Bill Text: IL HB3498 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that when the victim is under 18 years of age at the time of the offense, a prosecution for female genital mutilation may be commenced at any time. Provides that a parent, guardian, or other person having physical custody or control of a child who knowingly facilitates or permits the circumcision, excision, or infibulation, in whole or in part, of the labia majora, labia minora, or clitoris of the child commits female genital mutilation. Provides that a violation is a Class X felony.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-2)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0285 [HB3498 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3498-Engrossed.html

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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
Sections 3-6 and 12-34 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/3-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 3-6)
Sec. 3-6. Extended limitations. The period within which a
prosecution must be commenced under the provisions of Section
3-5 or other applicable statute is extended under the following
conditions:
(a) A prosecution for theft involving a breach of a
fiduciary obligation to the aggrieved person may be commenced
as follows:
(1) If the aggrieved person is a minor or a person
under legal disability, then during the minority or legal
disability or within one year after the termination
thereof.
(2) In any other instance, within one year after the
discovery of the offense by an aggrieved person, or by a
person who has legal capacity to represent an aggrieved
person or has a legal duty to report the offense, and is
not himself or herself a party to the offense; or in the
absence of such discovery, within one year after the proper

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prosecuting officer becomes aware of the offense. However,
in no such case is the period of limitation so extended
more than 3 years beyond the expiration of the period
otherwise applicable.
(b) A prosecution for any offense based upon misconduct in
office by a public officer or employee may be commenced within
one year after discovery of the offense by a person having a
legal duty to report such offense, or in the absence of such
discovery, within one year after the proper prosecuting officer
becomes aware of the offense. However, in no such case is the
period of limitation so extended more than 3 years beyond the
expiration of the period otherwise applicable.
(b-5) When the victim is under 18 years of age at the time
of the offense, a prosecution for involuntary servitude,
involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in
persons and related offenses under Section 10-9 of this Code
may be commenced within 25 years of the victim attaining the
age of 18 years.
(b-6) When the victim is under 18 years of age at the time
of the offense, a prosecution for female genital mutilation may
be commenced at any time.
(c) (Blank).
(d) A prosecution for child pornography, aggravated child
pornography, indecent solicitation of a child, soliciting for a
juvenile prostitute, juvenile pimping, exploitation of a
child, or promoting juvenile prostitution except for keeping a

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place of juvenile prostitution may be commenced within one year
of the victim attaining the age of 18 years. However, in no
such case shall the time period for prosecution expire sooner
than 3 years after the commission of the offense.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (j), a
prosecution for any offense involving sexual conduct or sexual
penetration, as defined in Section 11-0.1 of this Code, where
the defendant was within a professional or fiduciary
relationship or a purported professional or fiduciary
relationship with the victim at the time of the commission of
the offense may be commenced within one year after the
discovery of the offense by the victim.
(f) A prosecution for any offense set forth in Section 44
of the Environmental Protection Act may be commenced within 5
years after the discovery of such an offense by a person or
agency having the legal duty to report the offense or in the
absence of such discovery, within 5 years after the proper
prosecuting officer becomes aware of the offense.
(f-5) A prosecution for any offense set forth in Section
16-30 of this Code may be commenced within 5 years after the
discovery of the offense by the victim of that offense.
(g) (Blank).
(h) (Blank).
(i) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (j), a
prosecution for criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal
sexual assault, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse may be

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commenced within 10 years of the commission of the offense if
the victim reported the offense to law enforcement authorities
within 3 years after the commission of the offense. If the
victim consented to the collection of evidence using an
Illinois State Police Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit
under the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act, it
shall constitute reporting for purposes of this Section.
Nothing in this subdivision (i) shall be construed to
shorten a period within which a prosecution must be commenced
under any other provision of this Section.
(i-5) A prosecution for armed robbery, home invasion,
kidnapping, or aggravated kidnaping may be commenced within 10
years of the commission of the offense if it arises out of the
same course of conduct and meets the criteria under one of the
offenses in subsection (i) of this Section.
(j) (1) When the victim is under 18 years of age at the
time of the offense, a prosecution for criminal sexual assault,
aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual
assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, or felony
criminal sexual abuse, or female genital mutilation may be
commenced at any time.
(2) When in circumstances other than as described in
paragraph (1) of this subsection (j), when When the victim is
under 18 years of age at the time of the offense, a prosecution
for failure of a person who is required to report an alleged or
suspected commission of criminal sexual assault, aggravated

