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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 12C-50.1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/12C-50.1 new)
7    Sec. 12C-50.1. Failure to report hazing.
8    (a)   For purposes of this Section, "school official" 
9includes any and all paid school administrators, teachers, 
10counselors, support staff, and coaches and any and all 
11volunteer coaches employed by a school, college, university, or 
12other educational institution of this State.
13    (b)  A school official commits failure to report hazing 
14when:
15        (1) while fulfilling his or her official 
16    responsibilities as a school official, he or she personally 
17    observes an act which is not sanctioned or authorized by 
18    that educational institution;
19        (2) the act results in bodily harm to any person; and
20        (3) the school official knowingly fails to report the 
21    act to supervising educational authorities or, in the event 
22    of death or great bodily harm, to law enforcement. 
23    (c)  Sentence. Failure to report hazing is a Class B 
 
 
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1misdemeanor. If the act which the person failed to report 
2resulted in death or great bodily harm, the offense is a Class 
3A misdemeanor.
4    (d) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of failure to 
5report hazing under this Section that the person who personally 
6observed the act had a reasonable apprehension that timely 
7action to stop the act would result in the imminent infliction 
8of death, great bodily harm, permanent disfigurement, or 
9permanent disability to that person or another in retaliation 
10for reporting. 
11    (e)  Nothing in this Section shall be construed to allow 
12prosecution of a person who personally observes the act of 
13hazing and assists with an investigation and any subsequent 
14prosecution of the offender. 
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
16becoming law.