Date	Chamber	Action
1/28/2025	House	Referred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

720 ILCS 5/12-3.05

was 720 ILCS 5/12-4

Synopsis As Introduced
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".

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/21/2025	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tony M. McCombie
1/28/2025	House	First Reading
1/28/2025	House	Referred to Rules Committee

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