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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3547

Introduced 2/5/2026, by Sen. Terri Bryant

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/12-3.05

was 720 ILCS 5/12-4

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the penalty for
aggravated battery is a Class 2 felony (rather than a Class 3 felony) when
the person knows the individual battered to be a judge, State's Attorney,
or Assistant State's Attorney: (1) performing his or her official duties;
(2) battered to prevent performance of his or her official duties; or (3)
battered in retaliation for performing his or her official duties.
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,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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

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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.
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(a) Offense based on injury. A person commits aggravated
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battery when, in committing a battery, other than by the
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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
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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
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employee, or Department of Human Services employee

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supervising or controlling sexually dangerous persons or
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sexually violent persons:
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(i) performing his or her official duties;
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(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
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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
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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
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to any person with a severe or profound intellectual
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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
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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
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by the discharge of a firearm, he or she is or the person

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battered is on or about a public way, public property, a public
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place of accommodation or amusement, a sports venue, or a
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domestic violence shelter, or in a church, synagogue, mosque,
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or other building, structure, or place used for religious
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worship.
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(d) Offense based on status of victim. A person commits
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aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than
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by discharge of a firearm, he or she knows the individual
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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
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disability.
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(3) A teacher or school employee upon school grounds
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or grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a
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building used for school purposes.
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(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
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employee supervising or controlling sexually dangerous
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persons or sexually violent persons:
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(i) performing his or her official duties;
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(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
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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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(5)
An

A judge,
emergency management worker, emergency

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medical services personnel, or utility worker:
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(i) performing his or her official duties;
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(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
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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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(6) An officer or employee of the State of Illinois, a
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unit of local government, or a school district, while
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performing his or her official duties.
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(6.5) A judge, State's Attorney, or Assistant State's
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Attorney:

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(i) performing his or her official duties;
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(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
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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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(7) A transit employee performing his or her official
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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
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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
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process server appointed by the circuit court while that

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individual is in the performance of his or her duties as a
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process server.
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(11) A nurse while in the performance of his or her
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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
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for healthcare or safety from his or her supervisor or
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employer or relaying health or safety guidelines,
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recommendations, regulations, or rules from a federal,
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State, or local public health agency; and (ii) during a
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disaster declared by the Governor, or a state of emergency
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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
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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
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officer, fireman, private security officer, correctional
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institution employee, or emergency management worker:

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(i) performing his or her official duties;
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(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
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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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(3) 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 emergency medical
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services personnel:
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(i) performing his or her official duties;
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(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
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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) Discharges a firearm and causes any injury to a
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person he or she knows to be a teacher, a student in a
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school, or a school employee, and the teacher, student, or
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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
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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
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with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or
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she knows to be a peace officer, community policing
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volunteer, person summoned by a police officer, fireman,

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private security officer, correctional institution
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employee or emergency management worker:
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(i) performing his or her official duties;
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(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
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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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(7) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
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with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or
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she knows to be emergency medical services personnel:
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(i) performing his or her official duties;
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(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
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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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(8) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
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with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or
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she knows to be a teacher, or a student in a school, or a
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school employee, and the teacher, student, or employee is
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upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a school or in
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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
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or she does any of the following:
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(1) Uses a deadly weapon other than by discharge of a
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firearm, or uses an air rifle as defined in Section

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24.8-0.1 of this Code.
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(2) Wears a hood, robe, or mask to conceal his or her
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identity.
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(3) Knowingly and without lawful justification shines
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or flashes a laser gunsight or other laser device attached
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to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so that
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the laser beam strikes upon or against the person of
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another.
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(4) Knowingly video or audio records the offense with
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the intent to disseminate the recording.
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(g) Offense based on certain conduct. A person commits
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aggravated battery when, other than by discharge of a firearm,
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he or she does any of the following:
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(1) Violates Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled
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Substances Act by unlawfully delivering a controlled
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substance to another and any user experiences great bodily
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harm or permanent disability as a result of the injection,
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inhalation, or ingestion of any amount of the controlled
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substance.
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(2) Knowingly administers to an individual or causes
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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
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intoxicating, poisonous, stupefying, narcotic,
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anesthetic, or controlled substance, or gives to another
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person any food containing any substance or object
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intended to cause physical injury if eaten.

