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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law. | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly: | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 12-7.1 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (720 ILCS 5/12-7.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 12-7.1. Hate crime. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) A person commits hate crime when, by reason of the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | citizenship, immigration status, or national origin of another | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | individual or group of individuals, regardless of the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | existence of any other motivating factor or factors : , | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (1) The person he or she commits assault, battery, | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | aggravated assault, intimidation, stalking, | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | cyberstalking, misdemeanor theft, criminal trespass to | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | residence, misdemeanor criminal damage to property, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | criminal trespass to vehicle, criminal trespass to real | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | property, mob action, disorderly conduct, transmission of | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | obscene messages, harassment by telephone, or harassment | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | through electronic communications as these crimes are | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | defined in Sections 12-1, 12-2, 12-3(a), 12-7.3, 12-7.5, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | 16-1, 19-4, 21-1, 21-2, 21-3, 25-1, 26-1, 26.5-1, 26.5-2, |
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1 | paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) of Section 12-6, and | ||||||
2 | paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(5) of Section 26.5-3 of this | ||||||
3 | Code, respectively. | ||||||
4 | (2) The person displays or causes to be displayed, on | ||||||
5 | public or private property, a burning cross, a Nazi | ||||||
6 | swastika, a noose, a Confederate flag, or any other known | ||||||
7 | symbol of white supremacist or neo-Nazi beliefs with the | ||||||
8 | intent to intimidate a person or group of persons or | ||||||
9 | incite violence against a person or group of persons. | ||||||
10 | (b) Except as provided in subsection (b-5), hate crime is | ||||||
11 | a Class 4 felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a | ||||||
12 | second or subsequent offense. | ||||||
13 | (b-5) Hate crime is a Class 3 felony for a first offense | ||||||
14 | and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent offense if | ||||||
15 | committed: | ||||||
16 | (1) in, or upon the exterior or grounds of, a church, | ||||||
17 | synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place | ||||||
18 | identified or associated with a particular religion or | ||||||
19 | used for religious worship or other religious purpose; | ||||||
20 | (2) in a cemetery, mortuary, or other facility used | ||||||
21 | for the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead; | ||||||
22 | (3) in a school or other educational facility, | ||||||
23 | including an administrative facility or public or private | ||||||
24 | dormitory facility of or associated with the school or | ||||||
25 | other educational facility; | ||||||
26 | (4) in a public park or an ethnic or religious |
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1 | community center; | ||||||
2 | (5) on the real property comprising any location | ||||||
3 | specified in clauses (1) through (4) of this subsection | ||||||
4 | (b-5); or | ||||||
5 | (6) on a public way within 1,000 feet of the real | ||||||
6 | property comprising any location specified in clauses (1) | ||||||
7 | through (4) of this subsection (b-5). | ||||||
8 | (b-10) Upon imposition of any sentence, the trial court | ||||||
9 | shall also either order restitution paid to the victim or | ||||||
10 | impose a fine in an amount to be determined by the court based | ||||||
11 | on the severity of the crime and the injury or damages suffered | ||||||
12 | by the victim. In addition, any order of probation or | ||||||
13 | conditional discharge entered following a conviction or an | ||||||
14 | adjudication of delinquency shall include a condition that the | ||||||
15 | offender perform public or community service of no less than | ||||||
16 | 200 hours if that service is established in the county where | ||||||
17 | the offender was convicted of hate crime. In addition, any | ||||||
18 | order of probation or conditional discharge entered following | ||||||
19 | a conviction or an adjudication of delinquency shall include a | ||||||
20 | condition that the offender enroll in an educational program | ||||||
21 | discouraging hate crimes involving the protected class | ||||||
22 | identified in subsection (a) that gave rise to the offense the | ||||||
23 | offender committed. The educational program must be attended | ||||||
24 | by the offender in-person and may be administered, as | ||||||
25 | determined by the court, by a university, college, community | ||||||
26 | college, non-profit organization, the Illinois Holocaust and |
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1 | Genocide Commission, or any other organization that provides | ||||||
2 | educational programs discouraging hate crimes, except that | ||||||
3 | programs administered online or that can otherwise be attended | ||||||
4 | remotely are prohibited. The court may also impose any other | ||||||
5 | condition of probation or conditional discharge under this | ||||||
6 | Section. If the court sentences the offender to imprisonment | ||||||
7 | or periodic imprisonment for a violation of this Section, as a | ||||||
8 | condition of the offender's mandatory supervised release, the | ||||||
9 | court shall require that the offender perform public or | ||||||
10 | community service of no less than 200 hours and enroll in an | ||||||
11 | educational program discouraging hate crimes involving the | ||||||
12 | protected class identified in subsection (a) that gave rise to | ||||||
13 | the offense the offender committed. | ||||||
14 | (c) Independent of any criminal prosecution or the result | ||||||
15 | of a criminal prosecution, any person suffering injury to his | ||||||
16 | or her person, damage to his or her property, intimidation as | ||||||
17 | defined in paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) of Section | ||||||
18 | 12-6 of this Code, stalking as defined in Section 12-7.3 of | ||||||
19 | this Code, cyberstalking as defined in Section 12-7.5 of this | ||||||
20 | Code, disorderly conduct as defined in paragraph (a)(1), | ||||||
21 | (a)(4), (a)(5), or (a)(6) of Section 26-1 of this Code, | ||||||
22 | transmission of obscene messages as defined in Section 26.5-1 | ||||||
23 | of this Code, harassment by telephone as defined in Section | ||||||
24 | 26.5-2 of this Code, or harassment through electronic | ||||||
25 | communications as defined in paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(5) of | ||||||
26 | Section 26.5-3 of this Code as a result of a hate crime may |
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1 | bring a civil action for damages, injunction or other | ||||||
2 | appropriate relief. The court may award actual damages, | ||||||
3 | including damages for emotional distress, as well as punitive | ||||||
4 | damages. The court may impose a civil penalty up to $25,000 for | ||||||
5 | each violation of this subsection (c). A judgment in favor of a | ||||||
6 | person who brings a civil action under this subsection (c) | ||||||
7 | shall include attorney's fees and costs. After consulting with | ||||||
8 | the local State's Attorney, the Attorney General may bring a | ||||||
9 | civil action in the name of the People of the State for an | ||||||
10 | injunction or other equitable relief under this subsection | ||||||
11 | (c). In addition, the Attorney General may request and the | ||||||
12 | court may impose a civil penalty up to $25,000 for each | ||||||
13 | violation under this subsection (c). The parents or legal | ||||||
14 | guardians, other than guardians appointed pursuant to the | ||||||
15 | Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, of an | ||||||
16 | unemancipated minor shall be liable for the amount of any | ||||||
17 | judgment for all damages rendered against such minor under | ||||||
18 | this subsection (c) in any amount not exceeding the amount | ||||||
19 | provided under Section 5 of the Parental Responsibility Law. | ||||||
20 | (d) "Sexual orientation" has the meaning ascribed to it in | ||||||
21 | paragraph (O-1) of Section 1-103 of the Illinois Human Rights | ||||||
22 | Act. | ||||||
23 | (e) The provisions of this amendatory Act of the 103rd | ||||||
24 | General Assembly are severable under Section 1.31 of the | ||||||
25 | Statute on Statutes. | ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 102-235, eff. 1-1-22; 102-468, eff. 1-1-22; |
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1 | 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.) |