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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB0278

Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Jil Tracy

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/12-2

from Ch. 38, par. 12-2
720 ILCS 5/12-3.05

was 720 ILCS 5/12-4

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides for enhanced penalties for
aggravated assault or aggravated battery of emergency department staff of
a health care facility. Defines "emergency department staff" as any
clinical or nonclinical staff present in the emergency department or
emergency room of a health care facility who may come in contact with
patients, including, but not limited to, physicians, nurses, nonphysician
providers, technicians, security staff, patient transporters, respiratory
therapists, housekeeping personnel, secretaries, and pharmacists. Defines
"health care facility" as a facility, hospital, or establishment licensed
or organized under the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, the
University of Illinois Hospital Act, the Hospital Licensing Act, the
Nursing Home Care Act, the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, or the
Community Living Facilities Licensing Act. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3
represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
5
changing Sections 12-2 and 12-3.05 as follows:

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(720 ILCS 5/12-2)

(from Ch. 38, par. 12-2)
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Sec. 12-2.
Aggravated assault.
8

(a) Offense based on location of conduct. A person commits
9
aggravated assault when he or she commits an assault against
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an individual who is on or about a public way, public property,
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a public place of accommodation or amusement, or a sports
12
venue, or in a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building,
13
structure, or place used for religious worship.
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(b) Offense based on status of victim. A person commits
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aggravated assault when, in committing an assault, he or she
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knows the individual assaulted to be any of the following:
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(1) A person with a physical disability or a person 60
18

years of age or older and the assault is without legal
19

justification.
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(2) A teacher or school employee upon school grounds
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or grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a
22

building used for school purposes.
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(3) A park district employee upon park grounds or

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grounds adjacent to a park or in any part of a building
2

used for park purposes.
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(4) A community policing volunteer, private security
4

officer, or utility worker:
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(i) performing his or her official duties;
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(ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or
7

her official duties; or
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(iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
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or her official duties.
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(4.1) A peace officer, fireman, emergency management
11

worker,
emergency department staff,
or emergency medical
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services personnel:
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(i) performing his or her official duties;
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(ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or
15

her official duties; or
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(iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
17

or her official duties.
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(5) A correctional officer or probation officer:
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(i) performing his or her official duties;
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(ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or
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her official duties; or
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(iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
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or her official duties.
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(6) A correctional institution employee, a county
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juvenile detention center employee who provides direct and
26

continuous supervision of residents of a juvenile

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detention center, including a county juvenile detention
2

center employee who supervises recreational activity for
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residents of a juvenile detention center, or a Department
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of Human Services employee, Department of Human Services
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officer, or employee of a subcontractor of the Department
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of Human Services supervising or controlling sexually
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dangerous persons or sexually violent persons:
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(i) performing his or her official duties;
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(ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or
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her official duties; or
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(iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
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or her official duties.
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(7) An employee of the State of Illinois, a municipal
14

corporation therein, or a political subdivision thereof,
15

performing his or her official duties.
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(8) A transit employee performing his or her official
17

duties, or a transit passenger.
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(9) A sports official or coach actively participating
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in any level of athletic competition within a sports
20

venue, on an indoor playing field or outdoor playing
21

field, or within the immediate vicinity of such a facility
22

or field.
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(10) A person authorized to serve process under
24

Section 2-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure or a special
25

process server appointed by the circuit court, while that
26

individual is in the performance of his or her duties as a

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process server.
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(c) Offense based on use of firearm, device, or motor
3
vehicle. A person commits aggravated assault when, in
4
committing an assault, he or she does any of the following:
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(1) Uses a deadly weapon, an air rifle as defined in
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Section 24.8-0.1 of this Act, or any device manufactured
7

and designed to be substantially similar in appearance to
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a firearm, other than by discharging a firearm.
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(2) Discharges a firearm, other than from a motor
10

vehicle.
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(3) Discharges a firearm from a motor vehicle.
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(4) Wears a hood, robe, or mask to conceal his or her
13

identity.
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(5) Knowingly and without lawful justification shines
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or flashes a laser gun sight or other laser device
16

attached to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm,
17

so that the laser beam strikes near or in the immediate
18

vicinity of any person.
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(6) Uses a firearm, other than by discharging the
20

firearm, against a peace officer, community policing
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volunteer, fireman, private security officer, emergency
22

management worker, emergency medical services personnel,
23

employee of a police department, employee of a sheriff's
24

department,
or
traffic control municipal employee
, or
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emergency department staff
:
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(i) performing his or her official duties;

