Bill Text: IL HB1387 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the penalty for aggravated domestic battery is a Class X felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a mandatory term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more than 30 years when the person, in committing a domestic battery, strangles another individual.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-26 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie [HB1387 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB1387-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 12-3.3 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/12-3.3)
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7 | Sec. 12-3.3. Aggravated domestic battery.
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8 | (a) A person who, in committing a domestic battery,
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9 | knowingly causes great bodily harm, or permanent disability or | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | disfigurement
commits aggravated domestic battery.
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11 | (a-5) A person who, in committing a domestic battery, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | strangles another individual commits aggravated domestic | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | battery. For the purposes of this subsection (a-5), "strangle" | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | means intentionally impeding the normal breathing or | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | circulation of the blood of an individual by applying pressure | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | on the throat or neck of that individual or by blocking the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | nose or mouth of that individual. | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | (b) Sentence. A violation of subsection (a) Aggravated | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | domestic battery is a Class 2 felony. A violation of | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | subsection (a-5) is a Class X felony for which the person shall | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | be sentenced to a mandatory term of imprisonment of not less | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | than 6 years and not more than 30 years. Any order
of probation | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | or conditional discharge entered following a conviction for an
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1 | offense under this Section must include, in addition to any | ||||||
2 | other condition of
probation or conditional discharge, a | ||||||
3 | condition that the offender serve a
mandatory term of | ||||||
4 | imprisonment of not less than 60 consecutive days. A person
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5 | convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this Section | ||||||
6 | must be
sentenced to a mandatory term of imprisonment of not | ||||||
7 | less than 3 years and not
more than 7 years or an extended term | ||||||
8 | of imprisonment of not less than 7 years
and not more than 14 | ||||||
9 | years.
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10 | (c) Upon conviction of aggravated domestic battery, the | ||||||
11 | court shall advise the defendant orally or in writing, | ||||||
12 | substantially as follows: "An individual convicted of | ||||||
13 | aggravated domestic battery may be subject to federal criminal | ||||||
14 | penalties for possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving | ||||||
15 | any firearm or ammunition in violation of the federal Gun | ||||||
16 | Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8) and (9))." A notation | ||||||
17 | shall be made in the court file that the admonition was given. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 96-287, eff. 8-11-09; 96-363, eff. 8-13-09; | ||||||
19 | 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .)
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