95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0893

 

Introduced 2/7/2007, by Rep. Jack D. Franks

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/12-2   from Ch. 38, par. 12-2

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person also commits an aggravated assault, when, in committing an assault, he or she holds a loaded firearm to an individual's head in a threatening manner. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony.


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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Section 12-2 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/12-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-2)
7     Sec. 12-2. Aggravated assault.
8     (a) A person commits an aggravated assault, when, in
9 committing an assault, he:
10         (1) Uses a deadly weapon or any device manufactured and
11     designed to be substantially similar in appearance to a
12     firearm, other than by discharging a firearm in the
13     direction of another person, a peace officer, a person
14     summoned or directed by a peace officer, a correctional
15     officer or a fireman or in the direction of a vehicle
16     occupied by another person, a peace officer, a person
17     summoned or directed by a peace officer, a correctional
18     officer or a fireman while the officer or fireman is
19     engaged in the execution of any of his official duties, or
20     to prevent the officer or fireman from performing his
21     official duties, or in retaliation for the officer or
22     fireman performing his official duties;
23         (2) Is hooded, robed or masked in such manner as to

 

 

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1     conceal his identity or any device manufactured and
2     designed to be substantially similar in appearance to a
3     firearm;
4         (3) Knows the individual assaulted to be a teacher or
5     other person employed in any school and such teacher or
6     other employee is upon the grounds of a school or grounds
7     adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building used for
8     school purposes;
9         (4) Knows the individual assaulted to be a supervisor,
10     director, instructor or other person employed in any park
11     district and such supervisor, director, instructor or
12     other employee is upon the grounds of the park or grounds
13     adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building used for
14     park purposes;
15         (5) Knows the individual assaulted to be a caseworker,
16     investigator, or other person employed by the Department of
17     Healthcare and Family Services (formerly State Department
18     of Public Aid), a County Department of Public Aid, or the
19     Department of Human Services (acting as successor to the
20     Illinois Department of Public Aid under the Department of
21     Human Services Act) and such caseworker, investigator, or
22     other person is upon the grounds of a public aid office or
23     grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building
24     used for public aid purposes, or upon the grounds of a home
25     of a public aid applicant, recipient or any other person
26     being interviewed or investigated in the employees'

 

 

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1     discharge of his duties, or on grounds adjacent thereto, or
2     is in any part of a building in which the applicant,
3     recipient, or other such person resides or is located;
4         (6) Knows the individual assaulted to be a peace
5     officer, or a community policing volunteer, or a fireman
6     while the officer or fireman is engaged in the execution of
7     any of his official duties, or to prevent the officer,
8     community policing volunteer, or fireman from performing
9     his official duties, or in retaliation for the officer,
10     community policing volunteer, or fireman performing his
11     official duties, and the assault is committed other than by
12     the discharge of a firearm in the direction of the officer
13     or fireman or in the direction of a vehicle occupied by the
14     officer or fireman;
15         (7) Knows the individual assaulted to be an emergency
16     medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
17     technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
18     paramedic, ambulance driver or other medical assistance or
19     first aid personnel engaged in the execution of any of his
20     official duties, or to prevent the emergency medical
21     technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician -
22     intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic,
23     ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or first aid
24     personnel from performing his official duties, or in
25     retaliation for the emergency medical technician -
26     ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate,

 

 

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1     emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance
2     driver, or other medical assistance or first aid personnel
3     performing his official duties;
4         (8) Knows the individual assaulted to be the driver,
5     operator, employee or passenger of any transportation
6     facility or system engaged in the business of
7     transportation of the public for hire and the individual
8     assaulted is then performing in such capacity or then using
9     such public transportation as a passenger or using any area
10     of any description designated by the transportation
11     facility or system as a vehicle boarding, departure, or
12     transfer location;
13         (9) Or the individual assaulted is on or about a public
14     way, public property, or public place of accommodation or
15     amusement;
16         (9.5) Is, or the individual assaulted is, in or about a
17     publicly or privately owned sports or entertainment arena,
18     stadium, community or convention hall, special event
19     center, amusement facility, or a special event center in a
20     public park during any 24-hour period when a professional
21     sporting event, National Collegiate Athletic Association
22     (NCAA)-sanctioned sporting event, United States Olympic
23     Committee-sanctioned sporting event, or International
24     Olympic Committee-sanctioned sporting event is taking
25     place in this venue;
26         (10) Knows the individual assaulted to be an employee

