SB1588eng 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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AN ACT concerning harassment.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Sexual Harassment No Contact Order Act.

Section 5. Purpose. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination based on an individual's actual or perceived sex or gender that includes unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature. In some instances, sexual harassment can cause severe emotional and physical distress, yet does not rise to a criminal offense. In these situations, the person who is the subject of the sexual harassment should be able to seek a civil remedy requiring only that the person committing the sexual harassment stay away from the victim. The purpose of this Act is to prevent harassment that is sexual in nature by co-workers, neighbors, strangers, and acquaintances.

Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Contact" includes any contact with the petitioner that is initiated or continued without the petitioner's consent, or that is in disregard of the petitioner's expressed desire that the contact be avoided or discontinued, including, but not limited to: being in the physical presence of the petitioner; intentionally appearing within the sight of the petitioner; approaching or confronting the petitioner in a public place or on private property; appearing at the workplace or residence of the petitioner; entering onto or remaining on property owned, leased, or occupied by the petitioner; or placing an object on, or delivering an object to, property owned, leased, or occupied by the petitioner.

"Course of conduct" means 2 or more acts, including, but not limited to, acts in which a respondent directly, indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, method, device, or means: sexually harasses; makes unwelcome sexual advances, requests, or threats; or engages in other contact that is sexual in nature. "Course of conduct" includes contact via electronic communications. The incarceration of a person in a penal institution who commits the course of conduct is not a bar to relief under this Act.

"Emotional distress" means significant mental suffering, anxiety, or alarm.

"Petitioner" means any named petitioner for the sexual harassment no contact order or any named complainant of sexual harassment on whose behalf the petition is brought.

"Reasonable person" means a person in the petitioner's circumstances with the petitioner's knowledge of the respondent and the respondent's prior acts.

"Sexual harassment" means engaging in a course of conduct, as defined by this Section, that is directed at a specific person based on that individual's actual or perceived sex or gender that causes that person emotional distress, and the person engaging in the conduct knows or should know that this course of conduct would cause a reasonable person emotional distress.

"Sexual harassment no contact order" means an emergency order or plenary order granted under this Act. "Sexual harassment no contact order" includes a remedy authorized by Section 80.

Section 15. Persons protected by this Act. If relief is not available to the petitioner under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, the Stalking No Contact Order Act, or the Civil No Contact Order Act, a petition for a sexual harassment no contact order may be filed by a person:

(1) who is the subject of sexual harassment; or

(2) on behalf of a minor child or an adult who is a subject of sexual harassment but, because of age, disability, health, or inaccessibility, cannot file the petition.

Section 20. Commencement of action; filing fees.

(a) An action for a sexual harassment no contact order may be commenced:

(1) independently, by filing a petition for a sexual harassment no contact order in any circuit court, unless specific divisions of the circuit court are designated by local rule or order; or

(2) in conjunction with a delinquency petition or a criminal prosecution as provided in Article 112A of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.

(b) If the petitioner is represented by the State, withdrawal or dismissal of a petition for a sexual harassment no contact order prior to adjudication shall operate as a dismissal without prejudice. No action for a sexual harassment no contact order shall be dismissed solely because the respondent is being prosecuted for a crime against the petitioner. For an action commenced under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this Section, dismissal of the conjoined case (or a finding of not guilty) shall not require dismissal of the action for a sexual harassment no contact order; instead, it may be treated as an independent action and, if necessary and appropriate, transferred to a different court or division.

(c) No fee shall be charged by the clerk of the court for filing a petition, or modifying or certifying an order, under this Act. No fee shall be charged by the sheriff for service by the sheriff of a petition, rule, motion, or order in an action commenced under this Section.

(d) The court shall provide, through the office of the clerk of the court, simplified forms for the filing of a petition under this Section by a person not represented by counsel.

Section 25. Pleading; nondisclosure of address.

(a) A petition for a sexual harassment no contact order shall be in writing and verified or accompanied by an affidavit and shall allege that the petitioner has been the subject of sexual harassment by the respondent.

(b) If the petition states that disclosure of the petitioner's address would risk abuse of the petitioner or any member of the petitioner's family or household, that address may be omitted from all documents filed with the court. If the petitioner has not disclosed an address under this subsection, the petitioner shall designate an alternative address at which the respondent may serve notice of any motions.

Section 30. Application of rules of civil procedure; victim advocates.

(a) A proceeding to obtain, modify, reopen, or appeal a sexual harassment no contact order shall be governed by the rules of civil procedure of this State. The standard of proof in the proceeding is proof by a preponderance of the evidence. The Code of Civil Procedure and Supreme Court and local court rules applicable to civil proceedings shall apply, except as otherwise provided by this Act.

(b) In circuit courts, victim advocates shall be allowed to accompany the petitioner and confer with the petitioner, unless otherwise directed by the court. Victim advocates include, but are not limited to, rape crisis center advocates. Court administrators shall allow victim advocates to assist sexual harassment petitioners in the preparation of petitions for sexual harassment no contact orders. Victim advocates are not engaged in the unauthorized practice of law when providing assistance of the types specified in this subsection (b).

Section 35. Appointment of counsel. The court may appoint counsel to represent the petitioner if the respondent is represented by counsel.

Section 40. Trial by jury. There is no right to trial by jury in any proceeding to obtain, modify, vacate, or extend a sexual harassment no contact order. However, nothing in this Section limits or denies any otherwise existing right to trial by jury in a criminal proceeding.

Section 45. Subject matter jurisdiction. Each of the circuit courts has the power to issue sexual harassment no contact orders.

Section 50. Jurisdiction over persons. The courts of this State have jurisdiction to bind (1) State residents; and (2) nonresidents having minimum contacts with this State, to the extent permitted by the long-arm statute, Section 2-209 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

Section 55. Venue. A petition for a sexual harassment no contact order may be filed in any county where:

(1) the petitioner resides;

(2) the respondent resides; or

(3) one or more acts of the alleged sexual harassment occurred.

Section 60. Process.

(a) Any action for a sexual harassment no contact order requires that a separate summons be issued and served. The summons shall be in the form prescribed by Supreme Court Rule 101(d), except that it shall require the respondent to answer or appear within 7 days. Attachments to the summons or notice shall include the petition for a sexual harassment no contact order and supporting affidavits, if any, and any emergency sexual harassment no contact order that has been issued.

(b) The summons shall be served by the sheriff or other law enforcement officer at the earliest time and shall take precedence over other summonses except those of a similar emergency nature. Special process servers may be appointed at any time, and their designation shall not affect the responsibilities and authority of the sheriff or other official process servers.

(c) Service of process on a member of the respondent's household or by publication is adequate if:

(1) the petitioner has made all reasonable efforts to accomplish actual service of process personally upon the respondent, but the respondent cannot be found to effect the service; and

(2) the petitioner files an affidavit or presents sworn testimony as to those efforts.

