101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2437

 

Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers - LaToya Greenwood

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 5/112A-3  from Ch. 38, par. 112A-3
750 ILCS 60/103  from Ch. 40, par. 2311-3

    Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 and the Protective Orders Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Includes economic or financial abuse in the definition of "abuse". Defines "economic or financial abuse" as controlling a person's access to economic or financial resources in a way that forces him or her to depend on the person controlling the economic or financial resources.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning domestic violence.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5amended by changing Section 112A-3 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 5/112A-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 112A-3)
7    Sec. 112A-3. Definitions.
8    (a) In this Article:
9    "Advocate" means a person whose communications with the
10victim are privileged under Section 8-802.1 or 8-802.2 of the
11Code of Civil Procedure or Section 227 of the Illinois Domestic
12Violence Act of 1986.
13    "Named victim" means the person named as the victim in the
14delinquency petition or criminal prosecution.
15    "Protective order" means a domestic violence order of
16protection, a civil no contact order, or a stalking no contact
17order.
18    (b) For the purposes of domestic violence cases, the
19following terms shall have the following meanings in this
20Article:
21        (1) "Abuse" means physical abuse, economic or
22    financial abuse, harassment, intimidation of a dependent,
23    interference with personal liberty or willful deprivation

 

 

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1    but does not include reasonable direction of a minor child
2    by a parent or person in loco parentis.
3        (2) "Domestic violence" means abuse as described in
4    paragraph (1) of this subsection (b).
5    (2.5) "Economic or financial abuse" has the meaning
6provided in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act
7of 1986.
8        (3) "Family or household members" include spouses,
9    former spouses, parents, children, stepchildren, and other
10    persons related by blood or by present or prior marriage,
11    persons who share or formerly shared a common dwelling,
12    persons who have or allegedly have a child in common,
13    persons who share or allegedly share a blood relationship
14    through a child, persons who have or have had a dating or
15    engagement relationship, persons with disabilities and
16    their personal assistants, and caregivers as defined in
17    subsection (e) of Section 12-4.4a of the Criminal Code of
18    2012. For purposes of this paragraph (3), neither a casual
19    acquaintanceship nor ordinary fraternization between 2
20    individuals in business or social contexts shall be deemed
21    to constitute a dating relationship.
22        (4) "Harassment" means knowing conduct which is not
23    necessary to accomplish a purpose which is reasonable under
24    the circumstances; would cause a reasonable person
25    emotional distress; and does cause emotional distress to
26    the petitioner. Unless the presumption is rebutted by a

 

 

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1    preponderance of the evidence, the following types of
2    conduct shall be presumed to cause emotional distress:
3            (i) creating a disturbance at petitioner's place
4        of employment or school;
5            (ii) repeatedly telephoning petitioner's place of
6        employment, home or residence;
7            (iii) repeatedly following petitioner about in a
8        public place or places;
9            (iv) repeatedly keeping petitioner under
10        surveillance by remaining present outside his or her
11        home, school, place of employment, vehicle or other
12        place occupied by petitioner or by peering in
13        petitioner's windows;
14            (v) improperly concealing a minor child from
15        petitioner, repeatedly threatening to improperly
16        remove a minor child of petitioner's from the
17        jurisdiction or from the physical care of petitioner,
18        repeatedly threatening to conceal a minor child from
19        petitioner, or making a single such threat following an
20        actual or attempted improper removal or concealment,
21        unless respondent was fleeing from an incident or
22        pattern of domestic violence; or
23            (vi) threatening physical force, confinement or
24        restraint on one or more occasions.
25        (5) "Interference with personal liberty" means
26    committing or threatening physical abuse, harassment,

 

 

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1    intimidation or willful deprivation so as to compel another
2    to engage in conduct from which she or he has a right to
3    abstain or to refrain from conduct in which she or he has a
4    right to engage.
5        (6) "Intimidation of a dependent" means subjecting a
6    person who is dependent because of age, health, or
7    disability to participation in or the witnessing of:
8    physical force against another or physical confinement or
9    restraint of another which constitutes physical abuse as
10    defined in this Article, regardless of whether the abused
11    person is a family or household member.
12        (7) "Order of protection" or "domestic violence order
13    of protection" means an ex parte or final order, granted
14    pursuant to this Article, which includes any or all of the
15    remedies authorized by Section 112A-14 of this Code.
16        (8) "Petitioner" may mean not only any named petitioner
17    for the domestic violence order of protection and any named
18    victim of abuse on whose behalf the petition is brought,
19    but also any other person protected by this Article.
20        (9) "Physical abuse" includes sexual abuse and means
21    any of the following:
22            (i) knowing or reckless use of physical force,
23        confinement or restraint;
24            (ii) knowing, repeated and unnecessary sleep
25        deprivation; or
26            (iii) knowing or reckless conduct which creates an

