101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3579

 

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Melinda Bush

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/11-1.70  was 720 ILCS 5/12-17

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that consent is not a viable defense if the victim is a client or patient and the accused is a health care provider or mental health care provider charged with criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse and the act of sexual conduct or sexual penetration occurs during a treatment session, consultation, interview, or examination.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 11-1.70 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/11-1.70)  (was 720 ILCS 5/12-17)
7    Sec. 11-1.70. Defenses with respect to offenses described
8in Sections 11-1.20 through 11-1.60.
9    (a) It shall be a defense to any offense under Section
1011-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, or 11-1.60 of this Code
11where force or threat of force is an element of the offense
12that the victim consented. "Consent" means a freely given
13agreement to the act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct in
14question. Lack of verbal or physical resistance or submission
15by the victim resulting from the use of force or threat of
16force by the accused shall not constitute consent. The manner
17of dress of the victim at the time of the offense shall not
18constitute consent.
19    (b) It shall be a defense under subsection (b) and
20subsection (c) of Section 11-1.50 and subsection (d) of Section
2111-1.60 of this Code that the accused reasonably believed the
22person to be 17 years of age or over.
23    (c) A person who initially consents to sexual penetration

 

 

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1or sexual conduct is not deemed to have consented to any sexual
2penetration or sexual conduct that occurs after he or she
3withdraws consent during the course of that sexual penetration
4or sexual conduct.
5    (d) Consent is not a viable defense if the victim is a
6client or patient and the accused is a health care provider or
7mental health care provider charged with an offense described
8in Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, or 11-1.60 and
9the act of sexual conduct or sexual penetration occurs during a
10treatment session, consultation, interview, or examination.
11(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)