(d) A plenary sexual harassment no contact order may be entered by default for the remedy sought in the petition, if the respondent has been served or given notice in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section and if the respondent then fails to appear as directed or fails to appear on any subsequent appearance or hearing date agreed to by the parties or set by the court.

Section 65. Service of notice of hearings. Except as provided in Section 60, notice of hearings on petitions or motions shall be served in accordance with Supreme Court Rules 11 and 12, unless notice is excused by Section 100 or by the Code of Civil Procedure, Supreme Court Rules, or local rules.

Section 70. Hearings. A petition for a sexual harassment no contact order shall be treated as an expedited proceeding, and no court may transfer or otherwise decline to decide all or part of the petition. Nothing in this Section shall prevent the court from reserving issues if jurisdiction or notice requirements are not met.

Section 75. Continuances.

(a) A petition for emergency remedies shall be granted or denied in accordance with the standards of Section 100, regardless of the respondent's appearance or presence in court.

(b) An action for a sexual harassment no contact order is an expedited proceeding. Continuances shall be granted only for good cause shown and kept to the minimum reasonable duration, taking into account the reasons for the continuance.

Section 80. Sexual harassment no contact orders; remedies.

(a) If the court finds that the petitioner has been a victim of sexual harassment and the petitioner has satisfied the requirements of Section 95 on emergency orders or Section 100 on plenary orders, a sexual harassment no contact order shall be issued. The petitioner shall not be denied a sexual harassment no contact order because the petitioner or the respondent is a minor. The court, when determining whether to issue a sexual harassment no contact order, may not require physical injury on the person of the petitioner. Modification and extension of a prior sexual harassment no contact order shall be in accordance with this Act.

(b) A sexual harassment no contact order shall do one or more of the following:

(1) prohibit the respondent from continued harassment of the petitioner;

(2) order the respondent to have no contact with the petitioner or a third person specifically named by the court;

(3) prohibit the respondent from knowingly coming within or knowingly remaining within a specified distance of the petitioner or the petitioner's residence, school, daycare, or place of employment, or any specified place frequented by the petitioner; however, the court may order the respondent to stay away from the respondent's own residence, school, or place of employment only if the respondent has been provided actual notice of the opportunity to appear and be heard on the petition;

(4) if there was a reported threat of force with a weapon, prohibit the respondent from possessing a Firearm Owner's Identification Card or possessing or buying a firearm; and

(5) order other injunctive relief the court determines to be necessary to protect the petitioner or a third party specifically named by the court.

(c) If the petitioner and the respondent attend the same public, private, or nonpublic elementary, middle, or high school, the court, when issuing a sexual harassment no contact order and providing relief, shall consider the severity of the act, any continuing physical danger or emotional distress to the petitioner, the educational rights guaranteed to the petitioner and respondent under federal and State law, the availability of a transfer of the respondent to another school, a change of placement or a change of program of the respondent, the expense, difficulty, and educational disruption that would be caused by a transfer of the respondent to another school, and any other relevant facts of the case. The court may order that the respondent not attend the public, private, or nonpublic elementary, middle, or high school attended by the petitioner, order that the respondent accept a change of placement or program, as determined by the school district or private or nonpublic school, or place restrictions on the respondent's movements within the school attended by the petitioner. The respondent bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that a transfer, change of placement, or change of program of the respondent is not available. The respondent also bears the burden of production with respect to the expense, difficulty, and educational disruption that would be caused by a transfer of the respondent to another school. A transfer, change of placement, or change of program is not unavailable to the respondent solely on the ground that the respondent does not agree with the school district's or private or nonpublic school's transfer, change of placement, or change of program or solely on the ground that the respondent fails or refuses to consent to or otherwise does not take an action required to effectuate a transfer, change of placement, or change of program. If a court orders a respondent to stay away from the public, private, or nonpublic school attended by the petitioner and the respondent requests a transfer to another attendance center within the respondent's school district or private or nonpublic school, the school district or private or nonpublic school shall have sole discretion to determine the attendance center to which the respondent is transferred. If the court order results in a transfer of the minor respondent to another attendance center, a change in the respondent's placement, or a change of the respondent's program, the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the respondent is responsible for transportation and other costs associated with the transfer or change.

(d) The court may order the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a minor respondent to take certain actions or to refrain from taking certain actions to ensure that the respondent complies with the order. If the court orders a transfer of the respondent to another school, the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the respondent is responsible for transportation and other costs associated with the change of school by the respondent.

(e) The court shall not hold a school district or private or nonpublic school or any of its employees in civil or criminal contempt unless the school district or private or nonpublic school has been allowed to intervene.

(f) The court may hold a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a minor respondent in civil or criminal contempt for a violation of any provision of any order entered under this Act for conduct of the minor respondent in violation of this Act if the parent, guardian, or legal custodian directed, encouraged, or assisted the respondent minor in the conduct.

(g) The court may award the petitioner costs and attorney's fees if a sexual harassment no contact order is granted.

(h) Monetary damages are not recoverable as a remedy.

(i) If the sexual harassment no contact order prohibits the respondent from possessing a Firearm Owner's Identification Card or possessing or buying firearms, the court shall confiscate the respondent's Firearm Owner's Identification Card and immediately return the card to the Department of State Police Firearm Owner's Identification Card Office.

Section 85. Mutual orders prohibited. Mutual sexual harassment no contact orders are prohibited. Correlative separate orders undermine the purposes of this Act. If separate orders are sought, both must comply with all provisions of this Act.

Section 90. Accountability for actions of others. For the purposes of issuing a sexual harassment no contact order, deciding what remedies should be included, and enforcing the order, Article 5 of the Criminal Code of 2012 governs whether a respondent is legally accountable for the conduct of another person.

Section 95. Emergency sexual harassment no contact order.

(a) An emergency sexual harassment no contact order shall be issued if the petitioner satisfies the requirements of this subsection (a). The petitioner shall establish that:

(1) the court has jurisdiction under Section 50;

(2) the requirements of Section 80 are satisfied; and

(3) there is good cause to grant the remedy, regardless of prior service of process or of notice upon the respondent, because the harm that the remedy is intended to prevent would be likely to occur if the respondent were given any prior notice, or greater notice than was actually given, of the petitioner's efforts to obtain judicial relief.

An emergency sexual harassment no contact order shall be issued by the court if it appears from the contents of the petition and the examination of the petitioner that the averments are sufficient to indicate sexual harassment by the respondent and to support the granting of relief under the issuance of the sexual harassment no contact order.

An emergency sexual harassment no contact order shall be issued if the court finds that items (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection (a) are met.

(b) If the respondent appears in court for the hearing for an emergency order, he or she may elect to file a general appearance and testify. Any resulting order may be an emergency order, governed by this Section. Notwithstanding the requirements of this Section, if all requirements of Section 100 have been met, the court may issue a plenary order.

(c) Emergency orders; court holidays and evenings.