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(ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or
2

her official duties; or
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(iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
4

or her official duties.
5

(7) Without justification operates a motor vehicle in
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a manner which places a person, other than a person listed
7

in subdivision (b)(4), in reasonable apprehension of being
8

struck by the moving motor vehicle.
9

(8) Without justification operates a motor vehicle in
10

a manner which places a person listed in subdivision
11

(b)(4), in reasonable apprehension of being struck by the
12

moving motor vehicle.
13

(9) Knowingly video or audio records the offense with
14

the intent to disseminate the recording.
15

(d) Sentence. Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision
16
(a), (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(7), (b)(8), (b)(9),
17
(c)(1), (c)(4), or (c)(9) is a Class A misdemeanor, except
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that aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (b)(4) and
19
(b)(7) is a Class 4 felony if a Category I, Category II, or
20
Category III weapon is used in the commission of the assault.
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Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (b)(4.1), (b)(5),
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(b)(6), (b)(10), (c)(2), (c)(5), (c)(6), or (c)(7) is a Class
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4 felony. Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (c)(3)
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or (c)(8) is a Class 3 felony.
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(e) For the purposes of this Section
:

,
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"Category I weapon", "Category II weapon", and "Category

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III weapon" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in
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Section 33A-1 of this Code.
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"Emergency department staff" means any clinical or
4
nonclinical staff present in the emergency department or
5
emergency room of a health care facility who may come in
6
contact with patients, including, but not limited to,
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physicians, nurses, nonphysician providers, technicians,
8
security staff, patient transporters, respiratory therapists,
9
housekeeping personnel, secretaries, and pharmacists.
10

"Health care facility" means a facility, hospital, or
11
establishment licensed or organized under the Ambulatory
12
Surgical Treatment Center Act, the University of Illinois
13
Hospital Act, the Hospital Licensing Act, the Nursing Home
14
Care Act, the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, or the
15
Community Living Facilities Licensing Act.

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(Source: P.A. 101-223, eff. 1-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)

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(720 ILCS 5/12-3.05)

(was 720 ILCS 5/12-4)
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Sec. 12-3.05.
Aggravated battery.
19

(a) Offense based on injury. A person commits aggravated
20
battery when, in committing a battery, other than by the
21
discharge of a firearm, he or she knowingly does any of the
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following:
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(1) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability
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or disfigurement.
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(2) Causes severe and permanent disability, great

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bodily harm, or disfigurement by means of a caustic or
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flammable substance, a poisonous gas, a deadly biological
3

or chemical contaminant or agent, a radioactive substance,
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or a bomb or explosive compound.
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(3) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability
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or disfigurement to an individual whom the person knows to
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be a peace officer, community policing volunteer, fireman,
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private security officer, correctional institution
9

employee,
or
Department of Human Services employee
10

supervising or controlling sexually dangerous persons or
11

sexually violent persons
, or emergency department staff
:
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(i) performing his or her official duties;
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(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
14

official duties; or
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(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
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or her official duties.
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(4) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability
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or disfigurement to an individual 60 years of age or
19

older.
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(5) Strangles another individual.
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(b) Offense based on injury to a child or person with an
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intellectual disability. A person who is at least 18 years of
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age commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery,
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he or she knowingly and without legal justification by any
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means:
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(1) causes great bodily harm or permanent disability

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or disfigurement to any child under the age of 13 years, or
2

to any person with a severe or profound intellectual
3

disability; or
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(2) causes bodily harm or disability or disfigurement
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to any child under the age of 13 years or to any person
6

with a severe or profound intellectual disability.
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(c) Offense based on location of conduct. A person commits
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aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than
9
by the discharge of a firearm, he or she is or the person
10
battered is on or about a public way, public property, a public
11
place of accommodation or amusement, a sports venue, or a
12
domestic violence shelter, or in a church, synagogue, mosque,
13
or other building, structure, or place used for religious
14
worship.
15

(d) Offense based on status of victim. A person commits
16
aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than
17
by discharge of a firearm, he or she knows the individual
18
battered to be any of the following:
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(1) A person 60 years of age or older.
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(2) A person who is pregnant or has a physical
21

disability.
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(3) A teacher or school employee upon school grounds
23

or grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a
24

building used for school purposes.
25

(4) A peace officer, community policing volunteer,
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fireman, private security officer, correctional

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institution employee,
or
Department of Human Services
2

employee supervising or controlling sexually dangerous
3

persons or sexually violent persons
, or emergency
4

department staff
:
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(i) performing his or her official duties;
6

