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IL HB4957
Bill
Status
1/26/2022
Primary Sponsor
Maura Hirschauer
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AI Summary
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Amends the Gender Violence Act (740 ILCS 82/5) to expand the definition of "gender-related violence" to include non-consensual condom removal.
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Adds two new categories of conduct: contact between a sexual organ from which a condom has been removed and another's intimate part without verbal consent to removal, and contact between an intimate part and another's sexual organ from which a condom was removed without verbal consent.
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Expands the definition of threats under the Act to include threats of the newly defined condom-removal conduct.
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Gender-related violence continues to be classified as a form of sex discrimination under Illinois law.
Legislative Description
GENDER-RELATED VIOLENCE
Last Action
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2/18/2022