96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5020

 

Introduced 1/21/2010, by Rep. Suzanne Bassi

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/12-13   from Ch. 38, par. 12-13
730 ILCS 5/5-8-1   from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person who has been convicted of a second or subsequent offense for criminal sexual assault in which the penalty is not natural life imprisonment shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 25 years (unless the minimum sentence is greater than 25 years) and not exceeding natural life imprisonment. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the minimum mandatory supervised release term for defendants who commit a second or subsequent offense of criminal sexual assault on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall be the natural life of the defendant (rather than from 3 years to natural life).


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 12-13 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/12-13)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-13)
7     Sec. 12-13. Criminal Sexual Assault.
8     (a) The accused commits criminal sexual assault if he or
9 she:
10         (1) commits an act of sexual penetration by the use of
11     force or threat of force; or
12         (2) commits an act of sexual penetration and the
13     accused knew that the victim was unable to understand the
14     nature of the act or was unable to give knowing consent; or
15         (3) commits an act of sexual penetration with a victim
16     who was under 18 years of age when the act was committed
17     and the accused was a family member; or
18         (4) commits an act of sexual penetration with a victim
19     who was at least 13 years of age but under 18 years of age
20     when the act was committed and the accused was 17 years of
21     age or over and held a position of trust, authority or
22     supervision in relation to the victim.
23     (b) Sentence.

 

 

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1         (1) Criminal sexual assault is a Class 1 felony.
2         (2) A person who is convicted of the offense of
3     criminal sexual assault as defined in paragraph (a)(1) or
4     (a)(2) after having previously been convicted of the
5     offense of criminal sexual assault or the offense of
6     exploitation of a child, or who is convicted of the offense
7     of criminal sexual assault as defined in paragraph (a)(1)
8     or (a)(2) after having previously been convicted under the
9     laws of this State or any other state of an offense that is
10     substantially equivalent to the offense of criminal sexual
11     assault or to the offense of exploitation of a child,
12     commits a Class X felony for which the person shall be
13     sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 30
14     years and not exceeding natural life imprisonment of not
15     less than 30 years and not more than 60 years. The
16     commission of the second or subsequent offense is required
17     to have been after the initial conviction for this
18     paragraph (2) to apply.
19         (3) A person who is convicted of the offense of
20     criminal sexual assault as defined in paragraph (a)(1) or
21     (a)(2) after having previously been convicted of the
22     offense of aggravated criminal sexual assault or the
23     offense of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, or
24     who is convicted of the offense of criminal sexual assault
25     as defined in paragraph (a)(1) or (a)(2) after having
26     previously been convicted under the laws of this State or

 

 

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1     any other state of an offense that is substantially
2     equivalent to the offense of aggravated criminal sexual
3     assault or the offense of criminal predatory sexual assault
4     shall be sentenced to a term of natural life imprisonment.
5     The commission of the second or subsequent offense is
6     required to have been after the initial conviction for this
7     paragraph (3) to apply.
8         (4) A person who is convicted for a A second or
9     subsequent offense conviction for a violation of paragraph
10     (a)(3) or (a)(4) or under any similar statute of this State
11     or any other state for any offense involving criminal
12     sexual assault that is substantially equivalent to or more
13     serious than the sexual assault prohibited under paragraph
14     (a)(3) or (a)(4) shall be sentenced to a term of
15     imprisonment of not less than 25 years and not exceeding
16     natural life imprisonment is a Class X felony.
17         (5) (Blank). When a person has any such prior
18     conviction, the information or indictment charging that
19     person shall state such prior conviction so as to give
20     notice of the State's intention to treat the charge as a
21     Class X felony. The fact of such prior conviction is not an
22     element of the offense and may not be disclosed to the jury
23     during trial unless otherwise permitted by issues properly
24     raised during such trial.
25 (Source: P.A. 95-640, eff. 6-1-08.)
 

 

 

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1     Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
2 changing Section 5-8-1 as follows:
 
3     (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1)
4     Sec. 5-8-1. Natural life imprisonment; mandatory
5 supervised release.
6     (a) Except as otherwise provided in the statute defining
7 the offense or in Article 4.5 of Chapter V, a sentence of
8 imprisonment for a felony shall be a determinate sentence set
9 by the court under this Section, according to the following
10 limitations:
11         (1) for first degree murder,
12             (a) (blank),
13             (b) if a trier of fact finds beyond a reasonable
14         doubt that the murder was accompanied by exceptionally
15         brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton
16         cruelty or, except as set forth in subsection (a)(1)(c)
17         of this Section, that any of the aggravating factors
18         listed in subsection (b) of Section 9-1 of the Criminal
19         Code of 1961 are present, the court may sentence the
20         defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment, or
21             (c) the court shall sentence the defendant to a
22         term of natural life imprisonment when the death
23         penalty is not imposed if the defendant,
24                 (i) has previously been convicted of first
25             degree murder under any state or federal law, or

 

 

