | Homeland Security, that an investigation or prosecution under | ||||||
26 | this Section has begun and the individual who is a likely |
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1 | victim of a crime described in this Section is willing to | ||||||
2 | cooperate or is cooperating with the investigation to enable | ||||||
3 | the individual, if eligible under federal law, to qualify for | ||||||
4 | an appropriate special immigrant visa and to access available | ||||||
5 | federal benefits. Cooperation with law enforcement shall not | ||||||
6 | be required of victims of a crime described in this Section who | ||||||
7 | are under 18 years of age. This certification shall be made | ||||||
8 | available to the victim and his or her designated legal | ||||||
9 | representative. | ||||||
10 | (j) A person who commits involuntary servitude, | ||||||
11 | involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in | ||||||
12 | persons under subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this Section is | ||||||
13 | subject to the property forfeiture provisions set forth in | ||||||
14 | Article 124B of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 101-18, eff. 1-1-20 .)
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