95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1717

 

Introduced 2/22/2007, by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/12-2   from Ch. 38, par. 12-2
720 ILCS 5/12-4   from Ch. 38, par. 12-4

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person who knowingly and without legal justification commits an assault on a severely or profoundly mentally retarded person is guilty of aggravated assault. Provides that the penalty is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that a person who, in committing a battery, knows the individual harmed to be a person who is severely or profoundly mentally retarded is guilty of aggravated battery. Provides that the penalty is a Class 3 felony. Effective immediately.


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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 Sections 12-2 and 12-4 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; .
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; or .
2         (19) Knowingly and without legal justification,
3     commits an assault on a severely or profoundly mentally
4     retarded person.
5     (a-5) A person commits an aggravated assault when he or she
6 knowingly and without lawful justification shines or flashes a
7 laser gunsight or other laser device that is attached or
8 affixed to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so
9 that the laser beam strikes near or in the immediate vicinity
10 of any person.
11     (b) Sentence.
12     Aggravated assault as defined in paragraphs (1) through (5)
13 and (8) through (12) and (17) and paragraph (19) of subsection
14 (a) of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor. Aggravated
15 assault as defined in paragraphs (13), (14), and (15) of
16 subsection (a) of this Section and as defined in subsection
17 (a-5) of this Section is a Class 4 felony. Aggravated assault
18 as defined in paragraphs (6), (7), (16), and (18) of subsection
19 (a) of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor if a firearm is
20 not used in the commission of the assault. Aggravated assault
21 as defined in paragraphs (6), (7), (16), and (18) of subsection
22 (a) of this Section is a Class 4 felony if a firearm is used in
23 the 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.)
 

 

 

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1     (720 ILCS 5/12-4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4)
2     Sec. 12-4. Aggravated Battery.
3     (a) A person who, in committing a battery, intentionally or
4 knowingly causes great bodily harm, or permanent disability or
5 disfigurement commits aggravated battery.
6     (b) In committing a battery, a person commits aggravated
7 battery if he or she:
8         (1) Uses a deadly weapon other than by the discharge of
9     a firearm;
10         (2) Is hooded, robed or masked, in such manner as to
11     conceal his identity;
12         (3) Knows the individual harmed to be a teacher or
13     other person employed in any school and such teacher or
14     other employee is upon the grounds of a school or grounds
15     adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building used for
16     school purposes;
17         (4) (Blank);
18         (5) (Blank);
19         (6) Knows the individual harmed to be a community
20     policing volunteer while such volunteer is engaged in the
21     execution of any official duties, or to prevent the
22     volunteer from performing official duties, or in
23     retaliation for the volunteer performing official duties,
24     and the battery is committed other than by the discharge of
25     a firearm;
26         (7) Knows the individual harmed to be an emergency

 

 

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1     medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
2     technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
3     paramedic, ambulance driver, other medical assistance,
4     first aid personnel, or hospital personnel engaged in the
5     performance of any of his or her official duties, or to
6     prevent the emergency medical technician - ambulance,
7     emergency medical technician - intermediate, emergency
8     medical technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, other
9     medical assistance, first aid personnel, or hospital
10     personnel from performing official duties, or in
11     retaliation for performing official duties;
12         (8) Is, or the person battered is, on or about a public
13     way, public property or public place of accommodation or
14     amusement;
15         (8.5) Is, or the person battered is, on a publicly or
16     privately owned sports or entertainment arena, stadium,
17     community or convention hall, special event center,
18     amusement facility, or a special event center in a public
19     park during any 24-hour period when a professional sporting
20     event, National Collegiate Athletic Association
21     (NCAA)-sanctioned sporting event, United States Olympic
22     Committee-sanctioned sporting event, or International
23     Olympic Committee-sanctioned sporting event is taking
24     place in this venue;
25         (9) Knows the individual harmed to be the driver,
26     operator, employee or passenger of any transportation

 

 

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1     facility or system engaged in the business of
2     transportation of the public for hire and the individual
3     assaulted is then performing in such capacity or then using
4     such public transportation as a passenger or using any area
5     of any description designated by the transportation
6     facility or system as a vehicle boarding, departure, or
7     transfer location;
8         (10) Knows the individual harmed to be an individual of
9     60 years of age or older;
10         (11) Knows the individual harmed is pregnant;
11         (12) Knows the individual harmed to be a judge whom the
12     person intended to harm as a result of the judge's
13     performance of his or her official duties as a judge;
14         (13) (Blank);
15         (14) Knows the individual harmed to be a person who is
16     physically handicapped;
17         (15) Knowingly and without legal justification and by
18     any means causes bodily harm to a merchant who detains the
19     person for an alleged commission of retail theft under
20     Section 16A-5 of this Code. In this item (15), "merchant"
21     has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 16A-2.4 of this
22     Code;
23         (16) Is, or the person battered is, in any building or
24     other structure used to provide shelter or other services
25     to victims or to the dependent children of victims of
26     domestic violence pursuant to the Illinois Domestic

