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.
















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HB1450

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    AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by adding 
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Section 12-16.3 as follows:
 
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    (720 ILCS 5/12-16.3  new)
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    Sec. 12-16.3. Sexual battery.
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    (a)  A person commits the offense of sexual battery when he 
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or she intentionally or knowingly without legal justification 
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makes physical contact with the intimate body parts of a victim 
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who was 17 years of age or older at the time of the commission 
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of the offense, without that person's consent.
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    (b)  For purposes of this Section, "intimate body parts" 
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includes the primary genital area, anus, groin, inner thighs, 
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buttocks, or breasts of a male or female.
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    (c)  Sentence.  Sexual battery is a Class A misdemeanor.

 

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