HB1450 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1450

Introduced 2/21/2007, by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/12-16.3 new

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of sexual battery. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she intentionally or knowingly without legal justification makes physical contact with the intimate body parts of a victim who was 17 years of age or older at the time of the commission of the offense, without that person's consent. Defines intimate body parts. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor. Effective immediately.

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding Section 12-16.3 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/12-16.3 new)

Sec. 12-16.3. Sexual battery.

(a) A person commits the offense of sexual battery when he or she intentionally or knowingly without legal justification makes physical contact with the intimate body parts of a victim who was 17 years of age or older at the time of the commission of the offense, without that person's consent.

(b) For purposes of this Section, "intimate body parts" includes the primary genital area, anus, groin, inner thighs, buttocks, or breasts of a male or female.

(c) Sentence. Sexual battery is a Class A misdemeanor.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.