100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB1686

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
740 ILCS 82/5

    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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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Gender Violence Act is amended by changing
5Section 5 as follows:
 
6    (740 ILCS 82/5)
7    Sec. 5. Definition. In this Act, "gender-related
8violence", which is a form of sex discrimination, means the the
9following:
10        (1) One or more acts of violence or physical aggression
11    satisfying the elements of battery under the laws of
12    Illinois that are committed, at least in part, on the basis
13    of a person's sex, whether or not those acts have resulted
14    in criminal charges, prosecution, or conviction.
15        (2) A physical intrusion or physical invasion of a
16    sexual nature under coercive conditions satisfying the
17    elements of battery under the laws of Illinois, whether or
18    not the act or acts resulted in criminal charges,
19    prosecution, or conviction.
20        (3) A threat of an act described in item (1) or (2)
21    causing a realistic apprehension that the originator of the
22    threat will commit the act.
23(Source: P.A. 93-416, eff. 1-1-04.)