SB1974 Summary

• Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 to add a new subsection (a-10) to Section 12-3.3 establishing aggravated domestic battery when a person commits domestic battery against someone 60 years of age or older (excluding offenses involving firearm discharge).

• Classifies this offense as a Class 2 felony with mandatory minimum sentences of 60 consecutive days for first convictions and 3-7 years for subsequent convictions.

• Maintains existing aggravated domestic battery provisions for cases involving great bodily harm, permanent disability, disfigurement, or strangulation.

• Requires courts to advise defendants upon conviction of aggravated domestic battery about potential federal criminal penalties for firearm possession under the Gun Control Act of 1968.