Full Text of HB1259 096th General Assembly
HB1259 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB1259
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Jack D. Franks SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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720 ILCS 5/12-3.2 |
from Ch. 38, par. 12-3.2 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning domestic battery.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1259 |
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LRB096 10229 RLC 20397 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 12-3.2 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/12-3.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-3.2)
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| Sec. 12-3.2. Domestic Battery.
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| (a) A person commits domestic battery if he intentionally | 9 |
| or knowingly
without legal justification by any means:
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| (1) Causes bodily harm to any family or household | 11 |
| member as defined in
subsection (3) of Section 112A-3 of | 12 |
| the
the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as
amended;
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| (2) Makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking | 14 |
| nature with any
family or household member as defined in | 15 |
| subsection (3) of Section 112A-3
of the Code of Criminal | 16 |
| Procedure of 1963, as amended.
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| (b) Sentence. Domestic battery is a Class A misdemeanor.
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| Domestic battery is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any
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| prior
conviction under this Code for domestic battery (Section | 20 |
| 12-3.2) or violation
of an order of protection (Section 12-30), | 21 |
| or any prior conviction under the
law of another jurisdiction | 22 |
| for an offense which is substantially similar.
Domestic battery | 23 |
| is a Class 4 felony
if the
defendant has any prior conviction |
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| under this Code for first degree murder
(Section 9-1), attempt | 2 |
| to
commit first degree murder (Section 8-4), aggravated | 3 |
| domestic battery (Section
12-3.3), aggravated battery
(Section | 4 |
| 12-4), heinous battery (Section 12-4.1), aggravated battery | 5 |
| with a
firearm (Section 12-4.2), aggravated battery of a child | 6 |
| (Section 12-4.3),
aggravated battery of
an unborn child | 7 |
| (Section 12-4.4), aggravated battery of a senior citizen
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| (Section 12-4.6), stalking (Section 12-7.3), aggravated | 9 |
| stalking (Section
12-7.4), criminal sexual assault (Section | 10 |
| 12-13), aggravated criminal sexual
assault
(12-14), kidnapping | 11 |
| (Section 10-1), aggravated kidnapping (Section 10-2),
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| predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (Section 12-14.1), | 13 |
| aggravated
criminal sexual abuse (Section 12-16), unlawful | 14 |
| restraint (Section 10-3),
aggravated unlawful restraint | 15 |
| (Section 10-3.1), aggravated arson (Section
20-1.1), or | 16 |
| aggravated discharge of a firearm
(Section 24-1.2), or any | 17 |
| prior conviction under the law of another
jurisdiction for any | 18 |
| offense that is substantially similar to the offenses
listed in | 19 |
| this Section, when any of these
offenses have been committed
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| against a
family or household member as defined in Section
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| 112A-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. In addition | 22 |
| to any other
sentencing alternatives, for any second or | 23 |
| subsequent conviction of violating this
Section, the
offender | 24 |
| shall be mandatorily sentenced to a minimum of 72
consecutive | 25 |
| hours of
imprisonment. The imprisonment shall not be subject to | 26 |
| suspension, nor shall
the person be eligible for probation in |
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| order to reduce the sentence.
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| (c) Domestic battery committed in the presence of a child. | 3 |
| In addition to
any other sentencing alternatives, a defendant | 4 |
| who commits, in the presence of
a child, a felony domestic | 5 |
| battery (enhanced under subsection
(b)), aggravated domestic | 6 |
| battery (Section 12-3.3),
aggravated battery (Section 12-4), | 7 |
| unlawful restraint (Section
10-3), or aggravated unlawful | 8 |
| restraint (Section 10-3.1) against a family or
household | 9 |
| member, as defined in Section 112A-3 of the Code of Criminal
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| Procedure of 1963, shall be required to serve a mandatory | 11 |
| minimum imprisonment
of 10 days or perform 300 hours of | 12 |
| community service, or both. The defendant
shall further be | 13 |
| liable for the cost of any counseling required for the child
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| the discretion of the court in accordance
with subsection (b) | 15 |
| of Section 5-5-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
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| purposes of this Section, "child" means a person under 18
years | 17 |
| of age
who is the defendant's or victim's child or step-child | 18 |
| or who is a minor child
residing
within or visiting the | 19 |
| household of the defendant or victim. For purposes of this | 20 |
| Section,
"in the presence of a child" means in the physical | 21 |
| presence of a child or
knowing or having reason to know that a | 22 |
| child is present and may see or hear an
act constituting one of | 23 |
| the offenses listed in this subsection.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-336, eff. 1-1-04; 93-809, eff. 1-1-05; 94-148, | 25 |
| eff. 1-1-06.)
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