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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person is not legally accountable for the conduct of another, unless the statute defining the offense provides otherwise, if he or she was subjected to specified and credible coercion, compulsion, or duress related to domestic abuse as defined in the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that a person is not guilty of an offense (deletes other than an…
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person is not legally accountable for the conduct of another, unless the statute defining the offense provides otherwise, if he or she was subjected to specified and credible coercion, compulsion, or duress related to domestic abuse as defined in the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that a person is not guilty of an offense (deletes other than an offense punishable by death) by reason of conduct that he or she performs under the compulsion of threat or menace of the imminent infliction of death or great bodily harm, if he or she reasonably believes death or great bodily harm will be inflicted upon him or her, or upon his or her spouse or child, if he or she does not perform that conduct. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Includes in the relief from judgment provisions if the allegations in the petition establish each of the following by a preponderance of the evidence: (1) the movant was convicted of a forcible felony; (2) the movant's participation in the offense was related to experiencing or the effects of gender-based violence; (3) no substantial evidence or incomplete evidence of gender-based violence against the movant was presented at the movant's sentencing hearing; and (4) the evidence of gender-based violence against the movant is material and noncumulative to other evidence offered at the sentencing hearing, or previous hearing filed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, and is of such a conclusive character that it would likely change the sentence imposed by the original trial court. Defines "gender-based violence".
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SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Robert Peters
SenateFirst Reading
CommitteeReferred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
CommitteeAssigned to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety · Senate Sp. Comm on Crim Law and Pub Safety
SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Robert Peters
CommitteeSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
CommitteeSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety · Senate Sp. Comm on Crim Law and Pub Safety
SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 24, 2023
SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Robert Peters
CommitteeSenate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
CommitteeSenate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety · Senate Sp. Comm on Crim Law and Pub Safety
SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
CommitteeSenate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Senate Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety · Senate Sp. Comm on Crim Law and Pub Safety
CommitteeSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety · Senate Sp. Comm on Crim Law and Pub Safety
CommitteeDo Pass as Amended Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety; 010-000-000 · Senate Sp. Comm on Crim Law and Pub Safety
SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 24, 2023
SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
SenateSecond Reading
SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 28, 2023
SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
SenateThird Reading - Passed; 041-002-000
SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
HouseArrived in House
HouseChief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
HouseFirst Reading
CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
CommitteeAssigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee · House Judiciary - Criminal
HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz
HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
CommitteeHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee · House Rules
CommitteeHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee · House Judiciary - Criminal
CommitteeHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Criminal Committee; by Voice Vote · House Judiciary - Criminal
CommitteeDo Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 013-000-000 · House Judiciary - Criminal
HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-001-000
HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
SenateSecretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 16, 2023
SenateHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Robert Peters
CommitteeHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
CommitteeHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety · Senate Sp. Comm on Crim Law and Pub Safety
CommitteeHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety; 009-000-000 · Senate Sp. Comm on Crim Law and Pub Safety