(1) If the court is unavailable at the close of business, the petitioner may file a petition for a 21-day emergency order before any available circuit judge or associate judge who may grant relief under this Act. If the judge finds that there is an immediate and present danger of abuse against the petitioner and that the petitioner has satisfied the prerequisites set forth in subsection (a), that judge may issue an emergency sexual harassment no contact order.

(2) The chief judge of the circuit court may designate for each county in the circuit at least one judge to be reasonably available to issue orally, by telephone, by facsimile, or otherwise, an emergency sexual harassment no contact order at all times, regardless of whether the court is in session.

(3) Any order issued under this Section and any documentation in support of the order shall be certified on the next court day to the appropriate court. The clerk of that court shall immediately assign a case number, file the petition, order, and other documents with the court, enter the order of record, and file it with the sheriff for service in accordance with Section 60. Filing the petition shall commence proceedings for further relief under Section 20. Failure to comply with the requirements of this paragraph (3) does not affect the validity of the order.

Section 100. Plenary sexual harassment no contact order. The court shall issue a plenary sexual harassment no contact order if the petitioner has served notice of the hearing for that order on the respondent, in accordance with Section 65, and has satisfied the requirements of this Section. The petitioner must establish that:

(1) the court has jurisdiction under Section 50 of this Act;

(2) the requirements of Section 80 are satisfied;

(3) a general appearance was made or filed by or for the respondent or process was served on the respondent in the manner required by Section 60; and

(4) the respondent has answered or is in default.

Section 105. Duration and extension of orders.

(a) Unless reopened or extended or voided by entry of an order of greater duration, an emergency order shall be effective for not less than 14 nor more than 21 days.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, a plenary sexual harassment no contact order shall be effective for a fixed period not to exceed 2 years. A sexual harassment no contact order entered in conjunction with a criminal prosecution or delinquency petition shall remain in effect as provided in Section 112A-20 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.

(c) An emergency or plenary order may be extended one or more times, as required, if the requirements of Section 95 or 100, as appropriate, are satisfied. If the motion for extension is uncontested and the petitioner seeks no modification of the order, the order may be extended on the basis of the petitioner's motion or affidavit stating that there has been no material change in relevant circumstances since the entry of the order and stating the reason for the requested extension. Extensions may be granted only in open court and not under the provisions of subsection (c) of Section 95, which applies only if the court is unavailable at the close of business or on a court holiday.

(d) A sexual harassment no contact order that would expire on a court holiday shall instead expire at the close of the next court business day.

(e) The practice of dismissing or suspending a criminal prosecution in exchange for the issuance of a sexual harassment no contact order undermines the purposes of this Act. This Section shall not be construed as encouraging that practice.

Section 110. Contents of orders.

(a) A sexual harassment no contact order shall describe each remedy granted by the court, in reasonable detail and not by reference to any other document, so that the respondent may clearly understand what he or she must do or refrain from doing.

(b) A sexual harassment no contact order shall further state the following:

(1) The name of each petitioner that the court finds was the subject of sexual harassment by the respondent.

(2) The date and time the sexual harassment no contact order was issued, whether it is an emergency or plenary order, and the duration of the order.

(3) The date, time, and place of any scheduled hearing for extension of that sexual harassment no contact order or for another order of greater duration or scope.

(4) For each remedy in an emergency sexual harassment no contact order, the reason for entering that remedy without prior notice to the respondent or greater notice than was actually given.

(5) For an emergency sexual harassment no contact order, that the respondent may petition the court, in accordance with Section 125, to reopen the order if he or she did not receive actual prior notice of the hearing as required under Section 65 and if the respondent alleges that he or she had a meritorious defense to the order or that the order or its remedy is not authorized by this Act.

(c) A sexual harassment no contact order shall include the following notice, printed in conspicuous type: "An initial knowing violation of a sexual harassment no contact order is a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent knowing violation is a Class 4 felony.".

Section 115. Notice of orders.

(a) Upon issuance of a sexual harassment no contact order, the clerk shall immediately, or on the next court day if an emergency order is issued in accordance with subsection (c) of Section 95:

(1) enter the order on the record and file it in accordance with the circuit court procedures; and

(2) provide a file-stamped copy of the order to the respondent, if present, and to the petitioner.

(b) The clerk of the issuing judge shall, or the petitioner may, on the same day that a sexual harassment no contact order is issued, file a certified copy of that order with the sheriff or other law enforcement officials charged with maintaining Department of State Police records or charged with serving the order upon the respondent. If the order was issued in accordance with subsection (c) of Section 95, the clerk shall, on the next court day, file a certified copy of the order with the sheriff or other law enforcement officials charged with maintaining Department of State Police records. If the respondent, at the time of the issuance of the order, is committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice or is on parole, aftercare release, or mandatory supervised release, the sheriff or other law enforcement officials charged with maintaining Department of State Police records shall notify the Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice within 48 hours of receipt of a copy of the sexual harassment no contact order from the clerk of the issuing judge or petitioner. The notice shall include the name of the respondent, the respondent's Department of Corrections inmate number or Department of Juvenile Justice youth identification number, the respondent's date of birth, and the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System Record Index Number.

(c) Unless the respondent was present in court when the order was issued, the sheriff, other law enforcement official, or special process server shall promptly serve that order upon the respondent and file proof of service in the manner provided for service of process in civil proceedings. Instead of serving the order upon the respondent, however, the sheriff, other law enforcement official, special process server, or other person defined in Section 120 may serve the respondent with a short form notification as provided in Section 120. If process has not yet been served upon the respondent, it shall be served with the order or short form notification if the service is made by the sheriff, other law enforcement official, or special process server.

(d) If the person against whom the sexual harassment no contact order is issued is arrested and the written order is issued in accordance with subsection (c) of Section 95 and received by the custodial law enforcement agency before the respondent or arrestee is released from custody, the custodial law enforcement agent shall promptly serve the order upon the respondent or arrestee before the respondent or arrestee is released from custody. In no event shall detention of the respondent or arrestee be extended for hearing on the petition for a sexual harassment no contact order or receipt of the order issued under Section 95.

(e) An order extending, modifying, or revoking a sexual harassment no contact order shall be promptly recorded, issued, and served as provided in this Section.

(f) Upon the request of the petitioner, within 24 hours of the issuance of a sexual harassment no contact order, the clerk of the issuing judge shall send written notice of the order and a certified copy of the order to any school, daycare, college, or university at which the petitioner is enrolled.

Section 120. Short form notification.

(a) Instead of personal service of a sexual harassment no contact order under Section 115, a sheriff, other law enforcement official, special process server, or personnel assigned by the Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice to investigate the alleged misconduct of committed persons or alleged violations of a parolee's or releasee's conditions of parole, aftercare release, or mandatory supervised release may serve a respondent with a short form notification. The short form notification must include the following items, either in checklist form or handwritten:

(1) the respondent's name;

(2) the respondent's date of birth, if known;

(3) the petitioner's name;

(4) the names of other protected parties;

(5) the date and county in which the sexual harassment no contact order was filed;

(6) the court file number;

(7) the hearing date and time, if known; and

(8) the conditions that apply to the respondent;

(b) The short form notification must contain the following notice in bold print:

"The order is now enforceable. You must report to the office of the sheriff or the office of the circuit court in (name of county) County to obtain a copy of the order. You are subject to arrest and may be charged with a misdemeanor or felony if you violate any of the terms of the order.".

