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Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
Filed: 4/15/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2201
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2201 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 12-3 as follows:
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| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/12-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-3)
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| 7 | | Sec. 12-3. Battery.
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| 8 | | (a) A person commits battery if he or she knowingly without
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| 9 | | legal justification by any means (1) causes bodily harm to an
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| 10 | | individual or (2) makes physical contact of an insulting or |
| 11 | | provoking
nature with an individual.
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| 12 | | (b) Sentence.
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| 13 | | Battery is a Class A misdemeanor. A person who commits a |
| 14 | | battery when the victim, at the time of the commission of the |
| 15 | | offense was under 18 years of age, the person is not a parent |
| 16 | | of the victim, and when the offense is found by a court after a |