103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5468

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/6-3.1 new

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person is not engaged in conduct that would constitute a felony or a Class A misdemeanor or in a place where the person does not have a right to be if the person is engaged in the activity or in the place due to the person's status as a trafficking victim. Provides that a person must prove the person's status as a trafficking victim by clear and convincing evidence. Provides that the person may provide clear and convincing evidence of the person's status as a trafficking victim through testimony at trial. Defines "trafficking victim" as a person subjected to the practices prohibited by the involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons statutes.


LRB103 36845 RLC 66957 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5468LRB103 36845 RLC 66957 b

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 adding
5Section 6-3.1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/6-3.1 new)
7    Sec. 6-3.1. Trafficking victims; defense.
8    (a) In this Section, "trafficking victim" has the meaning
9ascribed to the term in paragraph (10) of subsection (a) of
10Section 10-9.
11    (b) A person is not engaged in conduct that would
12constitute a felony or a Class A misdemeanor or in a place
13where the person does not have a right to be if the person is
14engaged in the activity or in the place due to the person's
15status as a trafficking victim.
16    (c) The person must prove the person's status as a
17trafficking victim by clear and convincing evidence.
18    (d) The person may provide clear and convincing evidence
19of the person's status as a trafficking victim through
20testimony at trial.