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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB1686 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Gender Violence Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning the definition of "gender-related violence".
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB1686 | | LRB100 03388 HEP 13393 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Gender Violence Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (740 ILCS 82/5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5. Definition. In this Act,
"gender-related |
| 8 | | violence", which is a form of sex
discrimination, means the
the |
| 9 | | following:
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| 10 | | (1) One or more acts of violence or physical
aggression |
| 11 | | satisfying the elements of battery under the
laws of |
| 12 | | Illinois that are committed, at least in part, on
the basis |
| 13 | | of a person's sex,
whether or not those acts have resulted |
| 14 | | in
criminal
charges, prosecution, or conviction.
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| 15 | | (2) A physical intrusion or physical invasion of a
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| 16 | | sexual nature under coercive conditions satisfying the
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| 17 | | elements of battery under the laws of Illinois, whether
or |
| 18 | | not the act or acts resulted in criminal charges,
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| 19 | | prosecution, or conviction.
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| 20 | | (3) A threat of an act described in item (1) or
(2) |
| 21 | | causing a realistic apprehension that the originator
of the |
| 22 | | threat will commit the act.
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| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 93-416, eff. 1-1-04.)
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