DOM VIOLENCE-COERCIVE CONTROL House SponsorsRep. Kelly M. Cassidy 1/7/2025HouseSession Sine Die 750 ILCS 60/103from Ch. 40, par. 2311-3 Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Includes "coercive control" in the definition of abuse. Defines "coercive control" as a pattern of behavior that in purpose or effect unreasonably interferes with a person's free will and personal liberty, including, but not limited to: (i) isolating a person from friends, relatives, or other sources of support; (ii) depriving a person of basic necessities; (iii) controlling, regulating, or monitoring a person's movements, communications, daily behavior, finances, economic resources, or access to services; or (iv) compelling a person by force, threat of force, or intimidation, including threats based on actual or suspected immigration status to engage in conduct from which the other person has a right to abstain or abstain from conduct in which the other person has a right to engage. 2/9/2024HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy 2/9/2024HouseFirst Reading 2/9/2024HouseReferred to Rules Committee 1/7/2025HouseSession Sine Die