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90_HB3782

      720 ILCS 5/12-3.2         from Ch. 38, par. 12-3.2
          Amends the Criminal  Code  of  1961.   Provides  that  in
      addition  to  any  other  sentencing  alternatives,  a person
      convicted of a first offense for domestic  battery  shall  be
      mandatorily sentenced to a minimum of 24 consecutive hours of
      imprisonment.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
 2    Section 12-3.2.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Criminal  Code  of  1961 is amended by
 6    changing Section 12-3.2 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/12-3.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-3.2)
 8        Sec. 12-3.2.  Domestic Battery.
 9        (a)  A   person   commits   domestic   battery   if    he
10    intentionally or knowingly without legal justification by any
11    means:
12             (1)  Causes  bodily  harm to any family or household
13        member as defined in subsection (3) of Section 112A-3  of
14        the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as amended;
15             (2)  Makes  physical  contact  of  an  insulting  or
16        provoking  nature  with any family or household member as
17        defined in subsection (3) of Section 112A-3 of  the  Code
18        of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as amended.
19        (b)  Sentence.    Domestic   battery   is   a   Class   A
20    Misdemeanor.    In   addition   to   any   other   sentencing
21    alternatives,  for  a  first  conviction  of  violating  this
22    Section,  the  offender  shall  be mandatorily sentenced to a
23    minimum  of  24  consecutive  hours  of  imprisonment.    The
24    imprisonment  shall  not  be subject to suspension, nor shall
25    the person be eligible for probation in order to  reduce  the
26    sentence.   A  second  and  subsequent violation is a Class 4
27    felony. In addition to any other sentencing alternatives, for
28    any second conviction of  violating  this  Section  within  5
29    years  of  a  previous conviction for violating this Section,
30    the offender shall be mandatorily sentenced to a  minimum  of
31    48 consecutive hours of imprisonment.  The imprisonment shall
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 1    not  be  subject  to  suspension,  nor  shall  the  person be
 2    eligible for probation in order to reduce the sentence.
 3    (Source: P.A. 88-467.)

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