(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
7

official duties; or
8

(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
9

or her official duties.
10

(5) A judge, emergency management worker, emergency
11

medical services personnel, or utility worker:
12

(i) performing his or her official duties;
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(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
14

official duties; or
15

(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
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or her official duties.
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(6) An officer or employee of the State of Illinois, a
18

unit of local government, or a school district, while
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performing his or her official duties.
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(7) A transit employee performing his or her official
21

duties, or a transit passenger.
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(8) A taxi driver on duty.
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(9) A merchant who detains the person for an alleged
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commission of retail theft under Section 16-26 of this
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Code and the person without legal justification by any
26

means causes bodily harm to the merchant.

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(10) A person authorized to serve process under
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Section 2-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure or a special
3

process server appointed by the circuit court while that
4

individual is in the performance of his or her duties as a
5

process server.
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(11) A nurse while in the performance of his or her
7

duties as a nurse.
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(12) A merchant: (i) while performing his or her
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duties, including, but not limited to, relaying directions
10

for healthcare or safety from his or her supervisor or
11

employer or relaying health or safety guidelines,
12

recommendations, regulations, or rules from a federal,
13

State, or local public health agency; and (ii) during a
14

disaster declared by the Governor, or a state of emergency
15

declared by the mayor of the municipality in which the
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merchant is located, due to a public health emergency and
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for a period of 6 months after such declaration.
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(e) Offense based on use of a firearm. A person commits
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aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he or she
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knowingly does any of the following:
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(1) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or
22

a firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury
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to another person.
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(2) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or
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a firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury
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to a person he or she knows to be a peace officer,

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community policing volunteer, person summoned by a police
2

officer, fireman, private security officer, correctional
3

institution employee,
or
emergency management worker
, or
4

emergency department staff
:
5

(i) performing his or her official duties;
6

(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
7

official duties; or
8

(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
9

or her official duties.
10

(3) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or
11

a firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury
12

to a person he or she knows to be emergency medical
13

services personnel:
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(i) performing his or her official duties;
15

(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
16

official duties; or
17

(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
18

or her official duties.
19

(4) Discharges a firearm and causes any injury to a
20

person he or she knows to be a teacher, a student in a
21

school, or a school employee, and the teacher, student, or
22

employee is upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a
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school or in any part of a building used for school
24

purposes.
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(5) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
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with a silencer, and causes any injury to another person.

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(6) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
2

with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or
3

she knows to be a peace officer, community policing
4

volunteer, person summoned by a police officer, fireman,
5

private security officer, correctional institution
6

employee
,

or
emergency management worker
, or emergency
7

department staff
:
8

(i) performing his or her official duties;
9

(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
10

official duties; or
11

(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
12

or her official duties.
13

(7) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
14

with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or
15

she knows to be emergency medical services personnel:
16

(i) performing his or her official duties;
17

(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
18

official duties; or
19

(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
20

or her official duties.
21

(8) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
22

with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or
23

she knows to be a teacher, or a student in a school, or a
24

school employee, and the teacher, student, or employee is
25

upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a school or in
26

any part of a building used for school purposes.

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(f) Offense based on use of a weapon or device. A person
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commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he
3
or she does any of the following:
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(1) Uses a deadly weapon other than by discharge of a
5

firearm, or uses an air rifle as defined in Section
6

24.8-0.1 of this Code.
7

(2) Wears a hood, robe, or mask to conceal his or her
8

identity.
9

(3) Knowingly and without lawful justification shines
10

or flashes a laser gunsight or other laser device attached
11

to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so that
12

the laser beam strikes upon or against the person of
13

another.
14

(4) Knowingly video or audio records the offense with
15

the intent to disseminate the recording.
16

(g) Offense based on certain conduct. A person commits
17
aggravated battery when, other than by discharge of a firearm,
18
he or she does any of the following:
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(1) Violates Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled
20

Substances Act by unlawfully delivering a controlled
21

substance to another and any user experiences great bodily
22

harm or permanent disability as a result of the injection,
23

inhalation, or ingestion of any amount of the controlled
24

substance.
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(2) Knowingly administers to an individual or causes
26

him or her to take, without his or her consent or by threat

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or deception, and for other than medical purposes, any
2

intoxicating, poisonous, stupefying, narcotic,
3

anesthetic, or controlled substance, or gives to another
4

person any food containing any substance or object
5

intended to cause physical injury if eaten.
6

(3) Knowingly causes or attempts to cause a
7

correctional institution employee or Department of Human
8

Services employee to come into contact with blood, seminal
9

fluid, urine, or feces by throwing, tossing, or expelling
10

the fluid or material, and the person is an inmate of a
11

penal institution or is a sexually dangerous person or
12

sexually violent person in the custody of the Department
13

of Human Services.
14

(h) Sentence. Unless otherwise provided, aggravated
15
battery is a Class 3 felony.
16

Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(4),
17
(d)(4), or (g)(3) is a Class 2 felony.
18

Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(3) or
19
(g)(1) is a Class 1 felony.
20

Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(1) is a
21
Class 1 felony when the aggravated battery was intentional and
22
involved the infliction of torture, as defined in paragraph
23
(10) of subsection (b-5) of Section 5-8-1 of the Unified Code
24
of Corrections, as the infliction of or subjection to extreme
25
physical pain, motivated by an intent to increase or prolong
26
the pain, suffering, or agony of the victim.

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Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(1) is a
2
Class 2 felony when the person causes great bodily harm or
3
permanent disability to an individual whom the person knows to
4
be a member of a congregation engaged in prayer or other
5
religious activities at a church, synagogue, mosque, or other
6
building, structure, or place used for religious worship.
7

Aggravated battery under subdivision (a)(5) is a Class 1
8
felony if:
9

(A) the person used or attempted to use a dangerous
10

instrument while committing the offense;
11

(B) the person caused great bodily harm or permanent
12

disability or disfigurement to the other person while
13

committing the offense; or
14

(C) the person has been previously convicted of a
15

violation of subdivision (a)(5) under the laws of this
16

State or laws similar to subdivision (a)(5) of any other
17

state.
18

Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(1) is a
19
Class X felony.
20

Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(2) is a
21
Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term
22
of imprisonment of a minimum of 6 years and a maximum of 45
23
years.
24

Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(5) is a
25
Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term
26
of imprisonment of a minimum of 12 years and a maximum of 45

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years.
2

Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(2),
3
(e)(3), or (e)(4) is a Class X felony for which a person shall
4
be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 15 years
5
and a maximum of 60 years.
6

Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(6),
7
(e)(7), or (e)(8) is a Class X felony for which a person shall
8
be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 20 years
9
and a maximum of 60 years.
10

Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (b)(1) is a
11
Class X felony, except that:
12

(1) if the person committed the offense while armed
13

with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to the term of
14

imprisonment imposed by the court;
15

(2) if, during the commission of the offense, the
16

person personally discharged a firearm, 20 years shall be
17

added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
18

(3) if, during the commission of the offense, the
19

person personally discharged a firearm that proximately
20

caused great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent
21

disfigurement, or death to another person, 25 years or up
22

to a term of natural life shall be added to the term of
23

imprisonment imposed by the court.
24

(i) Definitions. In this Section:
25

"Building or other structure used to provide shelter" has
26
the meaning ascribed to "shelter" in Section 1 of the Domestic

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Violence Shelters Act.
2

"Domestic violence" has the meaning ascribed to it in
3
Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
4

"Domestic violence shelter" means any building or other
5
structure used to provide shelter or other services to victims
6
or to the dependent children of victims of domestic violence
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pursuant to the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or the
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Domestic Violence Shelters Act, or any place within 500 feet
9
of such a building or other structure in the case of a person
10
who is going to or from such a building or other structure.
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"Emergency department staff" means any clinical or
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nonclinical staff present in the emergency department or
13
emergency room of a health care facility who may come in
14
contact with patients, including, but not limited to,
15
physicians, nurses, nonphysician providers, technicians,
16
security staff, patient transporters, respiratory therapists,
17
housekeeping personnel, secretaries, and pharmacists.
18

"Firearm" has the meaning provided under Section 1.1 of
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the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, and does not
20
include an air rifle as defined by Section 24.8-0.1 of this
21
Code.
22

"Health care facility" means a facility, hospital, or
23
establishment licensed or organized under the Ambulatory
24
Surgical Treatment Center Act, the University of Illinois
25
Hospital Act, the Hospital Licensing Act, the Nursing Home
26
Care Act, the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, or the

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"Machine gun" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
3
24-1 of this Code.
4

"Merchant" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
5
16-0.1 of this Code.
6

"Strangle" means intentionally impeding the normal
7
breathing or circulation of the blood of an individual by
8
applying pressure on the throat or neck of that individual or
9
by blocking the nose or mouth of that individual.
10
(Source: P.A. 103-51, eff. 1-1-24
.)

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Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect upon
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becoming law.

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