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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB0029 Introduced 1/12/2023, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of parental bullying. Provides that a parent or legal guardian of a minor commits parental bullying when he or
she knowingly and with the intent to discipline, embarrass, or alter
the behavior of the minor, transmits any verbal or visual message that the parent or legal guardian reasonably
believes would coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to the minor. Provides that parental bullying is a petty offense.
Provides that if a person is convicted of parental bullying, the court
shall order that person to pay for the costs of prosecution
and that a portion of any fine imposed, as determined by the court, be
placed in escrow for the purchase of a certificate of deposit
for use by the victim when he or she attains 18 years of
age.
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| | HB0029 | | LRB103 03542 RLC 48548 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 12C-75 as follows:
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| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/12C-75 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 12C-75. Parental bullying. |
| 8 | | (a) As used in this Section: |
| 9 | | "Emotional distress" has the meaning ascribed to it in
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| 10 | | paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Section 12-7.5 of this
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| 11 | | Code. |
| 12 | | "Harass" has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph
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| 13 | | (4) of subsection (c) of Section 12-7.5 of this Code. |
| 14 | | "Minor" means a person who is under 18 years of age at |
| 15 | | the time of the commission of the offense. |
| 16 | | (b) A parent or legal guardian of a minor commits parental |
| 17 | | bullying when he or
she knowingly and with the intent to |
| 18 | | discipline, embarrass, or alter
the behavior of the minor, |
| 19 | | transmits any verbal or visual message that the parent or |
| 20 | | legal guardian reasonably
believes would coerce, intimidate, |
| 21 | | harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to the minor. |
| 22 | | (c) Sentence. Parental bullying is a petty offense.
If a |
| 23 | | person is convicted of parental bullying, the court
shall |