 

 

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1        immediate risk of physical harm.
2        (9.3) "Respondent" in a petition for a domestic
3    violence order of protection means the defendant.
4        (9.5) "Stay away" means for the respondent to refrain
5    from both physical presence and nonphysical contact with
6    the petitioner whether direct, indirect (including, but
7    not limited to, telephone calls, mail, email, faxes, and
8    written notes), or through third parties who may or may not
9    know about the domestic violence order of protection.
10        (10) "Willful deprivation" means wilfully denying a
11    person who because of age, health or disability requires
12    medication, medical care, shelter, accessible shelter or
13    services, food, therapeutic device, or other physical
14    assistance, and thereby exposing that person to the risk of
15    physical, mental or emotional harm, except with regard to
16    medical care and treatment when such dependent person has
17    expressed the intent to forgo such medical care or
18    treatment. This paragraph (10) does not create any new
19    affirmative duty to provide support to dependent persons.
20    (c) For the purposes of cases involving sexual offenses,
21the following terms shall have the following meanings in this
22Article:
23        (1) "Civil no contact order" means an ex parte or final
24    order granted under this Article, which includes a remedy
25    authorized by Section 112A-14.5 of this Code.
26        (2) "Family or household members" include spouses,

 

 

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1    parents, children, stepchildren, and persons who share a
2    common dwelling.
3        (3) "Non-consensual" means a lack of freely given
4    agreement.
5        (4) "Petitioner" means not only any named petitioner
6    for the civil no contact order and any named victim of
7    non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual
8    penetration on whose behalf the petition is brought, but
9    includes any other person sought to be protected under this
10    Article.
11        (5) "Respondent" in a petition for a civil no contact
12    order means the defendant.
13        (6) "Sexual conduct" means any intentional or knowing
14    touching or fondling by the petitioner or the respondent,
15    either directly or through clothing, of the sex organs,
16    anus, or breast of the petitioner or the respondent, or any
17    part of the body of a child under 13 years of age, or any
18    transfer or transmission of semen by the respondent upon
19    any part of the clothed or unclothed body of the
20    petitioner, for the purpose of sexual gratification or
21    arousal of the petitioner or the respondent.
22        (7) "Sexual penetration" means any contact, however
23    slight, between the sex organ or anus of one person by an
24    object, the sex organ, mouth or anus of another person, or
25    any intrusion, however slight, of any part of the body of
26    one person or of any animal or object into the sex organ or

 

 

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1    anus of another person, including, but not limited to,
2    cunnilingus, fellatio, or anal penetration. Evidence of
3    emission of semen is not required to prove sexual
4    penetration.
5        (8) "Stay away" means to refrain from both physical
6    presence and nonphysical contact with the petitioner
7    directly, indirectly, or through third parties who may or
8    may not know of the order. "Nonphysical contact" includes,
9    but is not limited to, telephone calls, mail, e-mail, fax,
10    and written notes.
11    (d) For the purposes of cases involving stalking offenses,
12the following terms shall have the following meanings in this
13Article:
14        (1) "Course of conduct" means 2 or more acts,
15    including, but not limited to, acts in which a respondent
16    directly, indirectly, or through third parties, by any
17    action, method, device, or means follows, monitors,
18    observes, surveils, threatens, or communicates to or
19    about, a person, engages in other contact, or interferes
20    with or damages a person's property or pet. A course of
21    conduct may include contact via electronic communications.
22    The incarceration of a person in a penal institution who
23    commits the course of conduct is not a bar to prosecution.
24        (2) "Emotional distress" means significant mental
25    suffering, anxiety, or alarm.
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1    that is initiated or continued without the victim's
2    consent, or that is in disregard of the victim's expressed
3    desire that the contact be avoided or discontinued,
4    including, but not limited to, being in the physical
5    presence of the victim; appearing within the sight of the
6    victim; approaching or confronting the victim in a public
7    place or on private property; appearing at the workplace or
8    residence of the victim; entering onto or remaining on
9    property owned, leased, or occupied by the victim; or
10    placing an object on, or delivering an object to, property
11    owned, leased, or occupied by the victim.
12        (4) "Petitioner" means any named petitioner for the
13    stalking no contact order or any named victim of stalking
14    on whose behalf the petition is brought.
15        (5) "Reasonable person" means a person in the
16    petitioner's circumstances with the petitioner's knowledge
17    of the respondent and the respondent's prior acts.
18        (6) "Respondent" in a petition for a civil no contact
19    order means the defendant.
20        (7) "Stalking" means engaging in a course of conduct
21    directed at a specific person, and he or she knows or
22    should know that this course of conduct would cause a
23    reasonable person to fear for his or her safety or the
24    safety of a third person or suffer emotional distress.
25    "Stalking" does not include an exercise of the right to
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1    picketing occurring at the workplace that is otherwise
2    lawful and arises out of a bona fide labor dispute,
3    including any controversy concerning wages, salaries,
4    hours, working conditions or benefits, including health
5    and welfare, sick leave, insurance, and pension or
6    retirement provisions, the making or maintaining of
7    collective bargaining agreements, and the terms to be
8    included in those agreements.
9        (8) "Stalking no contact order" means an ex parte or
10    final order granted under this Article, which includes a
11    remedy authorized by Section 112A-14.7 of this Code.
12(Source: P.A. 100-199, eff. 1-1-18; 100-597, eff. 6-29-18.)
 
