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SB233 Enrolled                                 LRB9207519ARsb

 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  1961  is  amended  by
 5    adding Section 12-7.5 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/12-7.5 new)
 7        Sec. 12-7.5.  Cyberstalking.
 8        (a)  A  person  commits  cyberstalking  when  he  or she,
 9    knowingly and without lawful justification,  on  at  least  2
10    separate  occasions,  harasses another person through the use
11    of electronic communication and:
12             (1)  at any time transmits a threat of immediate  or
13        future  bodily  harm,  sexual  assault,  confinement,  or
14        restraint  and the threat is directed towards that person
15        or a family member of that person, or
16             (2)  places that person or a family member  of  that
17        person  in reasonable apprehension of immediate or future
18        bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement, or restraint.
19        (b)  As used in this Section:
20        "Harass" means to engage in a knowing and willful  course
21    of  conduct  directed  at  a  specific  person  that  alarms,
22    torments, or terrorizes that person.
23        "Electronic  communication"  means any transfer of signs,
24    signals, writings,  sounds,  data,  or  intelligence  of  any
25    nature  transmitted  in  whole  or  in part by a wire, radio,
26    electronmagnetic,  photoelectric,  or  photo-optical  system.
27    "Electronic  communication"  includes  transmissions   by   a
28    computer through the Internet to another computer.
29        (c)  Sentence.   Cyberstalking  is  a  Class 4 felony.  A
30    second or subsequent conviction for cyberstalking is a  Class
31    3 felony.
 
SB233 Enrolled              -2-                LRB9207519ARsb
 1        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 2    becoming law.

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