(c) Upon verification of the identity of the respondent and the existence of an unserved order against the respondent, a sheriff or other law enforcement official may detain the respondent for a reasonable time necessary to complete and serve the short form notification.

(d) When service is made by short form notification under this Section, it may be proved by the affidavit of the person making the service.

(e) The Attorney General shall make the short form notification form available to law enforcement agencies in this State.

Section 125. Modification; reopening of orders.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, upon motion by the petitioner, the court may modify an emergency or plenary sexual harassment no contact order by altering the remedy, subject to Section 80.

(b) After 30 days following entry of a plenary sexual harassment no contact order, a court may modify that order only when a change in the applicable law or facts since that plenary order was entered warrants a modification of its terms.

(c) Upon 2 days' notice to the petitioner, or shorter notice as the court may prescribe, a respondent subject to an emergency sexual harassment no contact order issued under this Act may appear and petition the court to rehear the original or amended petition. A petition to rehear shall be verified and shall allege the following:

(1) that the respondent did not receive prior notice of the initial hearing in which the emergency order was entered under Sections 65 and 95; and

(2) that the respondent had a meritorious defense to the order or any of its remedies or that the order or any of its remedies was not authorized by this Act.

Section 130. Violation. An initial knowing violation of a sexual harassment no contact order is a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent knowing violation is a Class 4 felony.

Section 135. Arrest without warrant.

(a) A law enforcement officer may make an arrest without warrant if the officer has probable cause to believe that the person has committed or is committing a violation of a sexual harassment no contact order.

(b) The law enforcement officer may verify the existence of a sexual harassment no contact order by telephone or radio communication with his or her law enforcement agency or by referring to the copy of the order provided by the petitioner or the respondent.

Section 140. Data maintenance by law enforcement agencies.

(a) A sheriff shall furnish to the Department of State Police, on the same day as received, in the form and detail the Department requires, copies of any recorded emergency or plenary sexual harassment no contact orders issued by the court and transmitted to the sheriff by the clerk of the court in accordance with subsection (b) of Section 115. Each sexual harassment no contact order shall be entered in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System on the same day it is issued by the court. If an emergency sexual harassment no contact order was issued in accordance with subsection (c) of Section 100, the order shall be entered in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System as soon as possible after receipt from the clerk of the court.

(b) The Department of State Police shall maintain a complete and systematic record and index of all valid and recorded sexual harassment no contact orders issued under this Act. The data shall be used to inform all dispatchers and law enforcement officers at the scene of an alleged incident of sexual harassment or violation of a sexual harassment no contact order of any recorded prior incident of sexual harassment involving the petitioner and the effective dates and terms of any recorded sexual harassment no contact order.

Section 145. Retaliation prohibited. A petition for relief under this Act made in good faith is protected by the anti-retaliation provisions of the Illinois Human Rights Act to the extent they are applicable.

Section 900. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding Section 13-10 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/13-10 new)

Sec. 13-10. Violation of a sexual harassment no contact order.

(a) A person commits violation of a sexual harassment no contact order if:

(1) he or she knowingly commits an act that was prohibited by a court or fails to commit an act that was ordered by a court in violation of:

(A) a remedy in a valid sexual harassment no contact order authorized under Section 80 of the Sexual Harassment No Contact Order Act or Section 112A-14.8 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963; or

(B) a remedy that is substantially similar to the remedies authorized under Section 80 of the Sexual Harassment No Contact Order Act or Section 112A-14.8 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 or in a valid sexual harassment no contact order that is authorized under the laws of another state, tribe, or United States territory; and

(2) the violation occurs after the offender has been served notice of the contents of the order under the Sexual Harassment No Contact Order Act, Article 112A of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, or any substantially similar statute of another state, tribe, or United States territory or otherwise has acquired actual knowledge of the contents of the order.

A sexual harassment no contact order issued by a state, tribal, or territorial court shall be deemed valid if the issuing court had jurisdiction over the parties and matter under the law of the state, tribe, or territory. There shall be a presumption of validity when an order is certified and appears authentic on its face.

(b) For purposes of this Section, a "sexual harassment no contact order" may have been issued in a criminal or civil proceeding.

(c) Failure to provide reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard shall be an affirmative defense to any charge or process filed seeking enforcement of a foreign sexual harassment no contact order.

(d) Prosecution for a violation of a sexual harassment no contact order shall not bar a concurrent prosecution for any other crime, including any crime that may have been committed at the time of the violation of the order.

(e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to diminish the inherent authority of the courts to enforce their lawful orders through civil or criminal contempt proceedings.

(f) A defendant who directed the actions of a third party to violate this Section, under the principles of accountability set forth in Article 5 of this Code, is guilty of violating this Section as if the same had been personally done by the defendant, without regard to the mental state of the third party acting at the direction of the defendant.

(g) Sentence. A violation of a sexual harassment no contact order is a Class A misdemeanor for a first violation, and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent violation.

Section 905. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is amended by changing Sections 112A-1.5, 112A-2.5, 112A-3, 112A-4, 112A-4.5, 112A-11.5, 112A-23, and 112A-28 and by adding Sections 112A-14.8 and 112A-21.8 as follows:

(725 ILCS 5/112A-1.5)

Sec. 112A-1.5. Purpose and construction. The purpose of this Article is to protect the safety of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and stalking and the safety of their family and household members; and to minimize the trauma and inconvenience associated with attending separate and multiple civil court proceedings to obtain protective orders. This Article shall be interpreted in accordance with the constitutional rights of crime victims set forth in Article I, Section 8.1 of the Illinois Constitution, the purposes set forth in Section 2 of the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act, and the use of protective orders to implement the victim's right to be reasonably protected from the defendant as provided in Section 4.5 of the Rights of Victims and Witnesses Act.

(Source: P.A. 100-199, eff. 1-1-18; 100-597, eff. 6-29-18.)

(725 ILCS 5/112A-2.5)

Sec. 112A-2.5. Types of protective orders. The following protective orders may be entered in conjunction with a delinquency petition or a criminal prosecution:

(1) a domestic violence order of protection in cases involving domestic violence;

(2) a civil no contact order in cases involving sexual offenses; or

(3) a stalking no contact order in cases involving stalking offenses; or .

(4) a sexual harassment no contact order in cases involving sexual harassment.

(Source: P.A. 100-199, eff. 1-1-18; 100-597, eff. 6-29-18.)

(725 ILCS 5/112A-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 112A-3)

Sec. 112A-3. Definitions.