13    Section 10. The Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 is
14amended by changing Section 103 as follows:
 
15    (750 ILCS 60/103)  (from Ch. 40, par. 2311-3)
16    Sec. 103. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, the
17following terms shall have the following meanings:
18    (1) "Abuse" means physical abuse, economic or financial
19abuse, harassment, intimidation of a dependent, interference
20with personal liberty or willful deprivation but does not
21include reasonable direction of a minor child by a parent or
22person in loco parentis.
23    (2) "Adult with disabilities" means an elder adult with
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1may be an adult with disabilities for purposes of this Act even
2though he or she has never been adjudicated an incompetent
3adult. However, no court proceeding may be initiated or
4continued on behalf of an adult with disabilities over that
5adult's objection, unless such proceeding is approved by his or
6her legal guardian, if any.
7    (3) "Domestic violence" means abuse as defined in paragraph
8(1).
9    (3.5) "Economic or financial abuse" means controlling a
10person's access to economic or financial resources in a way
11that forces him or her to depend on the person controlling the
12economic or financial resources. "Economic or financial abuse"
13includes, but is not limited to: forbidding a person to work;
14sabotaging work or employment opportunities, including
15stalking a person at his or her work place or causing the
16person to lose his or her job by physically abusing him or her
17prior to important meetings or interviews; forbidding the
18person from attending job training or advancement
19opportunities; controlling how all money is spent; not
20including the person in investment or banking decisions; not
21allowing the person access to bank accounts; withholding money
22or giving an allowance to the person; forcing the person to
23write bad checks or file fraudulent tax returns; running up
24large amounts of debt on joint accounts; refusing to work or
25contribute to shared income; withholding funds for the person
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1hiding assets; stealing the person's identity, property, or
2inheritance; forcing the person to work in a family or shared
3business without pay; refusing to pay bills; ruining the
4person's credit score; forcing the person to turn over public
5benefits or threatening to accuse the person of misusing
6benefits; filing false insurance claims; refusing to pay or
7evading child support, and manipulating dissolution of
8marriage proceedings by hiding or not disclosing assets.
9    (4) "Elder adult with disabilities" means an adult
10prevented by advanced age from taking appropriate action to
11protect himself or herself from abuse by a family or household
12member.
13    (5) "Exploitation" means the illegal, including tortious,
14use of a high-risk adult with disabilities or of the assets or
15resources of a high-risk adult with disabilities. Exploitation
16includes, but is not limited to, the misappropriation of assets
17or resources of a high-risk adult with disabilities by undue
18influence, by breach of a fiduciary relationship, by fraud,
19deception, or extortion, or the use of such assets or resources
20in a manner contrary to law.
21    (6) "Family or household members" include spouses, former
22spouses, parents, children, stepchildren and other persons
23related by blood or by present or prior marriage, persons who
24share or formerly shared a common dwelling, persons who have or
25allegedly have a child in common, persons who share or
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1who have or have had a dating or engagement relationship,
2persons with disabilities and their personal assistants, and
3caregivers as defined in Section 12-4.4a of the Criminal Code
4of 2012. For purposes of this paragraph, neither a casual
5acquaintanceship nor ordinary fraternization between 2
6individuals in business or social contexts shall be deemed to
7constitute a dating relationship. In the case of a high-risk
8adult with disabilities, "family or household members"
9includes any person who has the responsibility for a high-risk
10adult as a result of a family relationship or who has assumed
11responsibility for all or a portion of the care of a high-risk
12adult with disabilities voluntarily, or by express or implied
13contract, or by court order.
14    (7) "Harassment" means knowing conduct which is not
15necessary to accomplish a purpose that is reasonable under the
16circumstances; would cause a reasonable person emotional
17distress; and does cause emotional distress to the petitioner.
18Unless the presumption is rebutted by a preponderance of the
19evidence, the following types of conduct shall be presumed to
20cause emotional distress:
21        (i) creating a disturbance at petitioner's place of
22    employment or school;
23        (ii) repeatedly telephoning petitioner's place of
24    employment, home or residence;
25        (iii) repeatedly following petitioner about in a
26    public place or places;

