Bill Text: IL SB2942 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that in a prosecution for a criminal offense defined in the Sex Offense Article of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 or for criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse when the alleged victim of the offense was under 18 years of age at the time of the offense, the court may exclude from the proceedings while the victim is testifying, regardless of the alleged victim's age at the time of the victim's courtroom testimony, all persons, who, in the opinion of the court, do not have a direct interest in the case, except the media. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2022-05-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0994 [SB2942 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB2942-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that in a prosecution for a criminal offense defined in the Sex Offense Article of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 or for criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse when the alleged victim of the offense was under 18 years of age at the time of the offense, the court may exclude from the proceedings while the victim is testifying, regardless of the alleged victim's age at the time of the victim's courtroom testimony, all persons, who, in the opinion of the court, do not have a direct interest in the case, except the media. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2022-05-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0994 [SB2942 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB2942-Enrolled.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 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 115-11 as follows:
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6 | (725 ILCS 5/115-11) (from Ch. 38, par. 115-11)
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7 | Sec. 115-11.
In a prosecution for a criminal offense | ||||||
8 | defined
in Article 11 or in Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, | ||||||
9 | 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15 or 12-16 of the
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10 | Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, when where | ||||||
11 | the alleged victim of the offense was is a minor
under 18
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12 | of age at the time of the offense , the court may exclude from | ||||||
13 | the proceedings
while the victim is testifying, regardless of | ||||||
14 | the alleged victim's age at the time of the victim's courtroom | ||||||
15 | testimony, all persons, who, in the opinion of the
court, do | ||||||
16 | not have a direct interest in the case, except the media. When | ||||||
17 | the court publishes to the trier of fact videos, photographs, | ||||||
18 | or any depiction of a minor under 18 years of age engaged in a | ||||||
19 | sex act, the court may exclude from the proceedings all | ||||||
20 | persons, who in the opinion of the court, do not have a direct | ||||||
21 | interest in the case, except the media. The court shall enter | ||||||
22 | its finding that particular parties are disinterested and the | ||||||
23 | basis for that finding into the record.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.
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