Illinois House Bill 5654

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Includes, in the definition of "abuse", the following: (i) coercive control that is a pattern of threatening, humiliating, or intimidating actions to harm an individual, stripping away the individual's sense of self and making the individual dependent by isolating, exploiting, and regulating the individual's behavior; (ii) emotional distress that undermines an individual's self-worth and self-esteem through constant criticism, diminishing abilities, and damaging relationships; (iii) psychological abuse that causes fear by intimidation, threatening harm, destroying property, and forcing isolation; as part of coercive control, it is a pattern of actions to harm, punish, or frighten that involves isolation, financial control, and coercion; and (iv) physical abuse or assault that includes actions such as hitting, slapping, and denying medical care. Requires that courts offer the option of a remote hearing to a petition for an order of protection that is now limited to counties with a population of more than 250,000. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Domestic Violence Victims' Expense Fund as a special fund in the State treasury for the purpose of assisting domestic violence victims in covering the expense of traveling to and from and participating in the domestic violence proceedings.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-COURT

Rep. Stephanie Kifowit [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-05	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2024-02-28	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2024-02-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2024-02-09	House	First Reading
2024-02-09	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
30	105	5.1015	New Code	See Bill Text
30	105	6z-140	New Code	See Bill Text
750	60	103	Amended Code	Citation Text
750	60	205	Amended Code	Citation Text
750	60	212	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5654&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB5654.htm