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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3581 Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Melinda Bush SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that in a prosecution of an offense that is a violent crime as defined in the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act, the court may set any conditions it finds just and appropriate on the taking of testimony of a victim who is a child under the age of 18 years or a moderately, severely, or profoundly intellectually disabled person or a person affected by a developmental disability, involving the use of a facility dog in any proceeding involving that offense.
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| | SB3581 | | LRB101 20003 RLC 69530 b |
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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 106B-10 as follows:
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| 6 | | (725 ILCS 5/106B-10) |
| 7 | | Sec. 106B-10. Conditions for testimony by a victim who is a |
| 8 | | child or a moderately, severely, or profoundly intellectually |
| 9 | | disabled person or a person affected by a developmental |
| 10 | | disability. In a prosecution of criminal sexual assault, |
| 11 | | predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated |
| 12 | | criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual abuse, or aggravated |
| 13 | | criminal sexual abuse, or any violent crime as defined in |
| 14 | | subsection (c) of Section 3 of the Rights of Crime Victims and |
| 15 | | Witnesses Act, the court may set any conditions it finds just |
| 16 | | and appropriate on the taking of testimony of a victim who is a |
| 17 | | child under the age of 18 years or a moderately, severely, or |
| 18 | | profoundly intellectually disabled person or a person affected |
| 19 | | by a developmental disability, involving the use of a facility |
| 20 | | dog in any proceeding involving that offense. When deciding |
| 21 | | whether to permit the child or person to testify with the |
| 22 | | assistance of a facility dog, the court shall take into |
| 23 | | consideration the age of the child or person, the rights of the |