94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1469

 

Introduced 02/10/05, by Rep. Michelle Chavez

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/Art. 10A heading new
720 ILCS 5/10A-5 new
720 ILCS 5/10A-10 new

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offenses of involuntary servitude, sexual servitude of a minor, and trafficking of persons for forced labor and services. Mandates restitution. Provides that the Attorney General, in cooperation with the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, State's Attorneys, circuit court officials, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Public Aid shall ensure that victims of trafficking or involuntary servitude are referred to appropriate social services, federal and State public benefits programs, victim protection services and immigration assistance services, where applicable. Provides that State's Attorneys shall refer an immigrant victim to the Attorney General for certification that the individual is a victim of trafficking or involuntary servitude so that the individual can qualify for a special immigrant visa and can have access to available federal benefits. Provides that the Attorney General, in consultation with the Department of Human Services, the Department of Public Aid and the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, shall, within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act, determine and issue a report on how existing social services, public aid programs and victim protecting laws and rules respond to the needs of victims of trafficking and involuntary servitude.


LRB094 09450 RLC 39698 b

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB1469 LRB094 09450 RLC 39698 b

1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding
5 Article 10A as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/Art. 10A heading new)
7
ARTICLE 10A.
TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS AND INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE

 
8     (720 ILCS 5/10A-5 new)
9     Sec. 10A-5. Definitions. In this Article:
10     (1) "Intimidation" has the meaning prescribed in Section
11 12-6.
12     (2) "Commercial sexual activity" means any sex act on
13 account of which anything of value is given, promised to, or
14 received by any person.
15     (3) "Financial harm" includes intimidation that brings
16 about financial loss, criminal usury, or employment contracts
17 that violate the Frauds Act.
18     (4) "Forced labor or services" means labor or services that
19 are performed or provided by another person and are obtained or
20 maintained through an actor's:
21         (A) causing or threatening to cause serious harm to any
22     person;
23         (B) physically restraining or threatening to
24     physically restrain another person;
25         (C) abusing or threatening to abuse the law or legal
26     process;
27         (D) knowingly destroying, concealing, removing,
28     confiscating, or possessing any actual or purported
29     passport or other immigration document, or any other actual
30     or purported government identification document, of
31     another person;

 

 

HB1469 - 2 - LRB094 09450 RLC 39698 b

1         (E) blackmail; or
2         (F) causing or threatening to cause financial harm to
3     or exerting financial control over any person.
4     (5) "Labor" means work of economic or financial value.
5     (6) "Maintain" means, in relation to labor or services, to
6 secure continued performance thereof, regardless of any
7 initial agreement on the part of the victim to perform such
8 type of service.
9     (7) "Obtain" means, in relation to labor or services, to
10 secure performance thereof.
11     (8) "Services" means an ongoing relationship between a
12 person and the actor in which the person performs activities
13 under the supervision of or for the benefit of the actor.
14 Commercial sexual activity and sexually-explicit performances
15 are forms of "services" under this Section. Nothing in this
16 provision should be construed to legitimize or legalize
17 prostitution.
18     (9) "Sexually-explicit performance" means a live or public
19 act or show intended to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires or
20 appeal to the prurient interests of patrons.
21     (10) "Trafficking victim" means a person subjected to the
22 practices set forth in subsection (a) of Section 10A-10
23 (involuntary servitude) or subsection (b) of Section 10A-10
24 (sexual servitude of a minor), or transported in violation of
25 subsection (c) of Section 10A-10 (trafficking of persons for
26 forced labor or services).
 
27     (720 ILCS 5/10A-10 new)
28     Sec. 10A-10. Criminal provisions.
29     (a) Servitude. Whoever knowingly subjects, or attempts to
30 subject, another person to forced labor or services shall be
31 punished as follows, subject to subsection (d):
32         (1) by causing or threatening to cause physical harm to
33     any person, is guilty of a Class X felony;
34         (2) by physically restraining or threatening to
35     physically restrain another person, is guilty of a Class 1

 

 