(a) In this Article:

"Advocate" means a person whose communications with the victim are privileged under Section 8-802.1 or 8-802.2 of the Code of Civil Procedure or Section 227 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.

"Named victim" means the person named as the victim in the delinquency petition or criminal prosecution.

"Protective order" means a domestic violence order of protection, a civil no contact order, or a stalking no contact order, or a sexual harassment no contact order.

(b) For the purposes of domestic violence cases, the following terms shall have the following meanings in this Article:

(1) "Abuse" means physical abuse, harassment, intimidation of a dependent, interference with personal liberty or willful deprivation but does not include reasonable direction of a minor child by a parent or person in loco parentis.

(2) "Domestic violence" means abuse as described in paragraph (1) of this subsection (b).

(3) "Family or household members" include spouses, former spouses, parents, children, stepchildren, and other persons related by blood or by present or prior marriage, persons who share or formerly shared a common dwelling, persons who have or allegedly have a child in common, persons who share or allegedly share a blood relationship through a child, persons who have or have had a dating or engagement relationship, persons with disabilities and their personal assistants, and caregivers as defined in subsection (e) of Section 12-4.4a of the Criminal Code of 2012. For purposes of this paragraph (3), neither a casual acquaintanceship nor ordinary fraternization between 2 individuals in business or social contexts shall be deemed to constitute a dating relationship.

(4) "Harassment" means knowing conduct which is not necessary to accomplish a purpose which is reasonable under the circumstances; would cause a reasonable person emotional distress; and does cause emotional distress to the petitioner. Unless the presumption is rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence, the following types of conduct shall be presumed to cause emotional distress:

(i) creating a disturbance at petitioner's place of employment or school;

(ii) repeatedly telephoning petitioner's place of employment, home or residence;

(iii) repeatedly following petitioner about in a public place or places;

(iv) repeatedly keeping petitioner under surveillance by remaining present outside his or her home, school, place of employment, vehicle or other place occupied by petitioner or by peering in petitioner's windows;

(v) improperly concealing a minor child from petitioner, repeatedly threatening to improperly remove a minor child of petitioner's from the jurisdiction or from the physical care of petitioner, repeatedly threatening to conceal a minor child from petitioner, or making a single such threat following an actual or attempted improper removal or concealment, unless respondent was fleeing from an incident or pattern of domestic violence; or

(vi) threatening physical force, confinement or restraint on one or more occasions.

(5) "Interference with personal liberty" means committing or threatening physical abuse, harassment, intimidation or willful deprivation so as to compel another to engage in conduct from which she or he has a right to abstain or to refrain from conduct in which she or he has a right to engage.

(6) "Intimidation of a dependent" means subjecting a person who is dependent because of age, health, or disability to participation in or the witnessing of: physical force against another or physical confinement or restraint of another which constitutes physical abuse as defined in this Article, regardless of whether the abused person is a family or household member.

(7) "Order of protection" or "domestic violence order of protection" means an ex parte or final order, granted pursuant to this Article, which includes any or all of the remedies authorized by Section 112A-14 of this Code.

(8) "Petitioner" may mean not only any named petitioner for the domestic violence order of protection and any named victim of abuse on whose behalf the petition is brought, but also any other person protected by this Article.

(9) "Physical abuse" includes sexual abuse and means any of the following:

(i) knowing or reckless use of physical force, confinement or restraint;

(ii) knowing, repeated and unnecessary sleep deprivation; or

(iii) knowing or reckless conduct which creates an immediate risk of physical harm.

(9.3) "Respondent" in a petition for a domestic violence order of protection means the defendant.

(9.5) "Stay away" means for the respondent to refrain from both physical presence and nonphysical contact with the petitioner whether direct, indirect (including, but not limited to, telephone calls, mail, email, faxes, and written notes), or through third parties who may or may not know about the domestic violence order of protection.

(10) "Willful deprivation" means willfully wilfully denying a person who because of age, health or disability requires medication, medical care, shelter, accessible shelter or services, food, therapeutic device, or other physical assistance, and thereby exposing that person to the risk of physical, mental or emotional harm, except with regard to medical care and treatment when such dependent person has expressed the intent to forgo such medical care or treatment. This paragraph (10) does not create any new affirmative duty to provide support to dependent persons.

(c) For the purposes of cases involving sexual offenses, the following terms shall have the following meanings in this Article:

(1) "Civil no contact order" means an ex parte or final order granted under this Article, which includes a remedy authorized by Section 112A-14.5 of this Code.

(2) "Family or household members" include spouses, parents, children, stepchildren, and persons who share a common dwelling.

(3) "Non-consensual" means a lack of freely given agreement.

(4) "Petitioner" means not only any named petitioner for the civil no contact order and any named victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration on whose behalf the petition is brought, but includes any other person sought to be protected under this Article.

(5) "Respondent" in a petition for a civil no contact order means the defendant.

(6) "Sexual conduct" means any intentional or knowing touching or fondling by the petitioner or the respondent, either directly or through clothing, of the sex organs, anus, or breast of the petitioner or the respondent, or any part of the body of a child under 13 years of age, or any transfer or transmission of semen by the respondent upon any part of the clothed or unclothed body of the petitioner, for the purpose of sexual gratification or arousal of the petitioner or the respondent.

(7) "Sexual penetration" means any contact, however slight, between the sex organ or anus of one person by an object, the sex organ, mouth or anus of another person, or any intrusion, however slight, of any part of the body of one person or of any animal or object into the sex organ or anus of another person, including, but not limited to, cunnilingus, fellatio, or anal penetration. Evidence of emission of semen is not required to prove sexual penetration.

(8) "Stay away" means to refrain from both physical presence and nonphysical contact with the petitioner directly, indirectly, or through third parties who may or may not know of the order. "Nonphysical contact" includes, but is not limited to, telephone calls, mail, email e-mail, fax, and written notes.

(d) For the purposes of cases involving stalking offenses, the following terms shall have the following meanings in this Article:

(1) "Course of conduct" means 2 or more acts, including, but not limited to, acts in which a respondent directly, indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, method, device, or means follows, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, or communicates to or about, a person, engages in other contact, or interferes with or damages a person's property or pet. A course of conduct may include contact via electronic communications. The incarceration of a person in a penal institution who commits the course of conduct is not a bar to prosecution.

(2) "Emotional distress" means significant mental suffering, anxiety, or alarm.

(3) "Contact" includes any contact with the victim, that is initiated or continued without the victim's consent, or that is in disregard of the victim's expressed desire that the contact be avoided or discontinued, including, but not limited to, being in the physical presence of the victim; appearing within the sight of the victim; approaching or confronting the victim in a public place or on private property; appearing at the workplace or residence of the victim; entering onto or remaining on property owned, leased, or occupied by the victim; or placing an object on, or delivering an object to, property owned, leased, or occupied by the victim.

(4) "Petitioner" means any named petitioner for the stalking no contact order or any named victim of stalking on whose behalf the petition is brought.

