104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4628
 
Introduced 2/3/2026, by Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/12-6.6 new
    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits threatening another person when that person knowingly delivers or conveys, directly or indirectly, to another person by any means, whether verbal, written, or through social media, a communication containing: (1) a threat that would place another person or a member of his or her immediate family in reasonable apprehension of immediate or future bodily harm, death, sexual assault, confinement, or restraint; or (2) a threat that would place another person or a member of his or her immediate family in reasonable apprehension that damage will occur to property in the custody, care, or control of the person or his or her immediate family. Provides that threatening another person is a Class 3 felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Defines "immediate family" and "social media".


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding 
5Section 12-6.6 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/12-6.6 new)
7    Sec. 12-6.6. Threatening another person.
8    (a) In this Section:
9        "Immediate family" means a spouse, child, or children. 
10        "Social media" means a service, platform, or site 
11    where users communicate with one another and share media, 
12    such as pictures, videos, music, and blogs, with other 
13    users free of charge. 
14    (b) A person commits threatening another person when that 
15person knowingly delivers or conveys, directly or indirectly, 
16to another person by any means, whether verbal, written, or 
17through social media, a communication containing:
18        (1) a threat that would place another person or a 
19    member of his or her immediate family in reasonable 
20    apprehension of immediate or future bodily harm, death, 
21    sexual assault, confinement, or restraint; or
22        (2) a threat that would place another person or a 
23    member of his or her immediate family in reasonable 
 
 
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1    apprehension that damage will occur to property in the 
2    custody, care, or control of the person or his or her 
3    immediate family.
4    (c) Sentence. Threatening another person is a Class 3 
5felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a second or 
6subsequent offense.