Bill Text: IL HB3365 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Human Trafficking Order of Protection Act. Provides that the following persons may bring an action under the Act: (1) a person who is a victim of human trafficking regardless of the relationship between the victim and the trafficker. Allow a person who has been the victim of human trafficking; or (2) a person on behalf of a minor child or an adult who has been the victim of human trafficking. Establishes procedures, venue, and remedies in these actions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3365 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB3365-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning human trafficking orders.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Human | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Trafficking Order of Protection Act.
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6 | Section 3. Purpose and construction. The purpose of this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Article is to protect the safety of victims of human | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | trafficking and the safety of their family and household | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | members; and to minimize the trauma and inconvenience | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | associated with attending separate and multiple civil court | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | proceedings to obtain human trafficking orders. This Article | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | shall be interpreted in accordance with the constitutional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | rights of crime victims set forth in Article I, Section 8.1 of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | the Illinois Constitution, the purposes set forth in Section 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | of the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act, and the use | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | of human trafficking orders to implement the victim's right to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | be reasonably protected from the defendant as provided in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Section 4.5 of the Rights of Victims and Witnesses Act.
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19 | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | "Human trafficking means a violation of: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (1) subsection (b) of Section 10-9 of the Criminal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Code of 2012 (involuntary servitude); |
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1 | (2) subsection (c) of Section 10-9 of the Criminal | ||||||
2 | Code of 2012 (involuntary sexual servitude of a minor); or | ||||||
3 | (3) subsection (d) of Section 10-9 of the Criminal | ||||||
4 | Code of 2012 (trafficking in persons).
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5 | Section 10. Persons who may bring actions. The following | ||||||
6 | persons may bring an action under this Act: | ||||||
7 | (1) a person who is a victim of human trafficking | ||||||
8 | regardless of the relationship between the victim and the | ||||||
9 | trafficker; or | ||||||
10 | (2) a person on behalf of a minor child or an adult who has | ||||||
11 | been the victim of human trafficking.
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12 | Section 15. Commencement of action; filing fees; | ||||||
13 | dismissal.
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14 | (a) How to commence action. Actions for human trafficking | ||||||
15 | orders of protection are commenced: | ||||||
16 | (1) Independently: By filing a petition for a human | ||||||
17 | trafficking order
of protection in any civil court, unless | ||||||
18 | specific courts are designated by local rule or order.
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19 | (2) In conjunction with another civil proceeding: By
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20 | filing a petition for a human trafficking order of | ||||||
21 | protection under the same case number as another civil | ||||||
22 | proceeding involving the parties. | ||||||
23 | (3) In conjunction with a delinquency petition or a
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24 | criminal prosecution. |
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1 | (a-5) When a petition for an emergency human trafficking | ||||||
2 | order of protection is filed, the petition shall not be | ||||||
3 | publicly available until the petition is served on the | ||||||
4 | respondent. | ||||||
5 | (b) Filing, certification, and service fees. No fee shall | ||||||
6 | be charged by the clerk for filing, amending, vacating, | ||||||
7 | certifying, or photocopying petitions or orders; or for | ||||||
8 | issuing alias summons; or for any related filing service. No | ||||||
9 | fee shall be charged by the sheriff for service by the sheriff | ||||||
10 | of a petition, rule, motion, or order in an action commenced | ||||||
11 | under this Section. | ||||||
12 | (c) Dismissal and consolidation. Withdrawal or dismissal | ||||||
13 | of any petition for a human trafficking order of protection | ||||||
14 | prior to adjudication where the petitioner is represented by | ||||||
15 | the State shall operate as a dismissal without prejudice. No | ||||||
16 | action for a human trafficking order of protection shall be | ||||||
17 | dismissed because the respondent is being prosecuted for a | ||||||
18 | crime against the petitioner. An independent action may be | ||||||
19 | consolidated with another civil proceeding, as provided by | ||||||
20 | paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this Section. | ||||||
21 | For any action commenced under paragraph (2) or (3) of | ||||||
22 | subsection (a) of this Section, dismissal of the conjoined | ||||||
23 | case (or a finding of not guilty) shall not require dismissal | ||||||
24 | of the action for the human trafficking order of protection; | ||||||
25 | instead, it may be treated as an independent action and, if | ||||||
26 | necessary and appropriate, transferred to a different court or |
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1 | division. Dismissal of any conjoined case shall not affect the | ||||||
2 | validity of any previously issued a human trafficking order of | ||||||
3 | protection. | ||||||
4 | (d) Pro se petitions. The court shall provide, through the | ||||||
5 | office of the clerk of the court, simplified forms and | ||||||
6 | clerical assistance to help with the writing and filing of a | ||||||
7 | petition under this Section by any person not represented by | ||||||
8 | counsel. In addition, that assistance may be provided by the | ||||||
9 | State's Attorney. | ||||||
10 | (e) As provided in this subsection, the Director of the | ||||||
11 | Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, with the | ||||||
12 | approval of the administrative board of the courts, may adopt | ||||||
13 | rules to establish and implement a pilot program to allow the | ||||||
14 | electronic filing of petitions for temporary orders of | ||||||
15 | protection and the issuance of such orders by audio-visual | ||||||
16 | means to accommodate litigants for whom attendance in court to | ||||||
17 | file for and obtain emergency relief would constitute an undue | ||||||
18 | hardship or would constitute a risk of harm to the litigant.
