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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB5287
Introduced , by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Harassing and Obscene Communications Act. Provides that harassment through electronic communications includes knowingly transmitting an electronic communication or knowingly inducing a person to transmit an electronic communication for the purpose of deceiving another person who is under 18 years of age if the defendant is at least 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5287 |
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LRB095 17293 RLC 43357 b |
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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 Harassing and Obscene Communications Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 1-2 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 135/1-2)
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| Sec. 1-2. Harassment through electronic communications.
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| (a) Harassment through electronic communications is the |
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| use of electronic
communication for any of the following |
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| purposes:
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| (1) Making any comment, request, suggestion or |
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| proposal which is obscene
with an intent to offend;
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| (2) Interrupting, with the intent to harass, the |
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| telephone service or the
electronic communication service |
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| of any person;
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| (3) Transmitting to any person, with the intent to |
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| harass and regardless
of whether the communication is read |
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| in its entirety or at all, any file,
document, or other |
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| communication which prevents that person from using his or
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| her telephone service or electronic communications device;
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| (3.1) Transmitting an electronic communication or |
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| knowingly inducing a
person to transmit an electronic |
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| communication for the purpose of harassing
another person |