95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0035

 

Introduced 1/19/2007, by Rep. Tom Cross - Patricia Reid Lindner - Ed Sullivan, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/12-3.5 new

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of aggravated domestic assault when a person, in committing domestic assault, knowingly or intentionally uses a deadly weapon or certain other devices against a family or household member. Requires a peace officer to arrest the offender upon the establishment of probable cause. Makes the offense a Class 4 felony.


LRB095 03678 RLC 23705 b

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB0035 LRB095 03678 RLC 23705 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 Section 12-3.5 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/12-3.5 new)
7     Sec. 12-3.5. Aggravated domestic assault.
8     (a) A person commits aggravated domestic assault when, in
9 committing domestic assault, he or she knowingly or
10 intentionally uses a deadly weapon or any other device or
11 object that could cause substantial injury, or any device
12 manufactured and designed to be substantially similar in
13 appearance to a firearm, other than by discharging a firearm in
14 the direction of another person, against a family or household
15 member, as defined in subsection (3) of Section 112A-3 of the
16 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. A peace officer must arrest
17 the offender upon the establishment of probable cause.
18     (b) Sentence. Aggravated domestic assault is a Class 4
19 felony.