(5) "Reasonable person" means a person in the petitioner's circumstances with the petitioner's knowledge of the respondent and the respondent's prior acts.

(6) "Respondent" in a petition for a civil no contact order means the defendant.

(7) "Stalking" means engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person, and he or she knows or should know that this course of conduct would cause a reasonable person to fear for his or her safety or the safety of a third person or suffer emotional distress. "Stalking" does not include an exercise of the right to free speech or assembly that is otherwise lawful or picketing occurring at the workplace that is otherwise lawful and arises out of a bona fide labor dispute, including any controversy concerning wages, salaries, hours, working conditions or benefits, including health and welfare, sick leave, insurance, and pension or retirement provisions, the making or maintaining of collective bargaining agreements, and the terms to be included in those agreements.

(8) "Stalking no contact order" means an ex parte or final order granted under this Article, which includes a remedy authorized by Section 112A-14.7 of this Code.

(e) For the purposes of offenses involving sexual harassment:

The following terms have the meanings provided in Section 10 of the Sexual Harassment No Contact Order Act: "contact", "course of conduct", "emotional distress", "petitioner", "reasonable person", "sexual harassment", and "sexual harassment no contact order".

"Offense involving sexual harassment" means any violation of any the following Sections of the Criminal Code of 2012 in which the defendant engaged in a course of conduct directed at the victim that would cause a reasonable person emotional distress:

(i) Section 12-1 (assault);

(ii) Section 12-2 (aggravated assault);

(iii) Section 12-3 (battery);

(iv) Section 12-3.05 (aggravated battery);

(v) Section 26-4 (unauthorized video recording or live video transmission);

(vi) Section 26.5-1 (transmission of obscene messages);

(vii) Section 26.5-2 (harassment by telephone); or

(viii) Section 26.5-3 (harassment through electronic communications).

(Source: P.A. 100-199, eff. 1-1-18; 100-597, eff. 6-29-18.)

(725 ILCS 5/112A-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 112A-4)

Sec. 112A-4. Persons protected by this Article.

(a) The following persons are protected by this Article in cases involving domestic violence:

(1) any person abused by a family or household member;

(2) any minor child or dependent adult in the care of such person;

(3) any person residing or employed at a private home or public shelter which is housing an abused family or household member; and

(4) any of the following persons if the person is abused by a family or household member of a child:

(i) a foster parent of that child if the child has been placed in the foster parent's home by the Department of Children and Family Services or by another state's public child welfare agency;

(ii) a legally appointed guardian or legally appointed custodian of that child;

(iii) an adoptive parent of that child; or

(iv) a prospective adoptive parent of that child if the child has been placed in the prospective adoptive parent's home pursuant to the Adoption Act or pursuant to another state's law.

For purposes of this paragraph (a)(4), individuals who would have been considered "family or household members" of the child under paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section 112A-3 before a termination of the parental rights with respect to the child continue to meet the definition of "family or household members" of the child.

(a-5) The following persons are protected by this Article in cases involving sexual offenses:

(1) any victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration on whose behalf the petition is brought;

(2) any family or household member of the named victim; and

(3) any employee of or volunteer at a rape crisis center.

(a-10) The following persons are protected by this Article in cases involving stalking offenses:

(1) any victim of stalking; and

(2) any family or household member of the named victim.

(a-15) A victim of an offense involving sexual harassment is protected by this Article.

(b) (Blank).

(Source: P.A. 100-199, eff. 1-1-18; 100-639, eff. 1-1-19.)

(725 ILCS 5/112A-4.5)

Sec. 112A-4.5. Who may file petition.

(a) A petition for a domestic violence order of protection may be filed:

(1) by a named victim who has been abused by a family or household member;

(2) by any person or by the State's Attorney on behalf of a named victim who is a minor child or an adult who has been abused by a family or household member and who, because of age, health, disability, or inaccessibility, cannot file the petition; or

(3) by a State's Attorney on behalf of any minor child or dependent adult in the care of the named victim, if the named victim does not file a petition or request the State's Attorney file the petition; or

(4) (3) any of the following persons if the person is abused by a family or household member of a child:

(i) a foster parent of that child if the child has been placed in the foster parent's home by the Department of Children and Family Services or by another state's public child welfare agency;

(ii) a legally appointed guardian or legally appointed custodian of that child;

(iii) an adoptive parent of that child;

(iv) a prospective adoptive parent of that child if the child has been placed in the prospective adoptive parent's home pursuant to the Adoption Act or pursuant to another state's law.

For purposes of this paragraph (a)(4) (3), individuals who would have been considered "family or household members" of the child under paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section 112A-3 before a termination of the parental rights with respect to the child continue to meet the definition of "family or household members" of the child.

(b) A petition for a civil no contact order may be filed:

(1) by any person who is a named victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration, including a single incident of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration;

(2) by a person or by the State's Attorney on behalf of a named victim who is a minor child or an adult who is a victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration but, because of age, disability, health, or inaccessibility, cannot file the petition; or

(3) by a State's Attorney on behalf of any minor child who is a family or household member of the named victim, if the named victim does not file a petition or request the State's Attorney file the petition.

(c) A petition for a stalking no contact order may be filed:

(1) by any person who is a named victim of stalking;

(2) by a person or by the State's Attorney on behalf of a named victim who is a minor child or an adult who is a victim of stalking but, because of age, disability, health, or inaccessibility, cannot file the petition; or

(3) by a State's Attorney on behalf of any minor child who is a family or household member of the named victim, if the named victim does not file a petition or request the State's Attorney file the petition.

(c-5) A petition for a sexual harassment no contact order may be filed:

(1) by any person who is a victim of sexual harassment; or

(2) by a person on behalf of a minor child or an adult who is a victim of sexual harassment but, because of age, disability, health, or inaccessibility, cannot file the petition.

(d) The State's Attorney shall file a petition on behalf of any person who may file a petition under subsection subsections (a), (b), or (c), or (c-5) of this Section if the person requests the State's Attorney to file a petition on the person's behalf, unless the State's Attorney has a good faith basis to delay filing the petition. The State's Attorney shall inform the person that the State's Attorney will not be filing the petition at that time and that the person may file a petition or may retain an attorney to file the petition. The State's Attorney may file the petition at a later date.

(d-5) (1) A person eligible to file a petition under subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this Section may retain an attorney to represent the petitioner on the petitioner's request for a protective order. The attorney's representation is limited to matters related to the petition and relief authorized under this Article.

(2) Advocates shall be allowed to accompany the petitioner and confer with the victim, unless otherwise directed by the court. Advocates are not engaged in the unauthorized practice of law when providing assistance to the petitioner.

(e) Any petition properly filed under this Article may seek protection for any additional persons protected by this Article.

(Source: P.A. 100-199, eff. 1-1-18; 100-597, eff. 6-29-18; 100-639, eff. 1-1-19; revised 8-20-18.)

