Public Act 094-1113
 
SB2737 Enrolled LRB094 18851 RLC 54280 b

    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Illinois Civil Rights Act of 2006.
 
    Section 5. Compelled confession; civil action.
    (a) Independent of any criminal prosecution or the result
thereof, any person suffering injury to his or her person or
damage to his or her property as a result of having been
compelled to confess or provide information regarding an
offense by force or threat of imminent bodily harm may bring a
civil action for damages, injunctive relief, or other
appropriate relief. Upon a finding of liability, the court
shall award actual damages, including damages for emotional
distress, punitive damages, when appropriate, and any suitable
equitable relief. A judgment in favor of the prevailing
plaintiff shall include an award for reasonable attorney's fees
and costs.
    (b) Independent of any criminal prosecution or the result
thereof, any person suffering damages as a result of
retaliatory action may bring a civil action for damages,
injunctive relief, or other appropriate relief. A judgment in
favor of the prevailing plaintiff shall include an award for
reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
    (c) For purposes of this Section, "retaliatory action"
means: (1) tortious conduct directed against an individual, or
(2) the reprimand, discharge, suspension, demotion, or denial
of promotion or change in the terms and conditions of
employment, that is taken in retaliation because he or she has
opposed or reported that which he or she reasonably and in good
faith believed to be the use of force or threat of imminent
bodily harm to compel a confession or information regarding an
offense, or because he or she has made a charge, filed a
complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in an
investigation, proceeding, or hearing involving the use of
force or threat of imminent bodily harm to compel a confession
or information regarding an offense.
 
    Section 105. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
changing Sections 3-7 and 12-7 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/3-7)  (from Ch. 38, par. 3-7)
    Sec. 3-7. Periods excluded from limitation.
    The period within which a prosecution must be commenced
does not include any period in which:
    (a) The defendant is not usually and publicly resident
within this State; or
    (b) The defendant is a public officer and the offense
charged is theft of public funds while in public office; or
    (c) A prosecution is pending against the defendant for the
same conduct, even if the indictment or information which
commences the prosecution is quashed or the proceedings thereon
are set aside, or are reversed on appeal; or
    (d) A proceeding or an appeal from a proceeding relating to
the quashing or enforcement of a Grand Jury subpoena issued in
connection with an investigation of a violation of a criminal
law of this State is pending. However, the period within which
a prosecution must be commenced includes any period in which
the State brings a proceeding or an appeal from a proceeding
specified in this subsection (d); or
    (e) A material witness is placed on active military duty or
leave. In this subsection (e), "material witness" includes, but
is not limited to, the arresting officer, occurrence witness,
or the alleged victim of the offense; or .
    (f) The victim of unlawful force or threat of imminent
bodily harm to obtain information or a confession is
incarcerated, and the victim's incarceration, in whole or in
part, is a consequence of the unlawful force or threats.
(Source: P.A. 93-417, eff. 8-5-03.)
 
    (720 ILCS 5/12-7)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-7)
    Sec. 12-7. Compelling confession or information by force or
threat.
    (a) A person who, with intent to obtain a confession,
statement or information regarding any offense, knowingly
inflicts or threatens imminent bodily to inflict physical harm
upon the person threatened or upon any other person commits the
offense of compelling a confession or information by force or
threat.
     (b) Sentence.
    Compelling a confession or information is a: (1) Class 4
felony if the defendant threatens imminent bodily harm to
obtain a confession, statement, or information but does not
inflict bodily harm on the victim, (2) Class 3 felony if the
defendant inflicts bodily harm on the victim to obtain a
confession, statement, or information, and (3) Class 2 felony
if the defendant inflicts great bodily harm to obtain a
confession, statement, or information.
(Source: P.A. 77-2638.)
 
    Section 110. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
changing Section 13-202 as follows:
 
    (735 ILCS 5/13-202)  (from Ch. 110, par. 13-202)
    Sec. 13-202. Personal injury - Penalty. Actions for damages
for an injury to the person, or for false imprisonment, or
malicious prosecution, or for a statutory penalty, or for
abduction, or for seduction, or for criminal conversation,
except damages resulting from first degree murder or the
commission of a Class X felony and the perpetrator thereof is
convicted of such crime, shall be commenced within 2 years next
after the cause of action accrued but such an action against a
defendant arising from a crime committed by the defendant in
whose name an escrow account was established under the
"Criminal Victims' Escrow Account Act" shall be commenced
within 2 years after the establishment of such account. If the
compelling of a confession or information by imminent bodily
harm or threat of imminent bodily harm results in whole or in
part in a criminal prosecution of the plaintiff, the 2-year
period set out in this Section shall be tolled during the time
in which the plaintiff is incarcerated, or until criminal
prosecution has been finally adjudicated in favor of the above
referred plaintiff, whichever is later. However, this
provision relating to the compelling of a confession or
information shall not apply to units of local government
subject to the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees
Tort Immunity Act.
(Source: P.A. 84-1450.)