SB 2467 — AGG ASSAULT&BAT-VET&SERVICEMEM

*LRB10016824RLC31965b* SB2467 100THEngrossed GENERALLRB100 ASSEMBLY16824 StateRLC of31965 Illinoisb andAN 2018ACT SB2467concerning Introducedcriminal 1/30/2018,law. by Sen.

Julie A.

Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

ILCS 5/12-0.1 ILCS 5/12-2 from Ch.

38, par.

12-2 ILCS 5/12-3.05 was 720 ILCS 5/12-4 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012.

Defines "servicemember" and "veteran".

Provides that a person commits aggravated assault or aggravated battery when he or she commits an assault or a battery against a servicemember or veteran.

Provides that an aggravated assault committed against a servicemember or veteran is a Class A misdemeanor.

Provides that an aggravated battery committed against a servicemember or veteran is a Class 3 felony.

LRB100 16824 RLC 31965 b CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR SB2467 LRB100 16824 RLC 31965 b AN ACT concerning criminal law.

"Family or household members" include spouses, former SB2467 Engrossed - 2 - LRB100 16824 RLC 31965 b spouses, parents, children, stepchildren, and other persons related by blood or by present or prior marriage, persons who share or formerly shared a common dwelling, persons who have or allegedly have a child in common, persons who share or allegedly share a blood relationship through a child, persons who have or have had a dating or engagement relationship, persons with disabilities and their personal assistants, and caregivers as defined in Section 12-4.4a of this Code.

"Probation officer" means a person as defined in the SB2467 Engrossed - 3 - LRB100 16824 RLC 31965 b Probation and Probation Officers Act.

SB2467 Engrossed - 4 - LRB100 16824 RLC 31965 b (2) An employee of a municipally owned utility.

A person commits SB2467 Engrossed - 5 - LRB100 16824 RLC 31965 b aggravated assault when he or she commits an assault against an individual who is on or about a public way, public property, a public place of accommodation or amusement, or a sports venue.

(ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her SB2467 Engrossed - 6 - LRB100 16824 RLC 31965 b official duties;

(7) An employee of the State of Illinois, a municipal corporation therein, or a political subdivision thereof, SB2467 Engrossed - 7 - LRB100 16824 RLC 31965 b performing his or her official duties.

(5) Knowingly and without lawful justification shines or flashes a laser gun sight or other laser device attached SB2467 Engrossed - 8 - LRB100 16824 RLC 31965 b to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so that the laser beam strikes near or in the immediate vicinity of any person.

Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (a), (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(7), (b)(8), (b)(9), SB2467 Engrossed - 9 - LRB100 16824 RLC 31965 b (c)(1), (c)(4), or (c)(9) is a Class A misdemeanor, except that aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (b)(4) and (b)(7) is a Class 4 felony if a Category I, Category II, or Category III weapon is used in the commission of the assault.

(2) Causes severe and permanent disability, great bodily harm, or disfigurement by means of a caustic or flammable substance, a poisonous gas, a deadly biological SB2467 Engrossed - 10 - LRB100 16824 RLC 31965 b or chemical contaminant or agent, a radioactive substance, or a bomb or explosive compound.

or SB2467 Engrossed - 11 - LRB100 16824 RLC 31965 b (2) causes bodily harm or disability or disfigurement to any child under the age of 13 years or to any person with a severe or profound intellectual disability.

SB2467 Engrossed - 12 - LRB100 16824 RLC 31965 b (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her official duties;

SB2467 Engrossed - 13 - LRB100 16824 RLC 31965 b (11) A nurse while in the performance of his or her duties as a nurse.

or SB2467 Engrossed - 14 - LRB100 16824 RLC 31965 b (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his or her official duties.

(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her SB2467 Engrossed - 15 - LRB100 16824 RLC 31965 b official duties;

A person commits aggravated battery when, other than by discharge of a firearm, SB2467 Engrossed - 16 - LRB100 16824 RLC 31965 b he or she does any of the following:

SB2467 Engrossed - 17 - LRB100 16824 RLC 31965 b Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(3) or (g)(1) is a Class 1 felony.

SB2467 Engrossed - 18 - LRB100 16824 RLC 31965 b Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(5) is a Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 12 years and a maximum of 45 years.

SB2467 Engrossed - 19 - LRB100 16824 RLC 31965 b (i) Definitions.