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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2608
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Daniel J. Burke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Gender Violence Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning the definition of "gender-related violence".
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A BILL FOR
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HB2608 |
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LRB095 01193 AJO 21195 b |
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| AN ACT concerning civil 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 Gender Violence Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 5 as follows:
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| (740 ILCS 82/5)
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| Sec. 5. Definition. In this Act,
"gender-related |
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| violence", which is a form of sex
discrimination, means the
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| following:
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| (1) One or more acts of violence or physical
aggression |
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| satisfying the elements of battery under the
laws of |
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| Illinois that are committed, at least in part, on
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| of a person's sex,
whether or not those acts have resulted |
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| in
criminal
charges, prosecution, or conviction.
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| (2) A physical intrusion or physical invasion of a
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| sexual nature under coercive conditions satisfying the
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| elements of battery under the laws of Illinois, whether
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| not the act or acts resulted in criminal charges,
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| prosecution, or conviction.
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| (3) A threat of an act described in item (1) or
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| causing a realistic apprehension that the originator
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| threat will commit the act.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-416, eff. 1-1-04.)
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