Full Text of SB2805 103rd General Assembly
SB2805 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB2805 Introduced 1/17/2024, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 430 ILCS 67/5 | | 725 ILCS 5/112A-4.5 | |
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Amends the Firearms Restraining Order Act and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that if the petitioner for a firearms restraining order, domestic violence order of protection, or civil no contact order is a law enforcement officer or agent of a law enforcement officer, the petitioner shall be referred to as the law enforcement agency in which the officer is employed on all public records concerning the petition and not the individually named officer or agent who filed the petition. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning protective orders.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Firearms Restraining Order Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 5 as follows: | 6 | | (430 ILCS 67/5) | 7 | | Sec. 5. Definitions.
As used in this Act: | 8 | | "Family member of the respondent" means a spouse, former | 9 | | spouse, person with whom the respondent has a minor child in | 10 | | common, parent, child, or step-child of the respondent, any | 11 | | other person related by blood or present marriage to the | 12 | | respondent, or a person who shares a common dwelling with the | 13 | | respondent. | 14 | | "Firearms restraining order" means an order issued by the | 15 | | court, prohibiting and enjoining a named person from having in | 16 | | his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, or | 17 | | receiving any firearms or ammunition, or removing firearm | 18 | | parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm.
| 19 | | "Intimate partner" means a spouse, former spouse, a person | 20 | | with whom the respondent has or allegedly has a child in | 21 | | common, or a person with whom the respondent has or has had a | 22 | | dating or engagement relationship. | 23 | | "Petitioner" means: |
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| 1 | | (1) a family member of the respondent as defined in | 2 | | this Act; or
| 3 | | (2) a law enforcement officer
who files a petition | 4 | | alleging that the respondent poses a danger of causing | 5 | | personal injury to himself, herself, or another by having | 6 | | in his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, | 7 | | or receiving a firearm, ammunition, or firearm parts that | 8 | | could be assembled to make an operable firearm or removing | 9 | | firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable | 10 | | firearm. | 11 | | If the petitioner is a law enforcement officer, the | 12 | | petitioner shall be referred to as the law enforcement agency | 13 | | in which the officer is employed on all public records | 14 | | concerning the petition and not the individually named officer | 15 | | who filed the petition. | 16 | | "Respondent" means the person alleged in the petition to | 17 | | pose a danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself, | 18 | | or another by having in his or her custody or control, | 19 | | purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm, ammunition, or | 20 | | firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable | 21 | | firearm or removing firearm parts that could be assembled to | 22 | | make an operable firearm.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-345, eff. 6-1-22 .) | 24 | | Section 10. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is | 25 | | amended by changing Section 112A-4.5 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (725 ILCS 5/112A-4.5) | 2 | | Sec. 112A-4.5. Who may file petition. | 3 | | (a) A petition for a domestic violence order of protection | 4 | | may be filed: | 5 | | (1) by a named victim
who
has been abused by a family | 6 | | or household member; | 7 | | (2) by any person or by the State's Attorney on behalf
| 8 | | of a named victim who is a minor child or an adult who has | 9 | | been
abused by a family or household
member and who, | 10 | | because of age, health, disability, or inaccessibility,
| 11 | | cannot file the petition; | 12 | | (3) by a State's Attorney on behalf of any minor child | 13 | | or dependent adult in the care of the named victim, if the | 14 | | named victim does not file a petition or request the | 15 | | State's Attorney file the petition; or | 16 | | (4) any of the following persons if the person is | 17 | | abused by a family or household member of a child: | 18 | | (i) a foster parent of that child if the child has | 19 | | been placed in the foster parent's home by the | 20 | | Department of Children and Family Services or by | 21 | | another state's public child welfare agency; | 22 | | (ii) a legally appointed guardian or legally | 23 | | appointed custodian of that child; | 24 | | (iii) an adoptive parent of that child; | 25 | | (iv) a prospective adoptive parent of that child |
