96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1981

 

Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Constance A. Howard

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/12-3.2   from Ch. 38, par. 12-3.2

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning domestic battery.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Section 12-3.2 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/12-3.2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-3.2)
7     Sec. 12-3.2. Domestic Battery.
8     (a) A person commits domestic battery if he intentionally
9 or knowingly without legal justification by any means:
10         (1) Causes bodily harm to any family or household
11     member as defined in subsection (3) of Section 112A-3 of
12     the the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as amended;
13         (2) Makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking
14     nature with any family or household member as defined in
15     subsection (3) of Section 112A-3 of the Code of Criminal
16     Procedure of 1963, as amended.
17     (b) Sentence. Domestic battery is a Class A misdemeanor.
18 Domestic battery is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any
19 prior conviction under this Code for domestic battery (Section
20 12-3.2) or violation of an order of protection (Section 12-30),
21 or any prior conviction under the law of another jurisdiction
22 for an offense which is substantially similar. Domestic battery
23 is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any prior conviction

 

 

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1 under this Code for first degree murder (Section 9-1), attempt
2 to commit first degree murder (Section 8-4), aggravated
3 domestic battery (Section 12-3.3), aggravated battery (Section
4 12-4), heinous battery (Section 12-4.1), aggravated battery
5 with a firearm (Section 12-4.2), aggravated battery of a child
6 (Section 12-4.3), aggravated battery of an unborn child
7 (Section 12-4.4), aggravated battery of a senior citizen
8 (Section 12-4.6), stalking (Section 12-7.3), aggravated
9 stalking (Section 12-7.4), criminal sexual assault (Section
10 12-13), aggravated criminal sexual assault (12-14), kidnapping
11 (Section 10-1), aggravated kidnapping (Section 10-2),
12 predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (Section 12-14.1),
13 aggravated criminal sexual abuse (Section 12-16), unlawful
14 restraint (Section 10-3), aggravated unlawful restraint
15 (Section 10-3.1), aggravated arson (Section 20-1.1), or
16 aggravated discharge of a firearm (Section 24-1.2), or any
17 prior conviction under the law of another jurisdiction for any
18 offense that is substantially similar to the offenses listed in
19 this Section, when any of these offenses have been committed
20 against a family or household member as defined in Section
21 112A-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. In addition
22 to any other sentencing alternatives, for any second or
23 subsequent conviction of violating this Section, the offender
24 shall be mandatorily sentenced to a minimum of 72 consecutive
25 hours of imprisonment. The imprisonment shall not be subject to
26 suspension, nor shall the person be eligible for probation in

 

 

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1 order to reduce the sentence.
2     (c) Domestic battery committed in the presence of a child.
3 In addition to any other sentencing alternatives, a defendant
4 who commits, in the presence of a child, a felony domestic
5 battery (enhanced under subsection (b)), aggravated domestic
6 battery (Section 12-3.3), aggravated battery (Section 12-4),
7 unlawful restraint (Section 10-3), or aggravated unlawful
8 restraint (Section 10-3.1) against a family or household
9 member, as defined in Section 112A-3 of the Code of Criminal
10 Procedure of 1963, shall be required to serve a mandatory
11 minimum imprisonment of 10 days or perform 300 hours of
12 community service, or both. The defendant shall further be
13 liable for the cost of any counseling required for the child at
14 the discretion of the court in accordance with subsection (b)
15 of Section 5-5-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections. For
16 purposes of this Section, "child" means a person under 18 years
17 of age who is the defendant's or victim's child or step-child
18 or who is a minor child residing within or visiting the
19 household of the defendant or victim. For purposes of this
20 Section, "in the presence of a child" means in the physical
21 presence of a child or knowing or having reason to know that a
22 child is present and may see or hear an act constituting one of
23 the offenses listed in this subsection.
24 (Source: P.A. 93-336, eff. 1-1-04; 93-809, eff. 1-1-05; 94-148,
25 eff. 1-1-06.)