101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4900

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Joyce Mason

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/12-3.4  was 720 ILCS 5/12-30

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the court shall impose a minimum fine of: (1) $100 for a first violation of an order of protection; (2) $250 for a second violation; (3) $500 for a third violation; and (4) $1,000 for a fourth or subsequent violation. Provides that the minimum fines for subsequent offenses apply to a person who was convicted of violation of an order of protection and had previous convictions for that offense or certain other listed offenses committed against family or household members.


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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 12-3.4 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/12-3.4)  (was 720 ILCS 5/12-30)
7    Sec. 12-3.4. Violation of an order of protection.
8    (a) A person commits violation of an order of protection
9if:
10        (1) He or she knowingly commits an act which was
11    prohibited by a court or fails to commit an act which was
12    ordered by a court in violation of:
13            (i) a remedy in a valid order of protection
14        authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (14), or
15        (14.5) of subsection (b) of Section 214 of the Illinois
16        Domestic Violence Act of 1986,
17            (ii) a remedy, which is substantially similar to
18        the remedies authorized under paragraphs (1), (2),
19        (3), (14) or (14.5) of subsection (b) of Section 214 of
20        the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, in a valid
21        order of protection, which is authorized under the laws
22        of another state, tribe or United States territory,
23            (iii) any other remedy when the act constitutes a

 

 

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1        crime against the protected parties as the term
2        protected parties is defined in Section 112A-4 of the
3        Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963; and
4        (2) Such violation occurs after the offender has been
5    served notice of the contents of the order, pursuant to the
6    Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or any substantially
7    similar statute of another state, tribe or United States
8    territory, or otherwise has acquired actual knowledge of
9    the contents of the order.
10    An order of protection issued by a state, tribal or
11territorial court related to domestic or family violence shall
12be deemed valid if the issuing court had jurisdiction over the
13parties and matter under the law of the state, tribe or
14territory. There shall be a presumption of validity where an
15order is certified and appears authentic on its face. For
16purposes of this Section, an "order of protection" may have
17been issued in a criminal or civil proceeding.
18    (a-5) Failure to provide reasonable notice and opportunity
19to be heard shall be an affirmative defense to any charge or
20process filed seeking enforcement of a foreign order of
21protection.
22    (b) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to diminish
23the inherent authority of the courts to enforce their lawful
24orders through civil or criminal contempt proceedings.
25    (c) The limitations placed on law enforcement liability by
26Section 305 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 apply

 

 

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1to actions taken under this Section.
2    (d) Violation of an order of protection is a Class A
3misdemeanor for which the court shall impose a minimum fine of
4$100. Violation of an order of protection is a Class 4 felony
5for which the court shall impose a minimum fine of $250 for a
6second offense if the defendant has any prior conviction under
7this Code for domestic battery (Section 12-3.2) or violation of
8an order of protection (Section 12-3.4 or 12-30) or any prior
9conviction under the law of another jurisdiction for an offense
10that could be charged in this State as a domestic battery or
11violation of an order of protection. Violation of an order of
12protection is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any prior
13conviction under this Code for first degree murder (Section
149-1), attempt to commit first degree murder (Section 8-4),
15aggravated domestic battery (Section 12-3.3), aggravated
16battery (Section 12-3.05 or 12-4), heinous battery (Section
1712-4.1), aggravated battery with a firearm (Section 12-4.2),
18aggravated battery with a machine gun or a firearm equipped
19with a silencer (Section 12-4.2-5), aggravated battery of a
20child (Section 12-4.3), aggravated battery of an unborn child
21(subsection (a-5) of Section 12-3.1, or Section 12-4.4),
22aggravated battery of a senior citizen (Section 12-4.6),
23stalking (Section 12-7.3), aggravated stalking (Section
2412-7.4), criminal sexual assault (Section 11-1.20 or 12-13),
25aggravated criminal sexual assault (Section 11-1.30 or 12-14),
26kidnapping (Section 10-1), aggravated kidnapping (Section

 

 

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110-2), predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (Section
211-1.40 or 12-14.1), aggravated criminal sexual abuse (Section
311-1.60 or 12-16), unlawful restraint (Section 10-3),
4aggravated unlawful restraint (Section 10-3.1), aggravated
5arson (Section 20-1.1), aggravated discharge of a firearm
6(Section 24-1.2), or a violation of any former law of this
7State that is substantially similar to any listed offense, or
8any prior conviction under the law of another jurisdiction for
9an offense that could be charged in this State as one of the
10offenses listed in this Section, when any of these offenses
11have been committed against a family or household member as
12defined in Section 112A-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of
131963. If the violation under this subsection (d) is a third
14offense, the court shall impose a minimum fine of $500. If the
15violation under this subsection (d) is a fourth or subsequent
16offense, the court shall impose a minimum fine of $1,000. The
17court shall impose a minimum penalty of 24 hours imprisonment
18for defendant's second or subsequent violation of any order of
19protection; unless the court explicitly finds that an increased
20penalty or such period of imprisonment would be manifestly
21unjust. In addition to any other penalties, the court may order
22the defendant to pay a fine as authorized under Section 5-9-1
23of the Unified Code of Corrections or to make restitution to
24the victim under Section 5-5-6 of the Unified Code of
25Corrections.
26    (e) (Blank).

 

 

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1    (f) A defendant who directed the actions of a third party
2to violate this Section, under the principles of accountability
3set forth in Article 5 of this Code, is guilty of violating
4this Section as if the same had been personally done by the
5defendant, without regard to the mental state of the third
6party acting at the direction of the defendant.
7(Source: P.A. 100-987, eff. 7-1-19.)