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| 1 | | if the child has been placed in the prospective | 2 | | adoptive parent's home pursuant to the Adoption Act or | 3 | | pursuant to another state's law. | 4 | | For purposes of this paragraph (a)(4), individuals who | 5 | | would have been considered "family or household members" of | 6 | | the child under paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section | 7 | | 112A-3 before a termination of the parental rights with | 8 | | respect to the child continue to meet the definition of | 9 | | "family or household members" of the child. | 10 | | (b) A petition for a civil no contact order may be filed: | 11 | | (1) by any person who is a named victim of | 12 | | non-consensual
sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual | 13 | | penetration, including a single incident of non-consensual | 14 | | sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration; | 15 | | (2) by a person or by the State's Attorney on behalf of | 16 | | a named victim who is a minor child or an
adult who is a | 17 | | victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual | 18 | | sexual penetration but, because of age, disability, | 19 | | health, or inaccessibility, cannot file the petition; | 20 | | (3) by a State's Attorney on behalf of any minor child | 21 | | who is a family or household member of the named victim, if | 22 | | the named victim does not file a petition or request the | 23 | | State's Attorney file the petition; | 24 | | (4) by a service member of the Illinois National Guard | 25 | | or any reserve military component serving within the State | 26 | | who is a victim of non-consensual sexual conduct who has |
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| 1 | | also received a Military Protective Order; or | 2 | | (5) by the Staff Judge Advocate of the Illinois | 3 | | National Guard or any reserve military component serving | 4 | | in the State on behalf of a named victim who is a victim of | 5 | | non-consensual sexual conduct who has also received a | 6 | | Military Protective Order. | 7 | | (c) A petition for a stalking no contact order may be | 8 | | filed: | 9 | | (1) by any person who is a named victim of stalking; | 10 | | (2) by a person or by the State's Attorney on behalf of | 11 | | a named victim who is a minor child or an
adult who is a | 12 | | victim of stalking but, because of age, disability, | 13 | | health, or inaccessibility, cannot file the petition; | 14 | | (3) by a State's Attorney on behalf of any minor child | 15 | | who is a family or household member of the named victim, if | 16 | | the named victim does not file a petition or request the | 17 | | State's Attorney file the petition; | 18 | | (4) by a service member of the Illinois National Guard | 19 | | or any reserve military component serving within the State | 20 | | who is a victim of non-consensual sexual conduct who has | 21 | | also received a Military Protective Order; or | 22 | | (5) by the Staff Judge Advocate of the Illinois | 23 | | National Guard or any reserve military component serving | 24 | | in the State on behalf of a named victim who is a victim of | 25 | | non-consensual sexual conduct who has also received a | 26 | | Military Protective Order. |
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| 1 | | (d) The State's Attorney shall file a petition on behalf | 2 | | of any person who may file a petition under subsections (a), | 3 | | (b), or (c) of this Section if the person requests the State's | 4 | | Attorney to file a petition on the person's behalf, unless the | 5 | | State's Attorney has a good faith basis to delay filing the | 6 | | petition. The State's Attorney shall inform the person that | 7 | | the State's Attorney will not be filing the petition at that | 8 | | time and that the person may file a petition or may retain an | 9 | | attorney to file the petition. The State's Attorney may file | 10 | | the petition at a later date. | 11 | | (d-5) (1) A person eligible to file a petition under | 12 | | subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this Section may retain an | 13 | | attorney to represent the petitioner on the petitioner's | 14 | | request for a protective order. The attorney's representation | 15 | | is limited to matters related to the petition and relief | 16 | | authorized under this Article. | 17 | | (2) Advocates shall be allowed to accompany the petitioner | 18 | | and confer with the victim, unless otherwise directed by the | 19 | | court. Advocates are not engaged in the unauthorized practice | 20 | | of law when providing assistance to the petitioner. | 21 | | (d-6) If the petitioner is a law enforcement officer or | 22 | | agent of a law enforcement officer, the petitioner shall be | 23 | | referred to as the law enforcement agency in which the officer | 24 | | or agent is employed on all public records concerning the | 25 | | petition and not the individually named officer or agent who | 26 | | filed the petition. |
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| 1 | | (e) Any petition properly
filed under this Article may | 2 | | seek
protection for any additional persons protected by this | 3 | | Article.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-890, eff. 5-19-22.)
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.
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