Bill Text: IL HB1742 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Civil No Contact Order Act. Provides that any family or household member of a victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration may file a petition for a civil no contact order.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-2)
Status: (Passed) 2021-07-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0198 [HB1742 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB1742-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 102-0198 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Civil No Contact Order Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 201 as follows:
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(740 ILCS 22/201)
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Sec. 201. Persons protected by this Act. | ||||
(a) The following persons are protected by this Act: | ||||
(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 that is providing services to the petitioner or the | ||||
petitioner's family or household member. | ||||
(b) A petition for a civil no contact order may be filed:
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(1) by any person who is a 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; or
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(2) by a
person on behalf of 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
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petition ; or | ||
(3) only after receiving consent from the victim, by | ||
any family or household member of a victim of | ||
non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual | ||
penetration, and the petition shall include a statement | ||
that the victim has consented to the family or household | ||
member filing the petition .
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(Source: P.A. 96-311, eff. 1-1-10.)
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