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1 | AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
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5 | Section 12-3.2 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/12-3.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-3.2)
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7 | Sec. 12-3.2. Domestic Battery.
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8 | (a) A person commits domestic battery if he or she
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9 | intentionally or
knowingly
without legal justification by any | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | means:
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11 | (1) Causes bodily harm to any family or household | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | member as defined in
subsection (3) of Section 112A-3 of | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as
amended;
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14 | (2) Makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | nature with any
family or household member as defined in | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | subsection (3) of Section 112A-3
of the Code of Criminal | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Procedure of 1963, as amended.
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18 | (b) Sentence. Domestic battery is a Class A Misdemeanor.
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19 | Domestic battery is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any
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20 | prior
conviction under this Code for domestic battery (Section | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | 12-3.2) or violation
of an order of protection (Section 12-30), | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | or any prior conviction under the
law of another jurisdiction | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | for an offense which is substantially similar.
Domestic battery | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | is a Class 4 felony
if the
defendant has any prior conviction | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | under this Code for first degree murder
(Section 9-1), attempt | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | to
commit first degree murder (Section 8-4), aggravated | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | domestic battery (Section
12-3.3), aggravated battery
(Section | |||||||||||||||||||
28 | 12-4), heinous battery (Section 12-4.1), aggravated battery | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | with a
firearm (Section 12-4.2), aggravated battery of a child | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | (Section 12-4.3),
aggravated battery of
an unborn child | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | (Section 12-4.4), aggravated battery of a senior citizen
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32 | (Section 12-4.6), stalking (Section 12-7.3), aggravated |
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1 | stalking (Section
12-7.4), criminal sexual assault (Section | ||||||
2 | 12-13), aggravated criminal sexual
assault
(12-14), kidnapping | ||||||
3 | (Section 10-1), aggravated kidnapping (Section 10-2),
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4 | predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (Section 12-14.1), | ||||||
5 | aggravated
criminal sexual abuse (Section 12-16), unlawful | ||||||
6 | restraint (Section 10-3),
aggravated unlawful restraint | ||||||
7 | (Section 10-3.1), aggravated arson (Section
20-1.1), or | ||||||
8 | aggravated discharge of a firearm
(Section 24-1.2), or any | ||||||
9 | prior conviction under the law of another
jurisdiction for any | ||||||
10 | offense that is substantially similar to the offenses
listed in | ||||||
11 | this Section, when any of these
offenses have been committed
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12 | against a
family or household member as defined in Section
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13 | 112A-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. In addition | ||||||
14 | to any other
sentencing alternatives, for any second conviction | ||||||
15 | of violating this
Section within 5 years of a previous | ||||||
16 | conviction for violating this Section, the
offender shall be | ||||||
17 | mandatorily sentenced to a minimum of 48 consecutive hours of
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18 | imprisonment. The imprisonment shall not be subject to | ||||||
19 | suspension, nor shall
the person be eligible for probation in | ||||||
20 | order to reduce the sentence.
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21 | (c) Domestic battery committed in the presence of a child. | ||||||
22 | In addition to
any other sentencing alternatives, a defendant | ||||||
23 | who commits, in the presence of
a child, a felony domestic | ||||||
24 | battery (enhanced under subsection
(b)), aggravated domestic | ||||||
25 | battery (Section 12-3.3),
aggravated battery (Section 12-4), | ||||||
26 | unlawful restraint (Section
10-3), or aggravated unlawful | ||||||
27 | restraint (Section 10-3.1) against a family or
household | ||||||
28 | member, as defined in Section 112A-3 of the Code of Criminal
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29 | Procedure of 1963, shall be required to serve a mandatory | ||||||
30 | minimum imprisonment
of 10 days or perform 300 hours of | ||||||
31 | community service, or both. The defendant
shall further be | ||||||
32 | liable for the cost of any counseling required for the child
at | ||||||
33 | the discretion of the court in accordance
with subsection (b) | ||||||
34 | of Section 5-5-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
For | ||||||
35 | purposes of this Section, "child" means a person under 16 years | ||||||
36 | of age
who is the defendant's or victim's child or step-child |
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1 | or who is a minor child
residing
within the household of the | ||||||
2 | defendant or victim. For purposes of this Section,
"in the | ||||||
3 | presence of a child" means in the physical presence of a child | ||||||
4 | or
knowing or having reason to know that a child is present and | ||||||
5 | may see or hear an
act constituting one of the offenses listed | ||||||
6 | in this subsection.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-827, eff. 8-22-02; P.A. | ||||||
8 | 93-336, eff.
1-1-04.)
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