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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. LRB9010956RCks LRB9010956RCks 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 -2- LRB9010956RCks 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.)