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IL HB4957

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/26/2022

Primary Sponsor

Maura Hirschauer

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Origin

House of Representatives

102nd General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends the Gender Violence Act (740 ILCS 82/5) to expand the definition of "gender-related violence" to include non-consensual condom removal.

  • 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.

  • Expands the definition of threats under the Act to include threats of the newly defined condom-removal conduct.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Rules2/18/2022
Judiciary - Criminal2/9/2022
Rules1/27/2022

Full Bill Text

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