 

 

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1        (iv) repeatedly keeping petitioner under surveillance
2    by remaining present outside his or her home, school, place
3    of employment, vehicle or other place occupied by
4    petitioner or by peering in petitioner's windows;
5        (v) improperly concealing a minor child from
6    petitioner, repeatedly threatening to improperly remove a
7    minor child of petitioner's from the jurisdiction or from
8    the physical care of petitioner, repeatedly threatening to
9    conceal a minor child from petitioner, or making a single
10    such threat following an actual or attempted improper
11    removal or concealment, unless respondent was fleeing an
12    incident or pattern of domestic violence; or
13        (vi) threatening physical force, confinement or
14    restraint on one or more occasions.
15    (8) "High-risk adult with disabilities" means a person aged
1618 or over whose physical or mental disability impairs his or
17her ability to seek or obtain protection from abuse, neglect,
18or exploitation.
19    (9) "Interference with personal liberty" means committing
20or threatening physical abuse, harassment, intimidation or
21willful deprivation so as to compel another to engage in
22conduct from which she or he has a right to abstain or to
23refrain from conduct in which she or he has a right to engage.
24    (10) "Intimidation of a dependent" means subjecting a
25person who is dependent because of age, health or disability to
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1another or physical confinement or restraint of another which
2constitutes physical abuse as defined in this Act, regardless
3of whether the abused person is a family or household member.
4    (11) (A) "Neglect" means the failure to exercise that
5degree of care toward a high-risk adult with disabilities which
6a reasonable person would exercise under the circumstances and
7includes but is not limited to:
8        (i) the failure to take reasonable steps to protect a
9    high-risk adult with disabilities from acts of abuse;
10        (ii) the repeated, careless imposition of unreasonable
11    confinement;
12        (iii) the failure to provide food, shelter, clothing,
13    and personal hygiene to a high-risk adult with disabilities
14    who requires such assistance;
15        (iv) the failure to provide medical and rehabilitative
16    care for the physical and mental health needs of a
17    high-risk adult with disabilities; or
18        (v) the failure to protect a high-risk adult with
19    disabilities from health and safety hazards.
20    (B) Nothing in this subsection (10) shall be construed to
21impose a requirement that assistance be provided to a high-risk
22adult with disabilities over his or her objection in the
23absence of a court order, nor to create any new affirmative
24duty to provide support to a high-risk adult with disabilities.
25    (12) "Order of protection" means an emergency order,
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1which includes any or all of the remedies authorized by Section
2214 of this Act.
3    (13) "Petitioner" may mean not only any named petitioner
4for the order of protection and any named victim of abuse on
5whose behalf the petition is brought, but also any other person
6protected by this Act.
7    (14) "Physical abuse" includes sexual abuse and means any
8of the following:
9        (i) knowing or reckless use of physical force,
10    confinement or restraint;
11        (ii) knowing, repeated and unnecessary sleep
12    deprivation; or
13        (iii) knowing or reckless conduct which creates an
14    immediate risk of physical harm.
15    (14.5) "Stay away" means for the respondent to refrain from
16both physical presence and nonphysical contact with the
17petitioner whether direct, indirect (including, but not
18limited to, telephone calls, mail, email, faxes, and written
19notes), or through third parties who may or may not know about
20the order of protection.
21    (15) "Willful deprivation" means wilfully denying a person
22who because of age, health or disability requires medication,
23medical care, shelter, accessible shelter or services, food,
24therapeutic device, or other physical assistance, and thereby
25exposing that person to the risk of physical, mental or
26emotional harm, except with regard to medical care or treatment

 

 

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1when the dependent person has expressed an intent to forgo such
2medical care or treatment. This paragraph does not create any
3new affirmative duty to provide support to dependent persons.
4(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)