100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5817

 

Introduced , by Rep. Natalie A. Manley

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/3-6  from Ch. 38, par. 3-6
720 ILCS 5/12-34

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that when the victim is under 18 years of age at the time of the offense, a prosecution for female genital mutilation may be commenced at any time. Provides that a parent, guardian, or other person having physical custody or control of a child who knowingly facilitates or permits the circumcision, excision, or infibulation, in whole or in part, of the labia majora, labia minora, or clitoris of the child commits female genital mutilation. Provides that a violation is a Class X felony.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Sections 3-6 and 12-34 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/3-6)  (from Ch. 38, par. 3-6)
7    Sec. 3-6. Extended limitations. The period within which a
8prosecution must be commenced under the provisions of Section
93-5 or other applicable statute is extended under the following
10conditions:
11    (a) A prosecution for theft involving a breach of a
12fiduciary obligation to the aggrieved person may be commenced
13as follows:
14        (1) If the aggrieved person is a minor or a person
15    under legal disability, then during the minority or legal
16    disability or within one year after the termination
17    thereof.
18        (2) In any other instance, within one year after the
19    discovery of the offense by an aggrieved person, or by a
20    person who has legal capacity to represent an aggrieved
21    person or has a legal duty to report the offense, and is
22    not himself or herself a party to the offense; or in the
23    absence of such discovery, within one year after the proper

 

 

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1    prosecuting officer becomes aware of the offense. However,
2    in no such case is the period of limitation so extended
3    more than 3 years beyond the expiration of the period
4    otherwise applicable.
5    (b) A prosecution for any offense based upon misconduct in
6office by a public officer or employee may be commenced within
7one year after discovery of the offense by a person having a
8legal duty to report such offense, or in the absence of such
9discovery, within one year after the proper prosecuting officer
10becomes aware of the offense. However, in no such case is the
11period of limitation so extended more than 3 years beyond the
12expiration of the period otherwise applicable.
13    (b-5) When the victim is under 18 years of age at the time
14of the offense, a prosecution for involuntary servitude,
15involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in
16persons and related offenses under Section 10-9 of this Code
17may be commenced within 25 years of the victim attaining the
18age of 18 years.
19    (b-6) When the victim is under 18 years of age at the time
20of the offense, a prosecution for female genital mutilation may
21be commenced at any time.
22    (c) (Blank).
23    (d) A prosecution for child pornography, aggravated child
24pornography, indecent solicitation of a child, soliciting for a
25juvenile prostitute, juvenile pimping, exploitation of a
26child, or promoting juvenile prostitution except for keeping a

 

 

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1place of juvenile prostitution may be commenced within one year
2of the victim attaining the age of 18 years. However, in no
3such case shall the time period for prosecution expire sooner
4than 3 years after the commission of the offense.
5    (e) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (j), a
6prosecution for any offense involving sexual conduct or sexual
7penetration, as defined in Section 11-0.1 of this Code, where
8the defendant was within a professional or fiduciary
9relationship or a purported professional or fiduciary
10relationship with the victim at the time of the commission of
11the offense may be commenced within one year after the
12discovery of the offense by the victim.
13    (f) A prosecution for any offense set forth in Section 44
14of the "Environmental Protection Act", approved June 29, 1970,
15as amended, may be commenced within 5 years after the discovery
16of such an offense by a person or agency having the legal duty
17to report the offense or in the absence of such discovery,
18within 5 years after the proper prosecuting officer becomes
19aware of the offense.
20    (f-5) A prosecution for any offense set forth in Section
2116-30 of this Code may be commenced within 5 years after the
22discovery of the offense by the victim of that offense.
23    (g) (Blank).
24    (h) (Blank).
25    (i) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (j), a
26prosecution for criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal

 

 

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1sexual assault, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse may be
2commenced within 10 years of the commission of the offense if
3the victim reported the offense to law enforcement authorities
4within 3 years after the commission of the offense.
5    Nothing in this subdivision (i) shall be construed to
6shorten a period within which a prosecution must be commenced
7under any other provision of this Section.
8    (i-5) A prosecution for armed robbery, home invasion,
9kidnapping, or aggravated kidnaping may be commenced within 10
10years of the commission of the offense if it arises out of the
11same course of conduct and meets the criteria under one of the
12offenses in subsection (i) of this Section.
13    (j) (1) When the victim is under 18 years of age at the
14time of the offense, a prosecution for criminal sexual assault,
15aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual
16assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, or felony
17criminal sexual abuse, or female genital mutilation may be
18commenced at any time.
19    (2) When in circumstances other than as described in
20paragraph (1) of this subsection (j), when When the victim is
21under 18 years of age at the time of the offense, a prosecution
22for failure of a person who is required to report an alleged or
23suspected commission of criminal sexual assault, aggravated
24criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a
25child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, or felony criminal
26sexual abuse under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act

 

 

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1may be commenced within 20 years after the child victim attains
218 years of age.
3    (3) When the victim is under 18 years of age at the time of
4the offense, a prosecution for misdemeanor criminal sexual
5abuse may be commenced within 10 years after the child victim
6attains 18 years of age.
7    (4) Nothing in this subdivision (j) shall be construed to
8shorten a period within which a prosecution must be commenced
9under any other provision of this Section.
10    (j-5) A prosecution for armed robbery, home invasion,
11kidnapping, or aggravated kidnaping may be commenced at any
12time if it arises out of the same course of conduct and meets
13the criteria under one of the offenses in subsection (j) of
14this Section.
15    (k) (Blank).
16    (l) A prosecution for any offense set forth in Section 26-4
17of this Code may be commenced within one year after the
18discovery of the offense by the victim of that offense.
19    (m) The prosecution shall not be required to prove at trial
20facts which extend the general limitations in Section 3-5 of
21this Code when the facts supporting extension of the period of
22general limitations are properly pled in the charging document.
23Any challenge relating to the extension of the general
24limitations period as defined in this Section shall be
25exclusively conducted under Section 114-1 of the Code of
26Criminal Procedure of 1963.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 99-234, eff. 8-3-15; 99-820, eff. 8-15-16;
2100-80, eff. 8-11-17; 100-318, eff. 8-24-17; 100-434, eff.
31-1-18; revised 10-5-17.)
 
4    (720 ILCS 5/12-34)
5    Sec. 12-34. Female genital mutilation.
6    (a) Except as otherwise permitted in subsection (b),
7whoever knowingly circumcises, excises, or infibulates, in
8whole or in part, the labia majora, labia minora, or clitoris
9of another commits female genital mutilation. Consent to the
10procedure by a minor on whom it is performed or by the minor's
11parent or guardian is not a defense to a violation of this
12Section.
13    (a-5) A parent, guardian, or other person having physical
14custody or control of a child who knowingly facilitates or
15permits the circumcision, excision, or infibulation, in whole
16or in part, of the labia majora, labia minora, or clitoris of
17the child commits female genital mutilation.
18    (b) A surgical procedure is not a violation of subsection
19(a) if the procedure is performed by a physician licensed to
20practice medicine in all its branches and:
21        (1) is necessary to the health of the person on whom it
22    is performed; or
23        (2) is performed on a person who is in labor or who has
24    just given birth and is performed for medical purposes
25    connected with that labor or birth.

 

 

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1    (c) Sentence. Female genital mutilation is a Class X
2felony.
3(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)