99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3184

 

Introduced , by Rep. Frances Ann Hurley

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/12-2  from Ch. 38, par. 12-2

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that aggravated assault of a peace officer, fireman, emergency management worker, or emergency medical technician: (1) performing his or her official duties; (2) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her official duties; or (3) assaulted in retaliation for performing his or her official duties is a Class 4 felony (rather than a Class A misdemeanor if a Category I, Category II, or Category III weapon is not used in the commission of the assault).


LRB099 06229 RLC 26294 b

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB3184LRB099 06229 RLC 26294 b

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 12-2 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/12-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-2)
7    Sec. 12-2. Aggravated assault.
8    (a) Offense based on location of conduct. A person commits
9aggravated assault when he or she commits an assault against an
10individual who is on or about a public way, public property, a
11public place of accommodation or amusement, or a sports venue.
12    (b) Offense based on status of victim. A person commits
13aggravated assault when, in committing an assault, he or she
14knows the individual assaulted to be any of the following:
15        (1) A physically handicapped person or a person 60
16    years of age or older and the assault is without legal
17    justification.
18        (2) A teacher or school employee upon school grounds or
19    grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a building
20    used for school purposes.
21        (3) A park district employee upon park grounds or
22    grounds adjacent to a park or in any part of a building
23    used for park purposes.

 

 

HB3184- 2 -LRB099 06229 RLC 26294 b

1        (4) A peace officer, community policing volunteer,
2    fireman, private security officer, emergency management
3    worker, emergency medical technician, or utility worker:
4            (i) performing his or her official duties;
5            (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her
6        official duties; or
7            (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
8        or her official duties.
9        (4.1) A peace officer, fireman, emergency management
10    worker, or emergency medical technician:
11            (i) performing his or her official duties;
12            (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her
13        official duties; or
14            (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
15        or her official duties.
16        (5) A correctional officer or probation officer:
17            (i) performing his or her official duties;
18            (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her
19        official duties; or
20            (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
21        or her official duties.
22        (6) A correctional institution employee, a county
23    juvenile detention center employee who provides direct and
24    continuous supervision of residents of a juvenile
25    detention center, including a county juvenile detention
26    center employee who supervises recreational activity for

 

 

HB3184- 3 -LRB099 06229 RLC 26294 b

1    residents of a juvenile detention center, or a Department
2    of Human Services employee, Department of Human Services
3    officer, or employee of a subcontractor of the Department
4    of Human Services supervising or controlling sexually
5    dangerous persons or sexually violent persons:
6            (i) performing his or her official duties;
7            (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her
8        official duties; or
9            (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
10        or her official duties.
11        (7) An employee of the State of Illinois, a municipal
12    corporation therein, or a political subdivision thereof,
13    performing his or her official duties.
14        (8) A transit employee performing his or her official
15    duties, or a transit passenger.
16        (9) A sports official or coach actively participating
17    in any level of athletic competition within a sports venue,
18    on an indoor playing field or outdoor playing field, or
19    within the immediate vicinity of such a facility or field.
20        (10) A person authorized to serve process under Section
21    2-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure or a special process
22    server appointed by the circuit court, while that
23    individual is in the performance of his or her duties as a
24    process server.
25    (c) Offense based on use of firearm, device, or motor
26vehicle. A person commits aggravated assault when, in

 

 

HB3184- 4 -LRB099 06229 RLC 26294 b

1committing an assault, he or she does any of the following:
2        (1) Uses a deadly weapon, an air rifle as defined in
3    Section 24.8-0.1 of this Act the Air Rifle Act, or any
4    device manufactured and designed to be substantially
5    similar in appearance to a firearm, other than by
6    discharging a firearm.
7        (2) Discharges a firearm, other than from a motor
8    vehicle.
9        (3) Discharges a firearm from a motor vehicle.
10        (4) Wears a hood, robe, or mask to conceal his or her
11    identity.
12        (5) Knowingly and without lawful justification shines
13    or flashes a laser gun sight or other laser device attached
14    to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so that
15    the laser beam strikes near or in the immediate vicinity of
16    any person.
17        (6) Uses a firearm, other than by discharging the
18    firearm, against a peace officer, community policing
19    volunteer, fireman, private security officer, emergency
20    management worker, emergency medical technician, employee
21    of a police department, employee of a sheriff's department,
22    or traffic control municipal employee:
23            (i) performing his or her official duties;
24            (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her
25        official duties; or
26            (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his

 

 

HB3184- 5 -LRB099 06229 RLC 26294 b

1        or her official duties.
2        (7) Without justification operates a motor vehicle in a
3    manner which places a person, other than a person listed in
4    subdivision (b)(4), in reasonable apprehension of being
5    struck by the moving motor vehicle.
6        (8) Without justification operates a motor vehicle in a
7    manner which places a person listed in subdivision (b)(4),
8    in reasonable apprehension of being struck by the moving
9    motor vehicle.
10        (9) Knowingly video or audio records the offense with
11    the intent to disseminate the recording.
12    (d) Sentence. Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision
13(a), (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(7), (b)(8), (b)(9),
14(c)(1), (c)(4), or (c)(9) is a Class A misdemeanor, except that
15aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (b)(4) and (b)(7)
16is a Class 4 felony if a Category I, Category II, or Category
17III weapon is used in the commission of the assault. Aggravated
18assault as defined in subdivision (b)(4.1), (b)(5), (b)(6),
19(b)(10), (c)(2), (c)(5), (c)(6), or (c)(7) is a Class 4 felony.
20Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (c)(3) or (c)(8)
21is a Class 3 felony.
22    (e) For the purposes of this Section, "Category I weapon",
23"Category II weapon, and "Category III weapon" have the
24meanings ascribed to those terms in Section 33A-1 of this Code.
25(Source: P.A. 97-225, eff. 7-28-11; 97-313, eff. 1-1-12;
2697-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13; 98-385, eff.

 

 

HB3184- 6 -LRB099 06229 RLC 26294 b

11-1-14; revised 12-10-14.)