House Sponsors: GASH-BOLAND-FRITCHEY-SILVA-ACEVEDO, NOVAK, FEIGENHOLTZ AND BRADLEY. Short description: AGGRAVATED DOMESTIC BATTERY Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of aggravated domestic battery, defined as a battery causing great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to a family or household member or a battery committed while using a deadly weapon other than by the discharge of a firearm against a family or household member. Penalty is a Class 2 felony. Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Prohibits a person who has been convicted of aggravated domestic battery from receiving a license to operate a foster family home or residing in a foster family home. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act to prohibit a person from obtaining and to authorize the revocation of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card of a person who has been convicted of aggravated domestic battery. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 to provide that as a condition of bail bond for aggravated domestic battery, the defendant must surrender all firearms in his or her possession to a law enforcement officer. Provides that in prosecution for aggravated domestic battery, the child hearing exception statute applies to child victims under 13. Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Includes aggravated domestic battery in definition of violent crime. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person convicted of aggravated domestic battery shall be required to pay restitution to a domestic violence shelter in which the victim or any other family or household member lived. Provides that the additional domestic violence fine applies to a person convicted of aggravated domestic battery. Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act to prohibit a person convicted of aggravated domestic battery from being hired by a health care employer. Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act to include aggravated domestic battery in the definition of crime of violence. Effective immediately. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Changes definition of aggravated domestic battery. Defines the offense as causing great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement in committing a domestic battery. JUDICIAL NOTE, H-am 1 No increase in the need for the number of judges in the State. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Office of Ill. Courts) The bill would not have a fiscal impact. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Dpt. of Corrections) Impact: corrections population, 57 inmates; fiscal, $11,067,600 CORRECTIONAL NOTE, H-AM 1 No change from DOC fiscal note, amended. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 99-01-12 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status