103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5468 Introduced , by Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/6-3.1 new Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person is not engaged in conduct that would constitute a felony or a Class A misdemeanor or in a place where the person does not have a right to be if the person is engaged in the activity or in the place due to the person's status as a trafficking victim. Provides that a person must prove the person's status as a trafficking victim by clear and convincing evidence. Provides that the person may provide clear and convincing evidence of the person's status as a trafficking victim through testimony at trial. Defines "trafficking victim" as a person subjected to the practices prohibited by the involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons statutes. LRB103 36845 RLC 66957 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5468 Introduced , by Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/6-3.1 new 720 ILCS 5/6-3.1 new Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person is not engaged in conduct that would constitute a felony or a Class A misdemeanor or in a place where the person does not have a right to be if the person is engaged in the activity or in the place due to the person's status as a trafficking victim. Provides that a person must prove the person's status as a trafficking victim by clear and convincing evidence. Provides that the person may provide clear and convincing evidence of the person's status as a trafficking victim through testimony at trial. Defines "trafficking victim" as a person subjected to the practices prohibited by the involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons statutes. LRB103 36845 RLC 66957 b LRB103 36845 RLC 66957 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5468 Introduced , by Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/6-3.1 new 720 ILCS 5/6-3.1 new 720 ILCS 5/6-3.1 new Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person is not engaged in conduct that would constitute a felony or a Class A misdemeanor or in a place where the person does not have a right to be if the person is engaged in the activity or in the place due to the person's status as a trafficking victim. Provides that a person must prove the person's status as a trafficking victim by clear and convincing evidence. Provides that the person may provide clear and convincing evidence of the person's status as a trafficking victim through testimony at trial. Defines "trafficking victim" as a person subjected to the practices prohibited by the involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons statutes. LRB103 36845 RLC 66957 b LRB103 36845 RLC 66957 b LRB103 36845 RLC 66957 b A BILL FOR HB5468LRB103 36845 RLC 66957 b HB5468 LRB103 36845 RLC 66957 b HB5468 LRB103 36845 RLC 66957 b 1 AN ACT concerning criminal law. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding 5 Section 6-3.1 as follows: 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5468 Introduced , by Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/6-3.1 new 720 ILCS 5/6-3.1 new 720 ILCS 5/6-3.1 new Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person is not engaged in conduct that would constitute a felony or a Class A misdemeanor or in a place where the person does not have a right to be if the person is engaged in the activity or in the place due to the person's status as a trafficking victim. Provides that a person must prove the person's status as a trafficking victim by clear and convincing evidence. Provides that the person may provide clear and convincing evidence of the person's status as a trafficking victim through testimony at trial. Defines "trafficking victim" as a person subjected to the practices prohibited by the involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons statutes. LRB103 36845 RLC 66957 b LRB103 36845 RLC 66957 b LRB103 36845 RLC 66957 b A BILL FOR 720 ILCS 5/6-3.1 new LRB103 36845 RLC 66957 b HB5468 LRB103 36845 RLC 66957 b