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92_HB5003

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  Criminal  Code  of  1961 is amended by
 5    changing Section 12-3.2 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/12-3.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-3.2)
 7        Sec. 12-3.2.  Domestic Battery.
 8        (a)  A   person   commits   domestic   battery   if    he
 9    intentionally or knowingly without legal justification by any
10    means:
11             (1)  Causes  bodily  harm to any family or household
12        member as defined in subsection (3) of Section 112A-3  of
13        the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as amended;
14             (2)  Makes  physical  contact  of  an  insulting  or
15        provoking  nature  with any family or household member as
16        defined in subsection (3) of Section 112A-3 of  the  Code
17        of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as amended.
18        (b)  Sentence.    Domestic   battery   is   a   Class   A
19    Misdemeanor.  Domestic  battery  is  a  Class 4 felony if the
20    defendant has  any  prior  conviction  under  this  Code  for
21    domestic battery (Section 12-3.2) or violation of an order of
22    protection  (Section  12-30).  Domestic  battery is a Class 4
23    felony if the defendant has any prior conviction  under  this
24    Code for aggravated battery (Section 12-4), stalking (Section
25    12-7.3),   aggravated  stalking  (Section  12-7.4),  unlawful
26    restraint (Section 10-3), or  aggravated  unlawful  restraint
27    (Section  10-3.1),  when  any  of  these  offenses  have been
28    committed against a family or household member as defined  in
29    Section  112A-3  of  the  Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
30    Domestic battery committed in the presence of a person  under
31    18  years  of  age is a Class 4 felony for a first conviction
 
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 1    and a Class 3 felony for a second or  subsequent  conviction.
 2    In  addition  to  any  other sentencing alternatives, for any
 3    second conviction of violating this Section within 5 years of
 4    a  previous  conviction  for  violating  this  Section,   the
 5    offender  shall  be  mandatorily sentenced to a minimum of 48
 6    consecutive hours of imprisonment.   The  imprisonment  shall
 7    not  be  subject  to  suspension,  nor  shall  the  person be
 8    eligible for probation in order to reduce the sentence.
 9        (c)  Domestic battery committed  in  the  presence  of  a
10    child.   In  addition to any other sentencing alternatives, a
11    defendant who commits, in the presence of a child,  a  felony
12    domestic  battery (enhanced under subsection (b)), aggravated
13    domestic  battery  (Section   12-3.3),   aggravated   battery
14    (Section   12-4),   unlawful  restraint  (Section  10-3),  or
15    aggravated unlawful  restraint  (Section  10-3.1)  against  a
16    family  or  household member, as defined in Section 112A-3 of
17    the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, shall be required  to
18    serve  a mandatory minimum imprisonment of 10 days or perform
19    300 hours of community service, or both.  The defendant shall
20    further be liable for the cost of any counseling required for
21    the child at the discretion of the court in  accordance  with
22    subsection  (b)  of  Section  5-5-6  of  the  Unified Code of
23    Corrections. For purposes of this Section,  "child"  means  a
24    person  under  16  years  of  age  who  is the defendant's or
25    victim's child or step-child or who is a minor child residing
26    within  the  household  of  the  defendant  or  victim.   For
27    purposes of this Section, "in the presence of a child"  means
28    in  the  physical  presence  of  a child or knowing or having
29    reason to know that a child is present and may see or hear an
30    act  constituting  one  of  the  offenses  listed   in   this
31    subsection.
32    (Source:  P.A.  91-112,  eff.  10-1-99;  91-262, eff. 1-1-00;
33    91-928, eff. 6-1-01; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)

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