Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1550 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1550 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/12-3.05 was 720 ILCS 5/12-4 Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Knight-Silas Act. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that aggravated battery, other than by the discharge of a firearm, includes a battery committed by a person who, at the time of the commission of the offense, is 21 years of age or older and the battery was committed upon an individual whom the person committing the offense knows to be a person working under the Adult Protective Services Program or an Ombudsman under the State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program of the Department on Aging, or a Department of Children and Family Services employee: (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. Provides that a violation is a Class 2 felony, except if the battery causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to an individual, a violation is a Class 1 felony. Defines "Department of Children and Family Services employee" and "ombudsman". LRB104 03461 RLC 13484 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1550 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/12-3.05 was 720 ILCS 5/12-4 720 ILCS 5/12-3.05 was 720 ILCS 5/12-4 Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Knight-Silas Act. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that aggravated battery, other than by the discharge of a firearm, includes a battery committed by a person who, at the time of the commission of the offense, is 21 years of age or older and the battery was committed upon an individual whom the person committing the offense knows to be a person working under the Adult Protective Services Program or an Ombudsman under the State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program of the Department on Aging, or a Department of Children and Family Services employee: (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. Provides that a violation is a Class 2 felony, except if the battery causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to an individual, a violation is a Class 1 felony. Defines "Department of Children and Family Services employee" and "ombudsman". LRB104 03461 RLC 13484 b LRB104 03461 RLC 13484 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Knight-Silas Act. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that aggravated battery, other than by the discharge of a firearm, includes a battery committed by a person who, at the time of the commission of the offense, is 21 years of age or older and the battery was committed upon an individual whom the person committing the offense knows to be a person working under the Adult Protective Services Program or an Ombudsman under the State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program of the Department on Aging, or a Department of Children and Family Services employee: (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. Provides that a violation is a Class 2 felony, except if the battery causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to an individual, a violation is a Class 1 felony. Defines "Department of Children and Family Services employee" and "ombudsman".
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Knight-Silas
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16	16	6 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
17	17	7 changing Section 12-3.05 as follows:
18	18	8 (720 ILCS 5/12-3.05) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-4)
19	19	9 Sec. 12-3.05. Aggravated battery.
20	20	10 (a) Offense based on injury. A person commits aggravated
21	21	11 battery when, in committing a battery, other than by the
22	22	12 discharge of a firearm, he or she knowingly does any of the
23	23	13 following:
24	24	14 (1) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability
25	25	15 or disfigurement.
26	26	16 (2) Causes severe and permanent disability, great
27	27	17 bodily harm, or disfigurement by means of a caustic or
28	28	18 flammable substance, a poisonous gas, a deadly biological
29	29	19 or chemical contaminant or agent, a radioactive substance,
30	30	20 or a bomb or explosive compound.
31	31	21 (3) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability
32	32	22 or disfigurement to an individual whom the person knows to
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39	39	Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Knight-Silas Act. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that aggravated battery, other than by the discharge of a firearm, includes a battery committed by a person who, at the time of the commission of the offense, is 21 years of age or older and the battery was committed upon an individual whom the person committing the offense knows to be a person working under the Adult Protective Services Program or an Ombudsman under the State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program of the Department on Aging, or a Department of Children and Family Services employee: (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. Provides that a violation is a Class 2 felony, except if the battery causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to an individual, a violation is a Class 1 felony. Defines "Department of Children and Family Services employee" and "ombudsman".
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67	67	1 be a peace officer, community policing volunteer, fireman,
68	68	2 private security officer, correctional institution
69	69	3 employee, a person performing duties related to the Adult
70	70	4 Protective Services Act or ombudsman under the State Long
71	71	5 Term Care Ombudsman Program of the Department on Aging, or
72	72	6 Department of Human Services employee supervising or
73	73	7 controlling sexually dangerous persons or sexually violent
74	74	8 persons:
75	75	9 (i) performing his or her official duties;
76	76	10 (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
77	77	11 official duties; or
78	78	12 (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
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80	80	14 (3.1) Is, at the time of the commission of the
81	81	15 offense, 21 years of age or older and causes great bodily
82	82	16 harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to an
83	83	17 individual whom the person knows to be a Department of
84	84	18 Children and Family Services employee:
85	85	19 (i) performing his or her official duties;
86	86	20 (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
87	87	21 official duties; or
88	88	22 (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
89	89	23 or her official duties.
