102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4210

 

Introduced 1/5/2022, by Rep. Daniel Didech

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
750 ILCS 60/103  from Ch. 40, par. 2311-3

    Amends the Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Includes coercive control in the definition of "abuse". Defines "coercive control" as a pattern of behavior that in purpose or effect unreasonably interferes with a person's free will and personal liberty, including, but not limited to, unreasonably engaging in any of the following: (i) isolating the other party from friends, relatives, or other sources of support; (ii) depriving the other party of basic necessities; (iii) controlling, regulating, or monitoring the other party's movements, communications, daily behavior, finances, economic resources, or access to services; or (iv) compelling the other party by force, threat of force, or intimidation, including threats based on actual or suspected immigration status, to engage in conduct from which the other party has a right to abstain, or to abstain from conduct in which the other party has a right to engage.


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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 Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 is
5amended by changing Section 103 as follows:
 
6    (750 ILCS 60/103)  (from Ch. 40, par. 2311-3)
7    Sec. 103. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, the
8following terms shall have the following meanings:
9    (1) "Abuse" means physical abuse, harassment, intimidation
10of a dependent, coercive control, interference with personal
11liberty, or willful deprivation but does not include
12reasonable direction of a minor child by a parent or person in
13loco parentis.
14    (2) "Adult with disabilities" means an elder adult with
15disabilities or a high-risk adult with disabilities. A person
16may be an adult with disabilities for purposes of this Act even
17though he or she has never been adjudicated an incompetent
18adult. However, no court proceeding may be initiated or
19continued on behalf of an adult with disabilities over that
20adult's objection, unless such proceeding is approved by his
21or her legal guardian, if any.
22    (2.5) "Coercive control" means a pattern of behavior that
23in purpose or effect unreasonably interferes with a person's

 

 

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1free will and personal liberty. "Coercive control" includes,
2but is not limited to, unreasonably engaging in any of the
3following:
4        (i) isolating the other party from friends, relatives,
5    or other sources of support;
6        (ii) depriving the other party of basic necessities;
7        (iii) controlling, regulating, or monitoring the other
8    party's movements, communications, daily behavior,
9    finances, economic resources, or access to services; or
10        (iv) compelling the other party by force, threat of
11    force, or intimidation, including threats based on actual
12    or suspected immigration status, to engage in conduct from
13    which the other party has a right to abstain, or to abstain
14    from conduct in which the other party has a right to
15    engage.
16    (3) "Domestic violence" means abuse as defined in
17paragraph (1).
18    (4) "Elder adult with disabilities" means an adult
19prevented by advanced age from taking appropriate action to
20protect himself or herself from abuse by a family or household
21member.
22    (5) "Exploitation" means the illegal, including tortious,
23use of a high-risk adult with disabilities or of the assets or
24resources of a high-risk adult with disabilities.
25"Exploitation" includes, but is not limited to, the
26misappropriation of assets or resources of a high-risk adult

 

 

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1with disabilities by undue influence, by breach of a fiduciary
2relationship, by fraud, deception, or extortion, or the use of
3such assets or resources in a manner contrary to law.
4    (6) "Family or household members" include spouses, former
5spouses, parents, children, stepchildren, and other persons
6related by blood or by present or prior marriage, persons who
7share or formerly shared a common dwelling, persons who have
8or allegedly have a child in common, persons who share or
9allegedly share a blood relationship through a child, persons
10who have or have had a dating or engagement relationship,
11persons with disabilities and their personal assistants, and
12caregivers as defined in Section 12-4.4a of the Criminal Code
13of 2012. For purposes of this paragraph, neither a casual
14acquaintanceship nor ordinary fraternization between 2
15individuals in business or social contexts shall be deemed to
16constitute a dating relationship. In the case of a high-risk
17adult with disabilities, "family or household members"
18includes any person who has the responsibility for a high-risk
19adult as a result of a family relationship or who has assumed
20responsibility for all or a portion of the care of a high-risk
21adult with disabilities voluntarily, or by express or implied
22contract, or by court order.
23    (7) "Harassment" means knowing conduct which is not
24necessary to accomplish a purpose that is reasonable under the
25circumstances; would cause a reasonable person emotional
26distress; and does cause emotional distress to the petitioner.

 

 

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

 

 

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1neglect, or exploitation.
2    (9) "Interference with personal liberty" means committing
3or threatening physical abuse, harassment, intimidation, or
4willful deprivation so as to compel another to engage in
5conduct from which she or he has a right to abstain or to
6refrain from conduct in which she or he has a right to engage.
7    (10) "Intimidation of a dependent" means subjecting a
8person who is dependent because of age, health, or disability
9to participation in or the witnessing of: physical force
10against another or physical confinement or restraint of
11another which constitutes physical abuse as defined in this
12Act, regardless of whether the abused person is a family or
13household member.
14    (11) (A) "Neglect" means the failure to exercise that
15degree of care toward a high-risk adult with disabilities
16which a reasonable person would exercise under the
17circumstances and includes but is not limited to:
18        (i) the failure to take reasonable steps to protect a
19    high-risk adult with disabilities from acts of abuse;
20        (ii) the repeated, careless imposition of unreasonable
21    confinement;
22        (iii) the failure to provide food, shelter, clothing,
23    and personal hygiene to a high-risk adult with
24    disabilities who requires such assistance;
25        (iv) the failure to provide medical and rehabilitative
26    care for the physical and mental health needs of a

 

 

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1    high-risk adult with disabilities; or
2        (v) the failure to protect a high-risk adult with
3    disabilities from health and safety hazards.
4    (B) Nothing in this subsection (10) shall be construed to
5impose a requirement that assistance be provided to a
6high-risk adult with disabilities over his or her objection in
7the absence of a court order, nor to create any new affirmative
8duty to provide support to a high-risk adult with
9disabilities.
10    (12) "Order of protection" means an emergency order,
11interim order, or plenary order, granted pursuant to this Act,
12which includes any or all of the remedies authorized by
13Section 214 of this Act.
14    (13) "Petitioner" may mean not only any named petitioner
15for the order of protection and any named victim of abuse on
16whose behalf the petition is brought, but also any other
17person protected by this Act.
18    (14) "Physical abuse" includes sexual abuse and means any
19of the following:
20        (i) knowing or reckless use of physical force,
21    confinement, or restraint;
22        (ii) knowing, repeated, and unnecessary sleep
23    deprivation; or
24        (iii) knowing or reckless conduct which creates an
25    immediate risk of physical harm.
26    (14.5) "Stay away" means for the respondent to refrain

 

 

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1from both physical presence and nonphysical contact with the
2petitioner whether direct, indirect (including, but not
3limited to, telephone calls, mail, email, faxes, and written
4notes), or through third parties who may or may not know about
5the order of protection.
6    (15) "Willful deprivation" means wilfully denying a person
7who because of age, health, or disability requires medication,
8medical care, shelter, accessible shelter or services, food,
9therapeutic device, or other physical assistance, and thereby
10exposing that person to the risk of physical, mental, or
11emotional harm, except with regard to medical care or
12treatment when the dependent person has expressed an intent to
13forgo such medical care or treatment. This paragraph does not
14create any new affirmative duty to provide support to
15dependent persons.
16(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)