 

 

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1     of the State of Illinois, a municipal corporation therein
2     or a political subdivision thereof, engaged in the
3     performance of his authorized duties as such employee;
4         (11) Knowingly and without legal justification,
5     commits an assault on a physically handicapped person;
6         (12) Knowingly and without legal justification,
7     commits an assault on a person 60 years of age or older;
8         (13) Discharges a firearm;
9         (14) Knows the individual assaulted to be a
10     correctional officer, while the officer is engaged in the
11     execution of any of his or her official duties, or to
12     prevent the officer from performing his or her official
13     duties, or in retaliation for the officer performing his or
14     her official duties;
15         (15) Knows the individual assaulted to be a
16     correctional employee or an employee of the Department of
17     Human Services supervising or controlling sexually
18     dangerous persons or sexually violent persons, while the
19     employee is engaged in the execution of any of his or her
20     official duties, or to prevent the employee from performing
21     his or her official duties, or in retaliation for the
22     employee performing his or her official duties, and the
23     assault is committed other than by the discharge of a
24     firearm in the direction of the employee or in the
25     direction of a vehicle occupied by the employee;
26         (16) Knows the individual assaulted to be an employee

 

 

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1     of a police or sheriff's department engaged in the
2     performance of his or her official duties as such employee;
3     or
4         (17) Knows the individual assaulted to be a sports
5     official or coach at any level of competition and the act
6     causing the assault to the sports official or coach
7     occurred within an athletic facility or an indoor or
8     outdoor playing field or within the immediate vicinity of
9     the athletic facility or an indoor or outdoor playing field
10     at which the sports official or coach was an active
11     participant in the athletic contest held at the athletic
12     facility. For the purposes of this paragraph (17), "sports
13     official" means a person at an athletic contest who
14     enforces the rules of the contest, such as an umpire or
15     referee; and "coach" means a person recognized as a coach
16     by the sanctioning authority that conducted the athletic
17     contest; or .
18         (18) Knows the individual assaulted to be an emergency
19     management worker, while the emergency management worker
20     is engaged in the execution of any of his or her official
21     duties, or to prevent the emergency management worker from
22     performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation
23     for the emergency management worker performing his or her
24     official duties, and the assault is committed other than by
25     the discharge of a firearm in the direction of the
26     emergency management worker or in the direction of a

 

 

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1     vehicle occupied by the emergency management worker.
2     (a-5) A person commits an aggravated assault when he or she
3 knowingly and without lawful justification shines or flashes a
4 laser gunsight or other laser device that is attached or
5 affixed to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so
6 that the laser beam strikes near or in the immediate vicinity
7 of any person.
8     (a-6) A person commits an aggravated assault, when, in
9 committing an assault, he or she holds a loaded firearm to an
10 individual's head in a threatening manner.
11     (b) Sentence.
12     Aggravated assault as defined in paragraphs (1) through (5)
13 and (8) through (12) and (17) of subsection (a) of this Section
14 is a Class A misdemeanor. Aggravated assault as defined in
15 paragraphs (13), (14), and (15) of subsection (a) of this
16 Section and as defined in subsection (a-5) and (a-6) of this
17 Section is a Class 4 felony. Aggravated assault as defined in
18 paragraphs (6), (7), (16), and (18) of subsection (a) of this
19 Section is a Class A misdemeanor if a firearm is not used in
20 the commission of the assault. Aggravated assault as defined in
21 paragraphs (6), (7), (16), and (18) of subsection (a) of this
22 Section is a Class 4 felony if a firearm is used in the
23 commission of the assault.
24 (Source: P.A. 93-692, eff. 1-1-05; 94-243, eff. 1-1-06; 94-482,
25 eff. 1-1-06; revised 12-15-05.)