90	90	24 (4) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability
91	91	25 or disfigurement to an individual 60 years of age or
92	92	26 older.
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103	103	1 (5) Strangles another individual.
104	104	2 (b) Offense based on injury to a child or person with an
105	105	3 intellectual disability. A person who is at least 18 years of
106	106	4 age commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery,
107	107	5 he or she knowingly and without legal justification by any
108	108	6 means:
109	109	7 (1) causes great bodily harm or permanent disability
110	110	8 or disfigurement to any child under the age of 13 years, or
111	111	9 to any person with a severe or profound intellectual
112	112	10 disability; or
113	113	11 (2) causes bodily harm or disability or disfigurement
114	114	12 to any child under the age of 13 years or to any person
115	115	13 with a severe or profound intellectual disability.
116	116	14 (c) Offense based on location of conduct. A person commits
117	117	15 aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than
118	118	16 by the discharge of a firearm, he or she is or the person
119	119	17 battered is on or about a public way, public property, a public
120	120	18 place of accommodation or amusement, a sports venue, or a
121	121	19 domestic violence shelter, or in a church, synagogue, mosque,
122	122	20 or other building, structure, or place used for religious
123	123	21 worship.
124	124	22 (d) Offense based on status of victim. A person commits
125	125	23 aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than
126	126	24 by discharge of a firearm, he or she knows the individual
127	127	25 battered to be any of the following:
128	128	26 (1) A person 60 years of age or older.
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139	139	1 (2) A person who is pregnant or has a physical
140	140	2 disability.
141	141	3 (3) A teacher or school employee upon school grounds
142	142	4 or grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a
143	143	5 building used for school purposes.
144	144	6 (4) A peace officer, community policing volunteer,
145	145	7 fireman, private security officer, correctional
146	146	8 institution employee, a person performing duties related
147	147	9 to the Adult Protective Services Act or ombudsman under
148	148	10 the State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program of the
149	149	11 Department on Aging, or Department of Human Services
150	150	12 employee supervising or controlling sexually dangerous
151	151	13 persons or sexually violent persons:
152	152	14 (i) performing his or her official duties;
153	153	15 (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
154	154	16 official duties; or
155	155	17 (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
156	156	18 or her official duties.
157	157	19 (4.1)(A) A Department of Children and Family Services
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159	159	21 (i) performing his or her official duties;
160	160	22 (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
161	161	23 official duties; or
162	162	24 (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
163	163	25 or her official duties; and
164	164	26 (B) the person committing the offense, at the time of
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175	175	1 the commission of the offense, is 21 years of age or older.
176	176	2 (5) A judge, emergency management worker, emergency
177	177	3 medical services personnel, or utility worker:
178	178	4 (i) performing his or her official duties;
179	179	5 (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
180	180	6 official duties; or
181	181	7 (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
182	182	8 or her official duties.
183	183	9 (6) An officer or employee of the State of Illinois, a
184	184	10 unit of local government, or a school district, while
185	185	11 performing his or her official duties.
186	186	12 (7) A transit employee performing his or her official
187	187	13 duties, or a transit passenger.
188	188	14 (8) A taxi driver on duty.
189	189	15 (9) A merchant who detains the person for an alleged
190	190	16 commission of retail theft under Section 16-26 of this
191	191	17 Code and the person without legal justification by any
192	192	18 means causes bodily harm to the merchant.
193	193	19 (10) A person authorized to serve process under
194	194	20 Section 2-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure or a special
195	195	21 process server appointed by the circuit court while that
196	196	22 individual is in the performance of his or her duties as a
197	197	23 process server.
198	198	24 (11) A nurse while in the performance of his or her
199	199	25 duties as a nurse.
