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90_SB1683
720 ILCS 5/12-3.3 new
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of
aggravated domestic battery. Requires a person sentenced to
a first or subsequent offense for aggravated domestic battery
to serve at least a mandatory 48 consecutive hours of
imprisonment. Penalty for the offense is a Class 3 felony.
Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by adding
2 Section 12-3.3.
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 adding Section 12-3.3 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/12-3.3 new)
8 Sec. 12-3.3. Aggravated domestic battery.
9 (a) A person commits aggravated domestic battery when in
10 committing domestic battery he or she:
11 (1) uses a firearm; or
12 (2) knows the person who is the victim of the
13 domestic battery to be pregnant; or
14 (3) knows the person who is the victim of the
15 domestic battery to be physically handicapped; or
16 (4) causes great bodily harm.
17 (b) Sentence. Aggravated domestic battery is a Class 3
18 felony. In addition to any other sentence imposed by the
19 court, a person convicted of a first or subsequent offense of
20 aggravated domestic battery shall be mandatorily sentenced to
21 a minimum of 48 consecutive hours of imprisonment. The
22 imprisonment shall not be subject to suspension, nor shall
23 the person be eligible for probation in order to reduce the
24 sentence to less than the 48 consecutive hours of
25 imprisonment.
26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
27 becoming law.