94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5827


 
Introduced 08/25/06, by Rep. Tom Cross - Patricia Reid Lindner
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













720 ILCS 5/12-3.4 new










    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Creates the offense of domestic assault when a person knowingly or intentionally engages in conduct that places a family or household member in reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery. Requires a peace officer to arrest the offender upon the establishment of probable cause.  Makes the offense a Class A misdemeanor.
















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HB5827

LRB094 21361 LCT 59712 b






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    AN ACT concerning criminal law.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by adding 
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Section 12-3.4 as follows:
 
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    (720 ILCS 5/12-3.4 new)

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    Sec. 12-3.4. Domestic assault.
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    (a) A person commits domestic assault when, without lawful 
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authority, he or she knowingly or intentionally engages in 
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conduct that places a family or household member,  as defined in 
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subsection (3) of Section 112A-3 of the Code of Criminal 
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Procedure of 1963, in reasonable apprehension of receiving a 
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battery. A peace officer must arrest the offender upon the 
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establishment of probable cause.
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    (b) Sentence. Domestic assault is a Class A misdemeanor.