 

 

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1     Violence Act of 1986 or the Domestic Violence Shelters Act,
2     or the person battered is within 500 feet of such a
3     building or other structure while going to or from such a
4     building or other structure. "Domestic violence" has the
5     meaning ascribed to it in Section 103 of the Illinois
6     Domestic Violence Act of 1986. "Building or other structure
7     used to provide shelter" has the meaning ascribed to
8     "shelter" in Section 1 of the Domestic Violence Shelters
9     Act;
10         (17) (Blank); or
11         (18) Knows the individual harmed to be an officer or
12     employee of the State of Illinois, a unit of local
13     government, or school district engaged in the performance
14     of his or her authorized duties as such officer or
15     employee; .
16         (19) (18) Knows the individual harmed to be an
17     emergency management worker engaged in the performance of
18     any of his or her official duties, or to prevent the
19     emergency management worker from performing official
20     duties, or in retaliation for the emergency management
21     worker performing official duties; or .
22         (20) Knows the individual harmed to be a person who is
23     severely or profoundly mentally retarded.
24     For the purpose of paragraph (14) of subsection (b) of this
25 Section, a physically handicapped person is a person who
26 suffers from a permanent and disabling physical

 

 

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1 characteristic, resulting from disease, injury, functional
2 disorder or congenital condition.
3     (c) A person who administers to an individual or causes him
4 to take, without his consent or by threat or deception, and for
5 other than medical purposes, any intoxicating, poisonous,
6 stupefying, narcotic, anesthetic, or controlled substance
7 commits aggravated battery.
8     (d) A person who knowingly gives to another person any food
9 that contains any substance or object that is intended to cause
10 physical injury if eaten, commits aggravated battery.
11     (d-3) A person commits aggravated battery when he or she
12 knowingly and without lawful justification shines or flashes a
13 laser gunsight or other laser device that is attached or
14 affixed to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so
15 that the laser beam strikes upon or against the person of
16 another.
17     (d-5) An inmate of a penal institution or a sexually
18 dangerous person or a sexually violent person in the custody of
19 the Department of Human Services who causes or attempts to
20 cause a correctional employee of the penal institution or an
21 employee of the Department of Human Services to come into
22 contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, or feces, by
23 throwing, tossing, or expelling that fluid or material commits
24 aggravated battery. For purposes of this subsection (d-5),
25 "correctional employee" means a person who is employed by a
26 penal institution.

 

 

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1     (e) Sentence.
2         (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (2) and
3     (3), aggravated battery is a Class 3 felony.
4         (2) Aggravated battery that does not cause great bodily
5     harm or permanent disability or disfigurement is a Class 2
6     felony when the person knows the individual harmed to be a
7     peace officer, a community policing volunteer, a
8     correctional institution employee, an employee of the
9     Department of Human Services supervising or controlling
10     sexually dangerous persons or sexually violent persons, or
11     a fireman while such officer, volunteer, employee, or
12     fireman is engaged in the execution of any official duties
13     including arrest or attempted arrest, or to prevent the
14     officer, volunteer, employee, or fireman from performing
15     official duties, or in retaliation for the officer,
16     volunteer, employee, or fireman performing official
17     duties, and the battery is committed other than by the
18     discharge of a firearm.
19         (3) Aggravated battery that causes great bodily harm or
20     permanent disability or disfigurement in violation of
21     subsection (a) is a Class 1 felony when the person knows
22     the individual harmed to be a peace officer, a community
23     policing volunteer, a correctional institution employee,
24     an employee of the Department of Human Services supervising
25     or controlling sexually dangerous persons or sexually
26     violent persons, or a fireman while such officer,

 

 

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1     volunteer, employee, or fireman is engaged in the execution
2     of any official duties including arrest or attempted
3     arrest, or to prevent the officer, volunteer, employee, or
4     fireman from performing official duties, or in retaliation
5     for the officer, volunteer, employee, or fireman
6     performing official duties, and the battery is committed
7     other than by the discharge of a firearm.
8 (Source: P.A. 93-83, eff. 7-2-03; 94-243, eff. 1-1-06; 94-327,
9 eff. 1-1-06; 94-333, eff. 7-26-05; 94-363, eff. 7-29-05;
10 94-482, eff. 1-1-06; revised 8-19-05.)
 
11     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.