Bill Text: IL HB0071 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the penalty for aggravated domestic battery is a Class X felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a mandatory term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more than 30 years when the person, in committing a domestic battery, strangles another individual.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-15 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie [HB0071 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB0071-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0071 Introduced , by Rep. Jackie Haas SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/12-3.3
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the penalty for aggravated domestic battery is a Class X felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a mandatory term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more than 30 years when the person, in committing a domestic battery, strangles another individual.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
changing Section 12-3.3 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/12-3.3)
Sec. 12-3.3. Aggravated domestic battery.
(a) A person who, in committing a domestic battery,
knowingly causes great bodily harm, or permanent disability or
disfigurement commits aggravated domestic battery.
(a-5) A person who, in committing a domestic battery,
strangles another individual commits aggravated domestic
battery. For the purposes of this subsection (a-5), "strangle"
means intentionally impeding the normal breathing or
circulation of the blood of an individual by applying pressure
on the throat or neck of that individual or by blocking the
nose or mouth of that individual.
(b) Sentence. A violation of subsection (a) Aggravated
domestic battery is a Class 2 felony. A violation of
subsection (a-5) is a Class X felony for which the person shall
be sentenced to a mandatory term of imprisonment of not less
than 6 years and not more than 30 years. Any order of probation
or conditional discharge entered following a conviction for an

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