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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB0243 Introduced 1/31/2023, by Sen. Karina Villa SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 740 ILCS 82/5 | | 740 ILCS 82/11 new | | 740 ILCS 82/20 | | 740 ILCS 82/25 new | |
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Amends the Gender Violence Act. Defines "employee", "employer", "work environment", and "workplace". Changes the definition of "gender-related violence" to include domestic violence. Provides that an employer shall be liable only for gender-related violence committed in the work environment by an employee or agent of the employer. Provides specific instances in which an employer is liable for gender-related violence. Provides that no person shall have the power to waive any provisions of the Act as part of a dissolution of marriage agreement, dissolution of civil union agreement, dissolution of domestic partnership agreement, or custody agreement. Makes corresponding changes.
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| | SB0243 | | LRB103 27514 LNS 53889 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning civil 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 Gender Violence Act is amended by changing |
5 | | Sections 5 and 20 and by adding Sections 11 and 25 as follows:
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6 | | (740 ILCS 82/5)
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7 | | Sec. 5. Definitions Definition . In this Act : ,
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8 | | "Employee" has the meaning provided in Section 2-101 of |
9 | | the Illinois Human Rights Act. |
10 | | "Employer" has the meaning provided in Section 2-101 of |
11 | | the Illinois Human Rights Act. |
12 | | " Gender-related gender-related violence", which is a form |
13 | | of sex
discrimination, means the following:
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14 | | (1) One or more acts of violence or physical
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15 | | aggression satisfying the elements of battery under the
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16 | | laws of Illinois that are committed, at least in part, on
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17 | | the basis of a person's sex,
whether or not those acts have |
18 | | resulted in
criminal
charges, prosecution, or conviction.
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19 | | (2) A physical intrusion or physical invasion of a
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20 | | sexual nature under coercive conditions satisfying the
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21 | | elements of battery under the laws of Illinois, whether
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22 | | not the act or acts resulted in criminal charges,
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23 | | prosecution, or conviction.
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