Sen. Larry K. Bomke

Mourns the death of Denny Best of Winter Haven, Florida.

Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Requires the Department on Aging to establish and administer a program to provide financial assistance to older Illinois residents who are the primary caregivers of family members with developmental disabilities.

Amends the Financial Identity Theft and Asset Forfeiture Law of the Criminal Code of 1961. Changes the name of the Article to the Identity Theft Law and the names of the offenses of financial identity theft and aggravated financial identity theft to identity theft and aggravated identity theft. Includes in the offense of identity theft: (1) using any personal identification information or personal identification document of another with intent to commit any felony theft or other felony violation of Illinois State law; (2) obtaining, recording, possessing, selling, transferring, purchasing, or manufacturing any personal identification information or personal identification document with intent to commit or to aid or abet another in committing any felony theft or other felony violation of Illinois State law; (3) using, obtaining, recording, possessing, selling, transferring, purchasing or manufacturing any personal identification information or personal identification document of another knowing that such personal identification information or personal identification documents were stolen or produced without lawful authority; or (4) using, transferring, or possessing document-making implements to produce false identification or false documents with knowledge that they will be used by the offender or another to commit any felony theft or other felony violation of State law. Effective immediately.

Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that no applicant may receive a license to operate a child care facility, and no adult may live in a child care facility, who has been convicted of committing or attempting to commit specified offenses. Provides an exception if specified criteria are met. Effective immediately.

Amends the Deposit of State Moneys Act, the Public Funds Investment Act, and the Illinois Pension Code to prohibit investment in corporations formerly incorporated in the United States that have incorporated in a foreign country to avoid taxes. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 to establish penalties for misconduct by a corporate official and fraud in insolvency and to create the Corporate Crime Fund, a special fund in the State treasury, to be used to provide restitution to victims of commercial bribery. Increases the penalties for commercial bribery.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Includes a prior conviction under the laws of another jurisdiction that is similar to a violation under the laws of this State for which the defendant is guilty of a Class 4 felony for domestic battery.

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act to provide instruction for the handling of domestic violence complaints with the guidelines developed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and representatives from named State and private offices with an interest in preventing domestic violence. Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 to mandate the implementation of a system for recording domestic violence calls and annually reporting the number of those calls. Provides that law enforcement officers shall also annotate signs of whether the alleged abuser was under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance.

Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Denies benefits resulting from an individual's death to persons convicted of financially exploiting, abusing, or neglecting the decedent while the decedent was an elderly person.

Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act and the Open Parole Hearings Act. Requires the Prisoner Review Board to establish a toll-free number that may be accessed by the victim of a violent crime to present information for consideration by the Board at the parole hearing or at a proceeding on determining conditions of mandatory supervised release or at a hearing on revocation of mandatory supervised release of a person sentenced to a determinate sentence who committed the crime against the victim. Effective immediately.

Creates the Civil No Contact Order Act. Sets forth procedures under which a victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration may petition a court for a civil no contact order requiring the person who committed the non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration to stay away from the victim. Provides that violation of a civil no contact order is a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Provides that a law enforcement officer may make an arrest without a warrant if the officer has probable cause to believe that a person has committed or is committing a violation of a civil no contact order. Provides that sheriffs shall furnish to the Department of State Police copies of no contact orders issued by the court and that civil no contact orders shall be entered in the LEADS system. Provides that the Department of State Police shall maintain a record and index of civil no contact orders.