Senate Sponsors: PETKA. House Sponsors: LINDNER Short description: CRIM CD-DHS-EMPLOYEE Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in the statute relating to the offense of resisting or obstructing a peace officer or correctional employee. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 720 ILCS 5/12-2 from Ch. 38, par. 12-2 720 ILCS 5/12-4 from Ch. 38, par. 12-4 Deletes everything. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that aggravated assault or aggravated battery also consists of an assault or battery in which the defendant knows that the individual assaulted or harmed was an employee of the Department of Human Services supervising or controlling sexually dangerous persons or sexually violent persons while the employee is engaged in the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to prevent the employee from performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation for the employee performing his or her official duties, and the assault or battery was committed other than by the discharge of a firearm. Provides that it is aggravated battery for a sexually dangerous person or sexually violent person in the custody of the Department of Human Services to cause or attempt to cause an employee of the Department of Human Services to come into contact with the blood, seminal fluid, urine, or feces, by throwing or tossing that fluid or material. Provides that aggravated battery of a person known to be a peace officer engaged in his or her official duties, or to prevent the officer from performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation for the officer performing his or her official duties is a Class 2 felony (rather than a Class 3 felony). Provides that a person convicted of resisting or obstructing a peace officer shall, in addition to any other sentence imposed by the court, be sentenced to a minimum of 48 consecutive hours of imprisonment or ordered to perform community service of at least 100 hours. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Removes the provision that imprisonment or community service imposed in connection with a conviction of resisting or obstructing a peace officer is not subject to suspension. Provides that if a person is convicted of resisting or obstructing a peace officer and the commission of the offense was the proximate cause of an injury to a peace officer, the person is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0841 Last action date: AUG-22-2002 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 2 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status