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criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a
child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, or felony criminal
sexual abuse under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act
may be commenced within 20 years after the child victim attains
18 years of age.
(3) When the victim is under 18 years of age at the time of
the offense, a prosecution for misdemeanor criminal sexual
abuse may be commenced within 10 years after the child victim
attains 18 years of age.
(4) Nothing in this subdivision (j) shall be construed to
shorten a period within which a prosecution must be commenced
under any other provision of this Section.
(j-5) A prosecution for armed robbery, home invasion,
kidnapping, or aggravated kidnaping may be commenced at any
time if it arises out of the same course of conduct and meets
the criteria under one of the offenses in subsection (j) of
this Section.
(k) (Blank).
(l) A prosecution for any offense set forth in Section 26-4
of this Code may be commenced within one year after the
discovery of the offense by the victim of that offense.
(l-5) A prosecution for any offense involving sexual
conduct or sexual penetration, as defined in Section 11-0.1 of
this Code, in which the victim was 18 years of age or older at
the time of the offense, may be commenced within one year after
the discovery of the offense by the victim when corroborating

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physical evidence is available. The charging document shall
state that the statute of limitations is extended under this
subsection (l-5) and shall state the circumstances justifying
the extension. Nothing in this subsection (l-5) shall be
construed to shorten a period within which a prosecution must
be commenced under any other provision of this Section or
Section 3-5 of this Code.
(m) The prosecution shall not be required to prove at trial
facts which extend the general limitations in Section 3-5 of
this Code when the facts supporting extension of the period of
general limitations are properly pled in the charging document.
Any challenge relating to the extension of the general
limitations period as defined in this Section shall be
exclusively conducted under Section 114-1 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure of 1963.
(n) A prosecution for any offense set forth in subsection
(a), (b), or (c) of Section 8A-3 or Section 8A-13 of the
Illinois Public Aid Code, in which the total amount of money
involved is $5,000 or more, including the monetary value of
food stamps and the value of commodities under Section 16-1 of
this Code may be commenced within 5 years of the last act
committed in furtherance of the offense.
(Source: P.A. 99-234, eff. 8-3-15; 99-820, eff. 8-15-16;
100-80, eff. 8-11-17; 100-318, eff. 8-24-17; 100-434, eff.
1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-998, eff. 1-1-19; 100-1010,
eff. 1-1-19; 100-1087, eff. 1-1-19; revised 10-9-18.)

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(720 ILCS 5/12-34)
Sec. 12-34. Female genital mutilation.
(a) Except as otherwise permitted in subsection (b),
whoever knowingly circumcises, excises, or infibulates, in
whole or in part, the labia majora, labia minora, or clitoris
of another commits female genital mutilation. Consent to the
procedure by a minor on whom it is performed or by the minor's
parent or guardian is not a defense to a violation of this
Section.
(a-5) A parent, guardian, or other person having physical
custody or control of a child who knowingly facilitates or
permits the circumcision, excision, or infibulation, in whole
or in part, of the labia majora, labia minora, or clitoris of
the child commits female genital mutilation.
(b) A surgical procedure is not a violation of subsection
(a) if the procedure is performed by a physician licensed to
practice medicine in all its branches and:
(1) is necessary to the health of the person on whom it
is performed; or
(2) is performed on a person who is in labor or who has
just given birth and is performed for medical purposes
connected with that labor or birth.
(c) Sentence. Female genital mutilation is a Class X
felony.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)