Public Act 0198 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB1742 Enrolled LRB102 15094 LNS 20449 b

Public Act 102-0198

AN ACT concerning civil law.

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

Section 5. The Civil No Contact Order Act is amended by changing Section 201 as follows:

(740 ILCS 22/201)

Sec. 201. Persons protected by this Act.

(a) The following persons are protected by this Act:

(1) any victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration on whose behalf the petition is brought;

(2) any family or household member of the named victim; and

(3) any employee of or volunteer at a rape crisis center that is providing services to the petitioner or the petitioner's family or household member.

(b) A petition for a civil no contact order may be filed:

(1) by any person who is a victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration, including a single incident of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration; or

(2) by a person on behalf of a minor child or an adult who is a victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration but, because of age, disability, health, or inaccessibility, cannot file the petition; or

(3) only after receiving consent from the victim, by any family or household member of a victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration, and the petition shall include a statement that the victim has consented to the family or household member filing the petition.

(Source: P.A. 96-311, eff. 1-1-10.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2022