Bill Text: IL SB3579 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that consent is not a viable defense if the victim is a client or patient and the accused is a health care provider or mental health care provider charged with criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse and the act of sexual conduct or sexual penetration occurs during a treatment session, consultation, interview, or examination.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3579 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB3579-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 changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 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 | Sec. 11-1.70. Defenses with respect to offenses described | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | in Sections 11-1.20 through 11-1.60.
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9 | (a) It shall be a defense to any offense under Section | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, or 11-1.60 of this Code | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | where force or threat of force is an element of the
offense | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | that the victim consented. "Consent" means a freely given
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13 | agreement to the act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct in | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | question.
Lack of verbal or physical resistance or submission | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | by the victim resulting
from the use of force or threat of | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | force by the accused shall not
constitute consent. The manner | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | of dress of the victim at the time of the
offense shall not | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | constitute consent.
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19 | (b) It shall be a defense under subsection (b) and | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | subsection (c) of
Section 11-1.50 and subsection (d) of Section | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | 11-1.60 of this Code that the
accused reasonably believed the | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | person to be 17 years of age or over.
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23 | (c) A person who initially consents to sexual penetration |
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1 | or sexual
conduct
is not deemed to have consented to any sexual | ||||||
2 | penetration or sexual
conduct that occurs after he or she | ||||||
3 | withdraws consent during the course of
that sexual penetration | ||||||
4 | or sexual conduct.
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5 | (d) Consent is not a viable defense if the victim is a | ||||||
6 | client or patient and the accused is a health care provider or | ||||||
7 | mental health care provider charged with an offense described | ||||||
8 | in Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, or 11-1.60 and | ||||||
9 | the act of sexual conduct or sexual penetration occurs during a | ||||||
10 | treatment session, consultation, interview, or examination. | ||||||
11 | (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .)
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