200	200	26 (12) A merchant: (i) while performing his or her
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211	211	1 duties, including, but not limited to, relaying directions
212	212	2 for healthcare or safety from his or her supervisor or
213	213	3 employer or relaying health or safety guidelines,
214	214	4 recommendations, regulations, or rules from a federal,
215	215	5 State, or local public health agency; and (ii) during a
216	216	6 disaster declared by the Governor, or a state of emergency
217	217	7 declared by the mayor of the municipality in which the
218	218	8 merchant is located, due to a public health emergency and
219	219	9 for a period of 6 months after such declaration.
220	220	10 (e) Offense based on use of a firearm. A person commits
221	221	11 aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he or she
222	222	12 knowingly does any of the following:
223	223	13 (1) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or
224	224	14 a firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury
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226	226	16 (2) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or
227	227	17 a firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury
228	228	18 to a person he or she knows to be a peace officer,
229	229	19 community policing volunteer, person summoned by a police
230	230	20 officer, fireman, private security officer, correctional
231	231	21 institution employee, or emergency management worker:
232	232	22 (i) performing his or her official duties;
233	233	23 (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
234	234	24 official duties; or
235	235	25 (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
236	236	26 or her official duties.
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247	247	1 (3) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or
248	248	2 a firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury
249	249	3 to a person he or she knows to be emergency medical
250	250	4 services personnel:
251	251	5 (i) performing his or her official duties;
252	252	6 (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
253	253	7 official duties; or
254	254	8 (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
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256	256	10 (4) Discharges a firearm and causes any injury to a
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258	258	12 school, or a school employee, and the teacher, student, or
259	259	13 employee is upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a
260	260	14 school or in any part of a building used for school
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262	262	16 (5) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
263	263	17 with a silencer, and causes any injury to another person.
264	264	18 (6) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
265	265	19 with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or
266	266	20 she knows to be a peace officer, community policing
267	267	21 volunteer, person summoned by a police officer, fireman,
268	268	22 private security officer, correctional institution
269	269	23 employee or emergency management worker:
270	270	24 (i) performing his or her official duties;
271	271	25 (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
272	272	26 official duties; or
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283	283	1 (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
284	284	2 or her official duties.
285	285	3 (7) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
286	286	4 with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or
287	287	5 she knows to be emergency medical services personnel:
288	288	6 (i) performing his or her official duties;
289	289	7 (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
290	290	8 official duties; or
291	291	9 (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
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293	293	11 (8) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
294	294	12 with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or
295	295	13 she knows to be a teacher, or a student in a school, or a
296	296	14 school employee, and the teacher, student, or employee is
297	297	15 upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a school or in
298	298	16 any part of a building used for school purposes.
299	299	17 (f) Offense based on use of a weapon or device. A person
300	300	18 commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he
301	301	19 or she does any of the following:
302	302	20 (1) Uses a deadly weapon other than by discharge of a
303	303	21 firearm, or uses an air rifle as defined in Section
304	304	22 24.8-0.1 of this Code.
305	305	23 (2) Wears a hood, robe, or mask to conceal his or her
306	306	24 identity.
307	307	25 (3) Knowingly and without lawful justification shines
308	308	26 or flashes a laser gunsight or other laser device attached
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319	319	1 to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so that
320	320	2 the laser beam strikes upon or against the person of
321	321	3 another.
322	322	4 (4) Knowingly video or audio records the offense with
323	323	5 the intent to disseminate the recording.
324	324	6 (g) Offense based on certain conduct. A person commits
325	325	7 aggravated battery when, other than by discharge of a firearm,
326	326	8 he or she does any of the following:
327	327	9 (1) Violates Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled
328	328	10 Substances Act by unlawfully delivering a controlled
329	329	11 substance to another and any user experiences great bodily
330	330	12 harm or permanent disability as a result of the injection,
331	331	13 inhalation, or ingestion of any amount of the controlled
332	332	14 substance.
333	333	15 (2) Knowingly administers to an individual or causes
334	334	16 him or her to take, without his or her consent or by threat
335	335	17 or deception, and for other than medical purposes, any
336	336	18 intoxicating, poisonous, stupefying, narcotic,
337	337	19 anesthetic, or controlled substance, or gives to another
338	338	20 person any food containing any substance or object
339	339	21 intended to cause physical injury if eaten.
