(720 ILCS 5/12-6.2)
Sec. 12-6.2. Aggravated intimidation.
(a) A person commits aggravated intimidation when he or she
commits intimidation and:
(1) the person committed the offense in furtherance |
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(2) the offense is committed with the intent to
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(3) the following conditions are met:
(A) the person knew that the victim was a peace
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(B) the offense was committed:
(i) while the victim was engaged in the
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(ii) to prevent the victim from performing
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(iii) in retaliation for the victim's
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(iv) by reason of any person's activity as a
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(v) because the person reported information
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(b) Sentence. Aggravated intimidation as defined in paragraph (a)(1) is
a Class 1
felony. Aggravated intimidation as defined in paragraph (a)(2) or (a)(3) is
a Class 2 felony
for which the offender may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less
than 3 years nor more than 14 years.
(c) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-162, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13.)
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(720 ILCS 5/12-6.4) Sec. 12-6.4. Criminal street gang recruitment on school grounds or public property adjacent to school grounds and criminal street gang recruitment of a minor. (a) A person commits criminal street gang recruitment on school grounds or public property adjacent to school grounds when on school grounds or public property adjacent to school grounds, he or she knowingly threatens the use of physical force to coerce, solicit, recruit, or
induce another person to join or remain a member of a criminal street gang, or conspires to do so. (a-5) A person commits the offense of criminal street gang recruitment of a minor when he or she threatens the use of physical force to coerce, solicit, recruit, or induce another person to join or remain a member of a criminal street gang, or conspires to do so, whether or not such threat is communicated in person, by means of the Internet, or by means of a telecommunications device. (b) Sentence. Criminal street gang recruitment on school grounds or public property adjacent to school grounds is a Class 1 felony and criminal street gang recruitment of a minor is a Class 1 felony. (c) In this Section: "School grounds" means the building or buildings or |
| real property comprising a public or private elementary or secondary school, community college, college, or university and includes a school yard, school playing field, or school playground.
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"Minor" means any person under 18 years of age.
"Internet" means an interactive computer service or
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"Telecommunications device" means a device that is
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(Source: P.A. 96-199, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .)
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(720 ILCS 5/12-7.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1)
Sec. 12-7.1. Hate crime.
(a) A person commits hate crime when, by reason of the actual or
perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation,
physical or mental disability, citizenship, immigration status, or national origin of another individual or
group of individuals, regardless of the existence of any other motivating
factor or factors, he or she commits assault, battery, aggravated assault, intimidation, stalking, cyberstalking, misdemeanor
theft, criminal trespass to residence, misdemeanor criminal damage
to property, criminal trespass to vehicle, criminal trespass to real property,
mob action, disorderly conduct, transmission of obscene messages, harassment by telephone, or harassment through electronic
communications as these crimes are defined in Sections 12-1,
12-2, 12-3(a), 12-7.3, 12-7.5, 16-1, 19-4, 21-1, 21-2, 21-3, 25-1, 26-1, 26.5-1, 26.5-2, paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) of Section 12-6, and paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(5) of Section 26.5-3 of this Code,
respectively.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (b-5), hate crime is a Class 4
felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent
offense.
(b-5) Hate crime is a Class 3 felony for a first offense and a Class 2
felony for a second or subsequent offense if committed:
(1) in, or upon the exterior or grounds of, a church, |
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(2) in a cemetery, mortuary, or other facility used
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(3) in a school or other educational facility,
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(4) in a public park or an ethnic or religious
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(5) on the real property comprising any location
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(6) on a public way within 1,000 feet of the real
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(b-10) Upon imposition of any sentence,
the trial
court shall also either order restitution paid to the victim
or impose a fine in an amount to be determined by the court based on the severity of the crime and the injury or damages suffered by the victim. In addition, any order of probation or
conditional discharge entered following a conviction or an adjudication of
delinquency shall include a condition that the offender perform public or
community service of no less than 200 hours if that service is established in
the county where the offender was convicted of hate crime. In addition, any order of probation or
conditional discharge entered following a conviction or an adjudication of
delinquency shall include a condition that the offender enroll in an educational program discouraging hate crimes involving the protected class identified in subsection (a) that gave rise to the offense the offender committed. The educational program must be attended by the offender in-person and may be administered, as determined by the court, by a university, college, community college, non-profit organization, the Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Commission, or any other organization that provides educational programs discouraging hate crimes, except that programs administered online or that can otherwise be attended remotely are prohibited. The court may also
impose any other condition of probation or conditional discharge under this
Section. If the court sentences the offender to imprisonment or periodic imprisonment for a violation of this Section, as a condition of the offender's mandatory supervised release, the court shall require that the offender perform public or community service of no less than 200 hours and enroll in an educational program discouraging hate crimes involving the protected class
identified in subsection (a) that gave rise to the offense the offender committed.