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1                 (ii) is a person who, at the time of the
2             commission of the murder, had attained the age of
3             17 or more and is found guilty of murdering an
4             individual under 12 years of age; or, irrespective
5             of the defendant's age at the time of the
6             commission of the offense, is found guilty of
7             murdering more than one victim, or
8                 (iii) is found guilty of murdering a peace
9             officer, fireman, or emergency management worker
10             when the peace officer, fireman, or emergency
11             management worker was killed in the course of
12             performing his official duties, or to prevent the
13             peace officer or fireman from performing his
14             official duties, or in retaliation for the peace
15             officer, fireman, or emergency management worker
16             from performing his official duties, and the
17             defendant knew or should have known that the
18             murdered individual was a peace officer, fireman,
19             or emergency management worker, or
20                 (iv) is found guilty of murdering an employee
21             of an institution or facility of the Department of
22             Corrections, or any similar local correctional
23             agency, when the employee was killed in the course
24             of performing his official duties, or to prevent
25             the employee from performing his official duties,
26             or in retaliation for the employee performing his

 

 

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1             official duties, or
2                 (v) is found guilty of murdering an emergency
3             medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
4             technician - intermediate, emergency medical
5             technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other
6             medical assistance or first aid person while
7             employed by a municipality or other governmental
8             unit when the person was killed in the course of
9             performing official duties or to prevent the
10             person from performing official duties or in
11             retaliation for performing official duties and the
12             defendant knew or should have known that the
13             murdered individual was an emergency medical
14             technician - ambulance, emergency medical
15             technician - intermediate, emergency medical
16             technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other
17             medical assistant or first aid personnel, or
18                 (vi) is a person who, at the time of the
19             commission of the murder, had not attained the age
20             of 17, and is found guilty of murdering a person
21             under 12 years of age and the murder is committed
22             during the course of aggravated criminal sexual
23             assault, criminal sexual assault, or aggravated
24             kidnaping, or
25                 (vii) is found guilty of first degree murder
26             and the murder was committed by reason of any

 

 

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1             person's activity as a community policing
2             volunteer or to prevent any person from engaging in
3             activity as a community policing volunteer. For
4             the purpose of this Section, "community policing
5             volunteer" has the meaning ascribed to it in
6             Section 2-3.5 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
7             For purposes of clause (v), "emergency medical
8         technician - ambulance", "emergency medical technician -
9          intermediate", "emergency medical technician -
10         paramedic", have the meanings ascribed to them in the
11         Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.
12             (d) (i) if the person committed the offense while
13             armed with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to
14             the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
15                 (ii) if, during the commission of the offense,
16             the person personally discharged a firearm, 20
17             years shall be added to the term of imprisonment
18             imposed by the court;
19                 (iii) if, during the commission of the
20             offense, the person personally discharged a
21             firearm that proximately caused great bodily harm,
22             permanent disability, permanent disfigurement, or
23             death to another person, 25 years or up to a term
24             of natural life shall be added to the term of
25             imprisonment imposed by the court.
26         (2) (blank);

 

 

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1         (2.5) for a person convicted under the circumstances
2     described in paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section
3     12-13, paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of Section 12-14,
4     paragraph (1.2) of subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1, or
5     paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1 of the
6     Criminal Code of 1961, the sentence shall be a term of
7     natural life imprisonment.
8     (b) (Blank.).
9     (c) (Blank.).
10     (d) Subject to earlier termination under Section 3-3-8, the
11 parole or mandatory supervised release term shall be as
12 follows:
13         (1) for first degree murder or a Class X felony except
14     for the offenses of predatory criminal sexual assault of a
15     child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, and criminal
16     sexual assault if committed on or after the effective date
17     of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and
18     except for the offense of aggravated child pornography
19     under Section 11-20.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961, if
20     committed on or after January 1, 2009, 3 years;
21         (2) for a Class 1 felony or a Class 2 felony except for
22     the offense of criminal sexual assault if committed on or
23     after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
24     General Assembly and except for the offenses of manufacture
25     and dissemination of child pornography under clauses
26     (a)(1) and (a)(2) of Section 11-20.1 of the Criminal Code

 

 

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1     of 1961, if committed on or after January 1, 2009, 2 years;
2         (3) for a Class 3 felony or a Class 4 felony, 1 year;
3         (4) for defendants who commit the offense of predatory
4     criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal
5     sexual assault, or criminal sexual assault, on or after the
6     effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
7     Assembly, or who commit the offense of aggravated child
8     pornography, manufacture of child pornography, or
9     dissemination of child pornography after January 1, 2009,
10     the term of mandatory supervised release shall range from a
11     minimum of 3 years to a maximum of the natural life of the
12     defendant;
13         (4.5) for defendants who commit a second or subsequent
14     offense of criminal sexual assault on or after the
15     effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
16     Assembly, the term of mandatory supervised release shall be
17     the natural life of the defendant;
18         (5) if the victim is under 18 years of age, for a
19     second or subsequent offense of aggravated criminal sexual
20     abuse or felony criminal sexual abuse, 4 years, at least
21     the first 2 years of which the defendant shall serve in an
22     electronic home detention program under Article 8A of
23     Chapter V of this Code;
24         (6) for a felony domestic battery, aggravated domestic
25     battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, and a felony
26     violation of an order of protection, 4 years.

 

 

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1     (e) (Blank.).
2     (f) (Blank.).
3 (Source: P.A. 95-983, eff. 6-1-09; 95-1052, eff. 7-1-09;
4 96-282, eff. 1-1-10; revised 9-4-09.)