340	340	22 (3) Knowingly causes or attempts to cause a
341	341	23 correctional institution employee or Department of Human
342	342	24 Services employee to come into contact with blood, seminal
343	343	25 fluid, urine, or feces by throwing, tossing, or expelling
344	344	26 the fluid or material, and the person is an inmate of a
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355	355	1 penal institution or is a sexually dangerous person or
356	356	2 sexually violent person in the custody of the Department
357	357	3 of Human Services.
358	358	4 (h) Sentence. Unless otherwise provided, aggravated
359	359	5 battery is a Class 3 felony.
360	360	6 Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(4),
361	361	7 (d)(4), (d)(4.1), or (g)(3) is a Class 2 felony.
362	362	8 Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(3),
363	363	9 (a)(3.1), or (g)(1) is a Class 1 felony.
364	364	10 Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(1) is a
365	365	11 Class 1 felony when the aggravated battery was intentional and
366	366	12 involved the infliction of torture, as defined in paragraph
367	367	13 (10) of subsection (b-5) of Section 5-8-1 of the Unified Code
368	368	14 of Corrections, as the infliction of or subjection to extreme
369	369	15 physical pain, motivated by an intent to increase or prolong
370	370	16 the pain, suffering, or agony of the victim.
371	371	17 Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(1) is a
372	372	18 Class 2 felony when the person causes great bodily harm or
373	373	19 permanent disability to an individual whom the person knows to
374	374	20 be a member of a congregation engaged in prayer or other
375	375	21 religious activities at a church, synagogue, mosque, or other
376	376	22 building, structure, or place used for religious worship.
377	377	23 Aggravated battery under subdivision (a)(5) is a Class 1
378	378	24 felony if:
379	379	25 (A) the person used or attempted to use a dangerous
380	380	26 instrument while committing the offense;
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391	391	1 (B) the person caused great bodily harm or permanent
392	392	2 disability or disfigurement to the other person while
393	393	3 committing the offense; or
394	394	4 (C) the person has been previously convicted of a
395	395	5 violation of subdivision (a)(5) under the laws of this
396	396	6 State or laws similar to subdivision (a)(5) of any other
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398	398	8 Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(1) is a
399	399	9 Class X felony.
400	400	10 Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(2) is a
401	401	11 Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term
402	402	12 of imprisonment of a minimum of 6 years and a maximum of 45
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404	404	14 Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(5) is a
405	405	15 Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term
406	406	16 of imprisonment of a minimum of 12 years and a maximum of 45
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408	408	18 Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(2),
409	409	19 (e)(3), or (e)(4) is a Class X felony for which a person shall
410	410	20 be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 15 years
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412	412	22 Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(6),
413	413	23 (e)(7), or (e)(8) is a Class X felony for which a person shall
414	414	24 be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 20 years
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428	428	2 (1) if the person committed the offense while armed
429	429	3 with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to the term of
430	430	4 imprisonment imposed by the court;
431	431	5 (2) if, during the commission of the offense, the
432	432	6 person personally discharged a firearm, 20 years shall be
433	433	7 added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
434	434	8 (3) if, during the commission of the offense, the
435	435	9 person personally discharged a firearm that proximately
436	436	10 caused great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent
437	437	11 disfigurement, or death to another person, 25 years or up
438	438	12 to a term of natural life shall be added to the term of
439	439	13 imprisonment imposed by the court.
440	440	14 (i) Definitions. In this Section:
441	441	15 "Building or other structure used to provide shelter" has
442	442	16 the meaning ascribed to "shelter" in Section 1 of the Domestic
443	443	17 Violence Shelters Act.
444	444	18 "Department of Children and Family Services employee"
445	445	19 includes any (i) Department caseworker or (ii) investigator
446	446	20 employed by an agency or organization providing social work,
447	447	21 case work, or investigative services under a contract with or
448	448	22 a grant from the Department of Children and Family Services.
449	449	23 "Domestic violence" has the meaning ascribed to it in
450	450	24 Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
451	451	25 "Domestic violence shelter" means any building or other
452	452	26 structure used to provide shelter or other services to victims
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