Topic:
Domestic violence
(DeLuca, D-Chicago) creates the Class 3 felony of making a false statement to obtain an order of protection or civil no contact order by knowingly making or causing to be made any false statement intending the statement to be relied upon in issuing or enforcing an order of protection or civil no contact order. If a person is convicted of this new crime, prior orders are vacated and records expunged. If the statement was not material to the issuance of the order, then the court must modify the order to the extent justice requires. Referred to House Rules Committee for assignment to a substantive committee.