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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4790 Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Deb Conroy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Civil No Contact Order Act. Provides that any family or household member of a victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration may file a petition for a civil no contact order.
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| | HB4790 | | LRB101 15931 LNS 65291 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 Civil No Contact Order Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 201 as follows:
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| 6 | | (740 ILCS 22/201)
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| 7 | | Sec. 201. Persons protected by this Act. |
| 8 | | (a) The following persons are protected by this Act: |
| 9 | | (1) any victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or |
| 10 | | non-consensual sexual penetration on whose behalf the |
| 11 | | petition is brought; |
| 12 | | (2) any family or household member of the named victim; |
| 13 | | and |
| 14 | | (3) any employee of or volunteer at a rape crisis |
| 15 | | center that is providing services to the petitioner or the |
| 16 | | petitioner's family or household member. |
| 17 | | (b) A petition for a civil no contact order may be filed:
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| 18 | | (1) by any person who is a victim of non-consensual |
| 19 | | sexual conduct or
non-consensual sexual penetration, |
| 20 | | including a single incident of
non-consensual
sexual |
| 21 | | conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration; or
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| 22 | | (2) by a
person on behalf of a minor child or an adult |
| 23 | | who is a victim of
non-consensual sexual conduct or |