Bill Text: IL SB1068 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Gender Violence Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "gender-related violence".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-08-15 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB1068 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB1068-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB1068 Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
740 ILCS 82/5
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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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Gender Violence Act is amended by changing
Section 5 as follows:
(740 ILCS 82/5)
Sec. 5. Definition. In this Act, "gender-related
violence", which is a form of sex discrimination, means the the
following:
(1) One or more acts of violence or physical aggression
satisfying the elements of battery under the laws of
Illinois that are committed, at least in part, on the basis
of a person's sex, whether or not those acts have resulted
in criminal charges, prosecution, or conviction.
(2) A physical intrusion or physical invasion of a
sexual nature under coercive conditions satisfying the
elements of battery under the laws of Illinois, whether or
not the act or acts resulted in criminal charges,
prosecution, or conviction.
(3) A threat of an act described in item (1) or (2)
causing a realistic apprehension that the originator of the
threat will commit the act.
(Source: P.A. 93-416, eff. 1-1-04.)