(725 ILCS 5/112A-11.5)

Sec. 112A-11.5. Issuance of protective order.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (a-5) of this Section, the court shall grant the petition and enter a protective order if the court finds prima facie evidence that a crime involving domestic violence, a sexual offense, or a crime involving stalking, or an offense involving sexual harassment has been committed. The following shall be considered prima facie evidence of the offense crime:

(1) an information, complaint, indictment, or delinquency petition, charging a crime of domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking or charging an attempt to commit a crime of domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking;

(2) an adjudication of delinquency, a finding of guilt based upon a plea, or a finding of guilt after a trial for a crime of domestic battery, a sexual crime, or stalking or an attempt to commit a crime of domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking;

(3) any dispositional order issued under Section 5-710 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the imposition of supervision, conditional discharge, probation, periodic imprisonment, parole, aftercare release, or mandatory supervised release for a crime of domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking or an attempt to commit a crime of domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking, or imprisonment in conjunction with a bond forfeiture warrant; or

(4) the entry of a protective order in a separate civil case brought by the petitioner against the respondent.

(a-5) The respondent may rebut prima facie evidence of the crime under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Section by presenting evidence of a meritorious defense. The respondent shall file a written notice alleging a meritorious defense which shall be verified and supported by affidavit. The verified notice and affidavit shall set forth the evidence that will be presented at a hearing. If the court finds that the evidence presented at the hearing establishes a meritorious defense by a preponderance of the evidence, the court may decide not to issue a protective order.

(b) The petitioner shall not be denied a protective order because the petitioner or the respondent is a minor.

(c) The court, when determining whether or not to issue a protective order, may not require physical injury on the person of the victim.

(d) If the court issues a final protective order under this Section, the court shall afford the petitioner and respondent an opportunity to be heard on the remedies requested in the petition.

(Source: P.A. 100-199, eff. 1-1-18; 100-597, eff. 6-29-18.)

(725 ILCS 5/112A-14.8 new)

Sec. 112A-14.8. Sexual harassment no contact order; remedies.

(a) The court may order any of the remedies listed in this Section. The remedies listed in this Section shall be in addition to other civil or criminal remedies available to the petitioner. A sexual harassment no contact order shall do one or more of the following:

(1) prohibit the respondent from continued harassment of the petitioner;

(2) order the respondent not to have any contact with the petitioner or a third person specifically named by the court;

(3) prohibit the respondent from knowingly coming within or knowingly remaining within a specified distance of the petitioner or the petitioner's residence, school, daycare, or place of employment, or any specified place frequented by the petitioner; however, the court may order the respondent to stay away from the respondent's own residence, school, or place of employment only if the respondent has been provided actual notice of the opportunity to appear and be heard on the petition;

(4) if there was a threat of force with a weapon, prohibit the respondent from possessing a Firearm Owners Identification Card or possessing or buying a firearm; and

(5) order other injunctive relief the court determines to be necessary to protect the petitioner or third party specifically named by the court.

(b) If the petitioner and the respondent attend the same public, private, or nonpublic elementary, middle, or high school, the court, when issuing a sexual harassment no contact order and providing relief, shall consider the severity of the act, any continuing physical danger or emotional distress to the petitioner, the educational rights guaranteed to the petitioner and respondent under federal and State law, the availability of a transfer of the respondent to another school, a change of placement or a change of program of the respondent, the expense, difficulty, and educational disruption that would be caused by a transfer of the respondent to another school, and any other relevant facts of the case. The court may order that the respondent not attend the public, private, or nonpublic elementary, middle, or high school attended by the petitioner, order that the respondent accept a change of placement or program, as determined by the school district or private or nonpublic school, or place restrictions on the respondent's movements within the school attended by the petitioner. The respondent bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that a transfer, change of placement, or change of program of the respondent is not available. The respondent also bears the burden of production with respect to the expense, difficulty, and educational disruption that would be caused by a transfer of the respondent to another school. A transfer, change of placement, or change of program is not unavailable to the respondent solely on the ground that the respondent does not agree with the school district's or private or nonpublic school's transfer, change of placement, or change of program or solely on the ground that the respondent fails or refuses to consent to or otherwise does not take an action required to effectuate a transfer, change of placement, or change of program. If a court orders a respondent to stay away from the public, private, or nonpublic school attended by the petitioner and the respondent requests a transfer to another attendance center within the respondent's school district or private or nonpublic school, the school district or private or nonpublic school shall have sole discretion to determine the attendance center to which the respondent is transferred. If the court order results in a transfer of the minor respondent to another attendance center, a change in the respondent's placement, or a change of the respondent's program, the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the respondent is responsible for transportation and other costs associated with the transfer or change.

(c) The court may order the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a minor respondent to take certain actions or to refrain from taking certain actions to ensure that the respondent complies with the order. If the court orders a transfer of the respondent to another school, the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the respondent is responsible for transportation and other costs associated with the change of school by the respondent.

(d) The court shall not hold a school district or private or nonpublic school or any of its employees in civil or criminal contempt unless the school district or private or nonpublic school has been allowed to intervene.

(e) The court may hold a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a minor respondent in civil or criminal contempt for a violation of any provision of any order entered under this Act for conduct of the minor respondent in violation of this Act if the parent, guardian, or legal custodian directed, encouraged, or assisted the respondent minor in the conduct.

(f) The court may award the petitioner costs and attorney's fees if a sexual harassment no contact order is granted.

(g) Monetary damages are not recoverable as a remedy.

(h) If the sexual harassment no contact order prohibits the respondent from possessing a Firearm Owner's Identification Card or possessing or buying firearms, the court shall confiscate the respondent's Firearm Owner's Identification Card and immediately return the card to the Department of State Police Firearm Owner's Identification Card Office.

(725 ILCS 5/112A-21.8 new)

Sec. 112A-21.8. Contents of sexual harassment no contact orders.

(a) A sexual harassment no contact order shall describe each remedy granted by the court, in reasonable detail and not by reference to any other document, so that the respondent may clearly understand what he or she must do or refrain from doing.

(b) A sexual harassment no contact order shall further state the following:

(1) The name of each petitioner that the court finds was the victim of sexual harassment by the respondent.

(2) The date and time the sexual harassment no contact order was issued.

(c) A sexual harassment no contact order shall include the following notice, printed in conspicuous type:

"An initial knowing violation of a sexual harassment no contact order is a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent knowing violation is a Class 4 felony.

This Sexual Harassment No Contact Order is enforceable, even without registration, in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, tribal lands, and the U.S. territories under the Violence Against Women Act (18 U.S.C. 2265).".

(725 ILCS 5/112A-23) (from Ch. 38, par. 112A-23)

Sec. 112A-23. Enforcement of protective orders.