(c) Independent of any criminal prosecution or the result
of a criminal prosecution, any
person suffering injury to his or her person, damage to his or her property, intimidation as defined in paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) of Section 12-6 of this Code, stalking as defined in Section 12-7.3 of this Code, cyberstalking as defined in Section 12-7.5 of this Code, disorderly conduct as defined in paragraph (a)(1), (a)(4), (a)(5), or (a)(6) of Section 26-1 of this Code, transmission of obscene messages as defined in Section 26.5-1 of this Code, harassment by telephone as defined in Section 26.5-2 of this Code, or harassment through electronic communications as defined in paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(5) of Section 26.5-3 of this Code as a result
of a hate crime may bring a civil action for damages, injunction
or other appropriate relief. The court may award actual damages, including
damages for emotional distress, as well as punitive damages. The court may impose a civil penalty up to $25,000 for each violation of this subsection (c). A judgment in favor of a person who brings a civil action under this subsection (c) shall include
attorney's fees and costs. After consulting with the local State's Attorney, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the name of the People of the State for an injunction or other equitable relief under this subsection (c). In addition, the Attorney General may request and the court may impose a civil penalty up to $25,000 for each violation under this subsection (c). The parents or legal guardians, other than
guardians appointed pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987, of an unemancipated minor shall be liable for the amount
of any judgment for all damages rendered against such minor under this
subsection (c) in any amount not exceeding the amount provided under
Section 5 of the Parental Responsibility Law.
(d) "Sexual orientation" has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (O-1) of Section 1-103 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-235, eff. 1-1-22; 102-468, eff. 1-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
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(720 ILCS 5/12-7.3) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.3)
Sec. 12-7.3. Stalking.
(a) A person commits stalking when he or she knowingly engages in a course of conduct directed at a specific person, and he or she knows or should know that this course of conduct would cause a reasonable person to: (1) fear for his or her safety or the safety of a |
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(2) suffer other emotional distress.
(a-3) A person commits stalking when he or she, knowingly and without
lawful justification, on at least 2 separate occasions follows
another person
or places the person under surveillance or any combination thereof and:
(1) at any time transmits a threat of immediate or
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(2) places that person in reasonable apprehension of
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(a-5) A person commits stalking when he or she has previously been
convicted of stalking another person and knowingly and without lawful
justification on one occasion:
(1) follows that same person or places that same
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(2) transmits a threat of immediate or future bodily
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(a-7) A person commits stalking when he or she knowingly makes threats that are a part of a course of conduct and is aware of the threatening nature of his or her speech.
(b) Sentence.
Stalking is a Class 4 felony; a second or subsequent
conviction is a Class 3 felony.
(c) Definitions. For purposes of this Section:
(1) "Course of conduct" means 2 or more acts,
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(2) "Electronic communication" means any transfer of
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(3) "Emotional distress" means significant mental
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(4) "Family member" means a parent, grandparent,
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(5) "Follows another person" means (i) to move in
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(6) "Non-consensual contact" means any contact with
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(7) "Places a person under surveillance" means: (1)
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(8) "Reasonable person" means a person in the
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(9) "Transmits a threat" means a verbal or written
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(d) Exemptions.
(1) This Section does not apply to any individual or
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(2) This Section does not apply to an exercise of the
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(3) Telecommunications carriers, commercial mobile
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(d-5) The incarceration of a person in a penal institution who commits the course of conduct or transmits a
threat is not a bar to prosecution under this Section.
(d-10) A defendant who directed the actions of a third party to violate this Section, under the principles of accountability set forth in Article 5 of this Code, is guilty of violating this Section as if the same had been personally done by the defendant, without regard to the mental state of the third party acting at the direction of the defendant.
(Source: P.A. 102-547, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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(720 ILCS 5/12-7.4) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.4)
Sec. 12-7.4. Aggravated stalking.
(a) A person commits
aggravated stalking when he or she commits stalking and:
(1) causes bodily harm to the victim;
(2) confines or restrains the victim; or
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(a-1) A person commits
aggravated stalking when he or she is required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act or has been previously required to register under that Act and commits the offense of stalking when the victim of the stalking is also the victim of the offense for which the sex offender is required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act or a family member of the victim.
(b) Sentence. Aggravated stalking is a Class 3 felony; a second or
subsequent conviction is a Class 2
felony.
(c) Exemptions.
(1) This Section does not apply to any individual or
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(2) This Section does not apply to an exercise of the
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(3) Telecommunications carriers, commercial mobile
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(d) A defendant who directed the actions of a third party to violate this Section, under the principles of accountability set forth in Article 5 of this Code, is guilty of violating this Section as if the same had been personally done by the defendant, without regard to the mental state of the third party acting at the direction of the defendant.
(Source: P.A. 96-686, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-311, eff. 8-11-11; 97-468, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13.)
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