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19 | used in this subsection: | ||||||
20 | "Electronic means" means any method of
transmission of | ||||||
21 | information between computers or other machines designed | ||||||
22 | for the purpose of sending or receiving electronic | ||||||
23 | transmission and that allows for the recipient of | ||||||
24 | information to reproduce the information received in a | ||||||
25 | tangible medium of expression. | ||||||
26 | "Independent audio-visual system" means
an electronic |
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1 | system for the transmission and receiving of audio and | ||||||
2 | visual signals, including those with the means to preclude | ||||||
3 | the unauthorized reception and decoding of the signals by | ||||||
4 | commercially available television receivers, channel | ||||||
5 | converters, or other available receiving devices.
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6 | "Electronic appearance" means an
appearance in which | ||||||
7 | one or more of the parties are not present in the court, | ||||||
8 | but in which, by means of an independent audio-visual | ||||||
9 | system, all of the participants are simultaneously able to | ||||||
10 | see and hear reproductions of the voices and images of the | ||||||
11 | judge, counsel, parties, witnesses, and any other | ||||||
12 | participants.
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13 | Section 20. Application of rules of civil procedure. | ||||||
14 | (a) Rules of civil procedure applicable. Any proceeding to | ||||||
15 | obtain, modify, reopen, or appeal a human trafficking order of | ||||||
16 | protection, whether commenced alone or in conjunction with a | ||||||
17 | civil or criminal proceeding, shall be governed by the rules | ||||||
18 | of civil procedure of this State. The standard of proof in such | ||||||
19 | a proceeding is proof by a preponderance of the evidence, | ||||||
20 | whether the proceeding is heard in criminal or civil court. | ||||||
21 | The Code of Civil Procedure and Supreme Court and local court | ||||||
22 | rules applicable to civil proceedings shall apply, except as | ||||||
23 | otherwise provided by this law. | ||||||
24 | (b) Trial by jury. There shall be no right to trial by jury | ||||||
25 | in any proceeding to obtain, modify, vacate or extend any |
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1 | human trafficking order of protection under this Act. However, | ||||||
2 | nothing in this Section shall deny any existing right to trial | ||||||
3 | by jury in a criminal proceeding. | ||||||
4 | (c) Venue; filing. A petition for a human trafficking | ||||||
5 | order of protection may be filed in any county where: (i) the | ||||||
6 | petitioner resides, (ii) respondent resides, or (iii) the | ||||||
7 | alleged human trafficking occurred. | ||||||
8 | (d) Objection. Objection to venue is waived if not made | ||||||
9 | within such time as respondent's response is due, except as | ||||||
10 | otherwise provided in this Section. In no event shall venue be | ||||||
11 | deemed jurisdictional. | ||||||
12 | (e)
Process; summons. Any action for a human trafficking | ||||||
13 | of protection, whether commenced alone or in conjunction with | ||||||
14 | another proceeding, is a distinct cause of action and requires | ||||||
15 | that a separate summons be issued and served, except that in | ||||||
16 | pending cases the following methods may be used: | ||||||
17 | (1) by delivery of the summons to respondent
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18 | personally in open court in pending civil or criminal | ||||||
19 | cases; or | ||||||
20 | (2) by notice in
civil cases in which the defendant | ||||||
21 | has filed a general appearance. | ||||||
22 | The summons shall be in the form prescribed by Supreme | ||||||
23 | Court Rule 101(d), except that it shall require respondent to | ||||||
24 | answer or appear within 7 days. Attachments to the summons or | ||||||
25 | notice shall include the petition for the human trafficking | ||||||
26 | order of protection and supporting affidavits, if any, and any |
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1 | emergency human trafficking of protection that has been | ||||||
2 | issued. The enforcement of a human trafficking order of | ||||||
3 | protection shall not be affected by the lack of service, | ||||||
4 | delivery, or notice.
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5 | Section 25. Remedies. The court may provide relief as | ||||||
6 | follows: | ||||||
7 | (1) prohibit the respondent from knowingly coming
within, | ||||||
8 | or knowingly remaining within, a specified distance from the | ||||||
9 | petitioner; | ||||||
10 | (2) restrain the respondent from having any contact,
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11 | including nonphysical contact, with the petitioner directly, | ||||||
12 | indirectly, or through third parties, regardless of whether | ||||||
13 | those third parties know of the order; | ||||||
14 | (3) prohibit the respondent from knowingly coming
within, | ||||||
15 | or knowingly remaining within, a specified distance from the | ||||||
16 | petitioner's residence, school, day care or other specified | ||||||
17 | location; | ||||||
18 | (4) order the respondent to stay away from any
property or | ||||||
19 | animal owned, possessed, leased, kept, or held by the | ||||||
20 | petitioner and forbid the respondent from taking, | ||||||
21 | transferring, encumbering, concealing, harming, or otherwise | ||||||
22 | disposing of the property or animal; and | ||||||
23 | (5) order any other injunctive relief as necessary or
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24 | appropriate for the protection of the petitioner.
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