(a) When violation is crime. A violation of any protective order, whether issued in a civil, quasi-criminal proceeding, shall be enforced by a criminal court when:

(1) The respondent commits the crime of violation of a domestic violence order of protection pursuant to Section 12-3.4 or 12-30 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, by having knowingly violated:

(i) remedies described in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (14), or (14.5) of subsection (b) of Section 112A-14 of this Code,

(ii) a remedy, which is substantially similar to the remedies authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (14), or (14.5) of subsection (b) of Section 214 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, in a valid order of protection, which is authorized under the laws of another state, tribe or United States territory,

(iii) or any other remedy when the act constitutes a crime against the protected parties as defined by the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.

Prosecution for a violation of a domestic violence order of protection shall not bar concurrent prosecution for any other crime, including any crime that may have been committed at the time of the violation of the domestic violence order of protection; or

(2) The respondent commits the crime of child abduction pursuant to Section 10-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, by having knowingly violated:

(i) remedies described in paragraphs (5), (6), or (8) of subsection (b) of Section 112A-14 of this Code, or

(ii) a remedy, which is substantially similar to the remedies authorized under paragraphs (1), (5), (6), or (8) of subsection (b) of Section 214 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, in a valid domestic violence order of protection, which is authorized under the laws of another state, tribe or United States territory.

(3) The respondent commits the crime of violation of a civil no contact order when the respondent violates Section 12-3.8 of the Criminal Code of 2012. Prosecution for a violation of a civil no contact order shall not bar concurrent prosecution for any other crime, including any crime that may have been committed at the time of the violation of the civil no contact order.

(4) The respondent commits the crime of violation of a stalking no contact order when the respondent violates Section 12-3.9 of the Criminal Code of 2012. Prosecution for a violation of a stalking no contact order shall not bar concurrent prosecution for any other crime, including any crime that may have been committed at the time of the violation of the stalking no contact order.

(5) The respondent commits the crime of violation of a sexual harassment no contact order by violating Section 12-3.10 of the Criminal Code of 2012. Prosecution for a violation of a sexual harassment no contact order shall not bar concurrent prosecution for any other crime, including any crime that may have been committed at the time of the violation of the sexual harassment no contact order.

(b) When violation is contempt of court. A violation of any valid protective order, whether issued in a civil or criminal proceeding, may be enforced through civil or criminal contempt procedures, as appropriate, by any court with jurisdiction, regardless where the act or acts which violated the protective order were committed, to the extent consistent with the venue provisions of this Article. Nothing in this Article shall preclude any Illinois court from enforcing any valid protective order issued in another state. Illinois courts may enforce protective orders through both criminal prosecution and contempt proceedings, unless the action which is second in time is barred by collateral estoppel or the constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy.

(1) In a contempt proceeding where the petition for a rule to show cause sets forth facts evidencing an immediate danger that the respondent will flee the jurisdiction, conceal a child, or inflict physical abuse on the petitioner or minor children or on dependent adults in petitioner's care, the court may order the attachment of the respondent without prior service of the rule to show cause or the petition for a rule to show cause. Bond shall be set unless specifically denied in writing.

(2) A petition for a rule to show cause for violation of a protective order shall be treated as an expedited proceeding.

(c) Violation of custody, allocation of parental responsibility, or support orders. A violation of remedies described in paragraphs (5), (6), (8), or (9) of subsection (b) of Section 112A-14 of this Code may be enforced by any remedy provided by Section 607.5 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. The court may enforce any order for support issued under paragraph (12) of subsection (b) of Section 112A-14 of this Code in the manner provided for under Parts V and VII of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.

(d) Actual knowledge. A protective order may be enforced pursuant to this Section if the respondent violates the order after respondent has actual knowledge of its contents as shown through one of the following means:

(1) (Blank).

(2) (Blank).

(3) By service of a protective order under subsection (f) of Section 112A-17.5 or Section 112A-22 of this Code.

(4) By other means demonstrating actual knowledge of the contents of the order.

(e) The enforcement of a protective order in civil or criminal court shall not be affected by either of the following:

(1) The existence of a separate, correlative order entered under Section 112A-15 of this Code.

(2) Any finding or order entered in a conjoined criminal proceeding.

(f) Circumstances. The court, when determining whether or not a violation of a protective order has occurred, shall not require physical manifestations of abuse on the person of the victim.

(g) Penalties.

(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection (g), where the court finds the commission of a crime or contempt of court under subsections (a) or (b) of this Section, the penalty shall be the penalty that generally applies in such criminal or contempt proceedings, and may include one or more of the following: incarceration, payment of restitution, a fine, payment of attorneys' fees and costs, or community service.

(2) The court shall hear and take into account evidence of any factors in aggravation or mitigation before deciding an appropriate penalty under paragraph (1) of this subsection (g).

(3) To the extent permitted by law, the court is encouraged to:

(i) increase the penalty for the knowing violation of any protective order over any penalty previously imposed by any court for respondent's violation of any protective order or penal statute involving petitioner as victim and respondent as defendant;

(ii) impose a minimum penalty of 24 hours imprisonment for respondent's first violation of any protective order; and

(iii) impose a minimum penalty of 48 hours imprisonment for respondent's second or subsequent violation of a protective order

unless the court explicitly finds that an increased penalty or that period of imprisonment would be manifestly unjust.

(4) In addition to any other penalties imposed for a violation of a protective order, a criminal court may consider evidence of any violations of a protective order:

(i) to increase, revoke, or modify the bail bond on an underlying criminal charge pursuant to Section 110-6 of this Code;

(ii) to revoke or modify an order of probation, conditional discharge, or supervision, pursuant to Section 5-6-4 of the Unified Code of Corrections;

(iii) to revoke or modify a sentence of periodic imprisonment, pursuant to Section 5-7-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections.

(Source: P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16; 100-199, eff. 1-1-18; 100-597, eff. 6-29-18.)

(725 ILCS 5/112A-28) (from Ch. 38, par. 112A-28)

Sec. 112A-28. Data maintenance by law enforcement agencies.

(a) All sheriffs shall furnish to the Department of State Police, daily, in the form and detail the Department requires, copies of any recorded protective orders issued by the court, and any foreign protective orders filed by the clerk of the court, and transmitted to the sheriff by the clerk of the court. Each protective order shall be entered in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System on the same day it is issued by the court.

(b) The Department of State Police shall maintain a complete and systematic record and index of all valid and recorded protective orders issued or filed under this Act. The data shall be used to inform all dispatchers and law enforcement officers at the scene of an alleged incident of abuse or violation of a protective order of any recorded prior incident of abuse involving the abused party and the effective dates and terms of any recorded protective order.

(c) The data, records and transmittals required under this Section shall pertain to:

(1) any valid emergency, interim, or plenary domestic violence order of protection, civil no contact or stalking no contact order, or sexual harassment no contact order issued in a civil proceeding; and

(2) any valid ex parte or final protective order issued in a criminal proceeding or authorized under the laws of another state, tribe, or United States territory.

(Source: P.A. 100-199, eff. 1-1-18; 100-597, eff. 6-29-18.)

Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.