HB4790 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4790

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Deb Conroy

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

740 ILCS 22/201

Amends the Civil No Contact Order Act. Provides that any family or household member of a victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration may file a petition for a civil no contact order.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil law.

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

Section 5. The Civil No Contact Order Act is amended by changing Section 201 as follows:

(740 ILCS 22/201)

Sec. 201. Persons protected by this Act.

(a) The following persons are protected by this Act:

(1) any victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration on whose behalf the petition is brought;

(2) any family or household member of the named victim; and

(3) any employee of or volunteer at a rape crisis center that is providing services to the petitioner or the petitioner's family or household member.

(b) A petition for a civil no contact order may be filed:

(1) by any person who is a victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration, including a single incident of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration; or

(2) by a person on behalf of a minor child or an adult who is a victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration but, because of age, disability, health, or inaccessibility, cannot file the petition; or

(3) by any family or household member of a victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration.

(Source: P.A. 96-311, eff. 1-1-10.)