HB1469 - 3 - LRB094 09450 RLC 39698 b

1     felony;
2         (3) by abusing or threatening to abuse the law or legal
3     process, is guilty of a Class 2 felony;
4         (4) by knowingly destroying, concealing, removing,
5     confiscating or possessing any actual or purported
6     passport or other immigration document, or any other actual
7     or purported government identification document, of
8     another person, is guilty of a Class 3 felony;
9         (5) by using intimidation, or using or threatening to
10     cause financial harm to or by exerting financial control
11     over any person, is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
12     (b) Servitude of a minor. Whoever knowingly recruits,
13 entices, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any
14 means, or attempts to recruit, entice, harbor, provide, or
15 obtain by any means, another person under 18 years of age,
16 knowing that the minor will engage in commercial sexual
17 activity, a sexually-explicit performance, or the production
18 of pornography, or causes or attempts to cause a minor to
19 engage in commercial sexual activity, a sexually-explicit
20 performance, or the production of pornography, shall be
21 punished as follows, subject to the provisions of subsection
22 (d):
23         (1) In cases involving a minor between the ages of 17
24     and 18 years, not involving overt force or threat, the
25     defendant is guilty of a Class 1 felony.
26         (2) In cases in which the minor had not attained the
27     age of 17 years, not involving overt force or threat, the
28     defendant is guilty of a Class X felony.
29         (3) In cases in which the violation involved overt
30     force or threat, the defendant is guilty of a Class X
31     felony.
32     (c) Trafficking of persons for forced labor or services.
33 Whoever knowingly: (1) recruits, entices, harbors, transports,
34 provides, or obtains by any means, or attempts to recruit,
35 entice, harbor, transport, provide, or obtain by any means,
36 another person, intending or knowing that the person will be

 

 

HB1469 - 4 - LRB094 09450 RLC 39698 b

1 subjected to forced labor or services; or (2) benefits,
2 financially or by receiving anything of value, from
3 participation in a venture which has engaged in an act
4 described in violation of paragraphs (a) or (b) of this
5 Section, subject to the provisions of subsection (d), is guilty
6 of a Class 1 felony.
7     (d) Sentencing enhancements.
8         (1) Statutory maximum; sexual assault, extreme
9     violence, and death. If the violation of this Article
10     involves kidnaping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated
11     criminal sexual assault or the attempt to commit aggravated
12     criminal sexual assault, or an attempt to commit first
13     degree murder, the defendant is guilty of a Class X felony,
14     or if death results, may be sentenced as provided for first
15     degree murder.
16         (2) Sentencing considerations within statutory
17     maximums.
18             (A) Bodily injury. If, pursuant to a violation of
19         this Article, a victim suffered bodily injury, the
20         defendant may be sentenced to an extended term sentence
21         under Section 5-8-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
22         The sentencing court must take into account the time in
23         which the victim was held in servitude, with increased
24         penalties for cases in which the victim was held for
25         between 180 days and one year, and increased penalties
26         for cases in which the victim was held for more than
27         one year.
28             (B) Number of victims. In determining sentences
29         within statutory maximums, the sentencing court should
30         take into account the number of victims, and may
31         provide for substantially-increased sentences in cases
32         involving more than 10 victims.
33     (e) Restitution. Restitution is mandatory under this
34 Article. In addition to any other amount of loss identified,
35 the court shall order restitution including the greater of (1)
36 the gross income or value to the defendant of the victim's

 

 

HB1469 - 5 - LRB094 09450 RLC 39698 b

1 labor or services or (2) the value of the victim's labor as
2 guaranteed under the Minimum Wage Law and overtime provisions
3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
4     (f) Trafficking victim protection
5         (1) The Attorney General, in cooperation with the
6     Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, State's
7     Attorneys, circuit court officials, the Department of
8     Human Services, and the Department of Public Aid shall
9     ensure that victims of trafficking or involuntary
10     servitude are referred to appropriate social services,
11     federal and State public benefits programs, victim
12     protection services and immigration assistance services,
13     where applicable.
14         (2) State's Attorneys shall refer an immigrant victim
15     to the Attorney General for certification that the
16     individual is a victim of trafficking or involuntary
17     servitude so that the individual can qualify for a special
18     immigrant visa and can have access to available federal
19     benefits.
20         (3) The Attorney General, in consultation with the
21     Department of Human Services, the Department of Public Aid
22     and the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts,
23     shall, within 6 months after the effective date of this
24     amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, determine and
25     issue a report on how existing social services, public aid
26     programs, and victim protecting laws and rules respond to
27     the needs of victims of trafficking and involuntary
28     servitude. The report shall identify areas where improved
29     services and coordination are needed and make
30     recommendations for modifications and improvements.