98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3677

 

Introduced , by Rep. Martin J. Moylan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/12-3.2  from Ch. 38, par. 12-3.2

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person convicted of domestic battery shall serve a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 30 days. Provides that in addition to any sentencing alternatives, for any second or subsequent conviction of domestic battery, the offender shall be mandatorily sentenced to a minimum of 30 days imprisonment (rather than a minimum of 72 consecutive hours of imprisonment). Provides that in addition to any other sentencing alternatives, a defendant who commits, in the presence of a child, a felony domestic battery (enhanced under the domestic battery statute), aggravated domestic battery, aggravated battery, unlawful restraint, or aggravated unlawful restraint against a family or household member shall be required to serve a mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment of 30 days and perform 300 hours of community service (rather than serve a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 days or perform 300 hours of community service, or both).


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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
5Section 12-3.2 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/12-3.2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-3.2)
7    Sec. 12-3.2. Domestic battery.
8    (a) A person commits domestic battery if he or she
9knowingly without legal justification by any means:
10        (1) Causes bodily harm to any family or household
11    member;
12        (2) Makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking
13    nature with any family or household member.
14    (b) Sentence. Domestic battery is a Class A misdemeanor for
15which the offender shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum
16term of imprisonment of 30 days. The imprisonment shall not be
17subject to suspension, nor shall the person be eligible for
18probation in order to reduce the sentence. Domestic battery is
19a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any prior conviction
20under this Code for violation of an order of protection
21(Section 12-3.4 or 12-30), or any prior conviction under the
22law of another jurisdiction for an offense which is
23substantially similar. Domestic battery is a Class 4 felony if

 

 

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1the defendant has any prior conviction under this Code for
2first degree murder (Section 9-1), attempt to commit first
3degree murder (Section 8-4), aggravated domestic battery
4(Section 12-3.3), aggravated battery (Section 12-3.05 or
512-4), heinous battery (Section 12-4.1), aggravated battery
6with a firearm (Section 12-4.2), aggravated battery with a
7machine gun or a firearm equipped with a silencer (Section
812-4.2-5), aggravated battery of a child (Section 12-4.3),
9aggravated battery of an unborn child (subsection (a-5) of
10Section 12-3.1, or Section 12-4.4), aggravated battery of a
11senior citizen (Section 12-4.6), stalking (Section 12-7.3),
12aggravated stalking (Section 12-7.4), criminal sexual assault
13(Section 11-1.20 or 12-13), aggravated criminal sexual assault
14(Section 11-1.30 or 12-14), kidnapping (Section 10-1),
15aggravated kidnapping (Section 10-2), predatory criminal
16sexual assault of a child (Section 11-1.40 or 12-14.1),
17aggravated criminal sexual abuse (Section 11-1.60 or 12-16),
18unlawful restraint (Section 10-3), aggravated unlawful
19restraint (Section 10-3.1), aggravated arson (Section 20-1.1),
20or aggravated discharge of a firearm (Section 24-1.2), or any
21prior conviction under the law of another jurisdiction for any
22offense that is substantially similar to the offenses listed in
23this Section, when any of these offenses have been committed
24against a family or household member. Domestic battery is a
25Class 4 felony if the defendant has one or 2 prior convictions
26under this Code for domestic battery (Section 12-3.2). Domestic

 

 

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1battery is a Class 3 felony if the defendant had 3 prior
2convictions under this Code for domestic battery (Section
312-3.2). Domestic battery is a Class 2 felony if the defendant
4had 4 or more prior convictions under this Code for domestic
5battery (Section 12-3.2). In addition to any other sentencing
6alternatives, for any second or subsequent conviction of
7violating this Section, the offender shall be mandatorily
8sentenced to a minimum of 30 days 72 consecutive hours of
9imprisonment. The imprisonment shall not be subject to
10suspension, nor shall the person be eligible for probation in
11order to reduce the sentence.
12    (c) Domestic battery committed in the presence of a child.
13In addition to any other sentencing alternatives, a defendant
14who commits, in the presence of a child, a felony domestic
15battery (enhanced under subsection (b)), aggravated domestic
16battery (Section 12-3.3), aggravated battery (Section 12-3.05
17or 12-4), unlawful restraint (Section 10-3), or aggravated
18unlawful restraint (Section 10-3.1) against a family or
19household member shall be required to serve a mandatory minimum
20imprisonment of 30 10 days and or perform 300 hours of
21community service, or both. The defendant shall further be
22liable for the cost of any counseling required for the child at
23the discretion of the court in accordance with subsection (b)
24of Section 5-5-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections. For
25purposes of this Section, "child" means a person under 18 years
26of age who is the defendant's or victim's child or step-child

 

 

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1or who is a minor child residing within or visiting the
2household of the defendant or victim.
3    (d) Upon conviction of domestic battery, the court shall
4advise the defendant orally or in writing, substantially as
5follows: "An individual convicted of domestic battery may be
6subject to federal criminal penalties for possessing,
7transporting, shipping, or receiving any firearm or ammunition
8in violation of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C.
9922(g)(8) and (9))." A notation shall be made in the court file
10that the admonition was given.
11(Source: P.A. 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13; 98-187, eff. 1-1-14.)