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| Public Act 100-0197 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | ||||
Section 12-7.1 as follows:
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(720 ILCS 5/12-7.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1)
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Sec. 12-7.1. Hate crime.
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(a) A person commits hate crime when, by reason of the | ||||
actual or
perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, | ||||
gender, sexual orientation,
physical or mental disability, or | ||||
national origin of another individual or
group of individuals, | ||||
regardless of the existence of any other motivating
factor or | ||||
factors, he or she commits assault, battery, aggravated | ||||
assault, intimidation, stalking, cyberstalking, misdemeanor
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theft, criminal trespass to residence, misdemeanor criminal | ||||
damage
to property, criminal trespass to vehicle, criminal | ||||
trespass to real property,
mob action, disorderly conduct, | ||||
transmission of obscene messages, harassment by telephone, or | ||||
harassment through electronic
communications as these crimes | ||||
are defined in Sections 12-1,
12-2, 12-3(a), 12-7.3, 12-7.5, | ||||
16-1, 19-4, 21-1, 21-2, 21-3, 25-1, 26-1, 26.5-1, 26.5-2, | ||||
paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) of Section 12-6, and | ||||
paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(5) of Section 26.5-3 of this Code,
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respectively.
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(b) Except as provided in subsection (b-5), hate crime is a | ||
Class 4
felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a | ||
second or subsequent
offense.
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(b-5) Hate crime is a Class 3 felony for a first offense | ||
and a Class 2
felony for a second or subsequent offense if | ||
committed:
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(1) in a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, | ||
structure, or place
used for religious worship or other | ||
religious purpose;
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(2) in a cemetery, mortuary, or other facility used for | ||
the purpose of
burial or memorializing the dead;
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(3) in a school or other educational facility, | ||
including an administrative facility or public or private | ||
dormitory facility of or associated with the school or | ||
other educational facility;
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(4) in a public park or an ethnic or religious | ||
community center;
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(5) on the real property comprising any location | ||
specified in
clauses (1) through (4) of this subsection | ||
(b-5); or
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(6) on a public way within 1,000 feet of the real | ||
property comprising any
location specified in clauses (1) | ||
through (4) of this subsection (b-5).
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(b-10) Upon imposition of any sentence,
the trial
court | ||
shall also either order restitution paid to the victim
or | ||
impose a fine up to $1,000. In addition, any order of probation | ||
or
conditional discharge entered following a conviction or an | ||
adjudication of
delinquency shall include a condition that the | ||
offender perform public or
community service of no less than | ||
200 hours if that service is established in
the county where | ||
the offender was convicted of hate crime. In addition, any | ||
order of probation or
conditional discharge entered following a | ||
conviction or an adjudication of
delinquency shall include a | ||
condition that the offender enroll in an educational program | ||
discouraging hate crimes if the offender caused criminal damage
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to property consisting of religious fixtures, objects, or | ||
decorations. The educational program may be administered, as | ||
determined by the court, by a university, college, community | ||
college, non-profit organization, or the Holocaust and | ||
Genocide Commission. Nothing in this subsection (b-10) | ||
prohibits courses discouraging hate crimes from being made | ||
available online. The court may also
impose any other condition | ||
of probation or conditional discharge under this
Section.
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(c) Independent of any criminal prosecution or the result
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of a criminal prosecution thereof, any
person suffering injury | ||
to his or her person, or damage to his or her property, | ||
intimidation as defined in paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), and | ||
(a)(3) of Section 12-6 of this Code, stalking as defined in | ||
Section 12-7.3 of this Code, cyberstalking as defined in | ||
Section 12-7.5 of this Code, disorderly conduct as defined in | ||
paragraph (a)(1) of Section 26-1 of this Code, transmission of | ||
obscene messages as defined in Section 26.5-1 of this Code, | ||
harassment by telephone as defined in Section 26.5-2 of this | ||
Code, or harassment through electronic communications as | ||
defined in paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(5) of Section 26.5-3 of | ||
this Code as a result
of hate crime may bring a civil action | ||
for damages, injunction
or other appropriate relief. The court | ||
may award actual damages, including
damages for emotional | ||
distress, or punitive damages. The court may impose a civil | ||
penalty up to $25,000 for each violation of this subsection | ||
(c). A judgment may include
attorney's fees and costs. After | ||
consulting with the local State's Attorney, the Attorney | ||
General may bring a civil action in the name of the People of | ||
the State for an injunction or other equitable relief under | ||
this subsection (c). In addition, the Attorney General may | ||
request and the court may impose a civil penalty up to $25,000 | ||
for each violation under this subsection (c). The parents or | ||
legal guardians, other than
guardians appointed pursuant to the | ||
Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987, of an | ||
unemancipated minor shall be liable for the amount
of any | ||
judgment for actual damages rendered against such minor under | ||
this
subsection (c) in any amount not exceeding the amount | ||
provided under
Section 5 of the Parental Responsibility Law.
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(d) "Sexual orientation" has the meaning ascribed to it in | ||
paragraph (O-1) of Section 1-103 of the Illinois Human Rights | ||
Act.
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(Source: P.A. 99-77, eff. 1-1-16.)
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