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(3) Knowingly causes or attempts to cause a
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correctional institution employee or Department of Human
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Services employee to come into contact with blood, seminal
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fluid, urine, or feces by throwing, tossing, or expelling
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the fluid or material, and the person is an inmate of a
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penal institution or is a sexually dangerous person or
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sexually violent person in the custody of the Department
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of Human Services.
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(h) Sentence. Unless otherwise provided, aggravated
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battery is a Class 3 felony.
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Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(4),
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(d)(4),
(d)(6.5),
or (g)(3) is a Class 2 felony.
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Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(3) or
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(g)(1) is a Class 1 felony.
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Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(1) is a
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Class 1 felony when the aggravated battery was intentional and
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involved the infliction of torture, as defined in paragraph
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(10) of subsection (b-5) of Section 5-8-1 of the Unified Code
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of Corrections, as the infliction of or subjection to extreme
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physical pain, motivated by an intent to increase or prolong
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the pain, suffering, or agony of the victim.
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Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(1) is a
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Class 2 felony when the person causes great bodily harm or
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permanent disability to an individual whom the person knows to
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be a member of a congregation engaged in prayer or other
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religious activities at a church, synagogue, mosque, or other

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building, structure, or place used for religious worship.
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Aggravated battery under subdivision (a)(5) is a Class 1
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felony if:
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(A) the person used or attempted to use a dangerous
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instrument while committing the offense;
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(B) the person caused great bodily harm or permanent
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disability or disfigurement to the other person while
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committing the offense; or
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(C) the person has been previously convicted of a
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violation of subdivision (a)(5) under the laws of this
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State or laws similar to subdivision (a)(5) of any other
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state.
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Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(1) is a
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Class X felony.
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Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(2) is a
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Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term
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of imprisonment of a minimum of 6 years and a maximum of 45
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years.
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Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(5) is a
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Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term
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of imprisonment of a minimum of 12 years and a maximum of 45
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years.
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Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(2),
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(e)(3), or (e)(4) is a Class X felony for which a person shall
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be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 15 years
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and a maximum of 60 years.

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Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(6),
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(e)(7), or (e)(8) is a Class X felony for which a person shall
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be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 20 years
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and a maximum of 60 years.
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Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (b)(1) is a
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Class X felony, except that:
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(1) if the person committed the offense while armed
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with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to the term of
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imprisonment imposed by the court;
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(2) if, during the commission of the offense, the
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person personally discharged a firearm, 20 years shall be
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added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
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(3) if, during the commission of the offense, the
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person personally discharged a firearm that proximately
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caused great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent
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disfigurement, or death to another person, 25 years or up
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to a term of natural life shall be added to the term of
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imprisonment imposed by the court.
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(i) Definitions. In this Section:
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"Building or other structure used to provide shelter" has
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the meaning ascribed to "shelter" in Section 1 of the Domestic
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Violence Shelters Act.
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"Domestic violence" has the meaning ascribed to it in
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Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
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"Domestic violence shelter" means any building or other
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structure used to provide shelter or other services to victims

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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
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of such a building or other structure in the case of a person
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who is going to or from such a building or other structure.
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"Firearm" has the meaning provided under Section 1.1 of
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the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, and does not
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include an air rifle as defined by Section 24.8-0.1 of this
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Code.
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"Machine gun" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
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24-1 of this Code.
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"Merchant" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
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16-0.1 of this Code.
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"Strangle" means intentionally impeding the normal
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breathing or circulation of the blood of an individual by
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applying pressure on the throat or neck of that individual or
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by blocking the nose or mouth of that individual.
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(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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