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SILVERSTEIN AND HALVORSON.

(SCHOENBERG-FRANKS-OSTERMAN-MAY)

   720 ILCS 5/12-7.5 new                                                       

        Amends  the  Criminal  Code  of  1961.  Creates  the  offense  of      
   cyberstalking. Provides that it is unlawful to knowingly  and  without      
   legal justification on at least 2 separate occasions  harass another        
   person  through  the  use  of  electronic communication and transmit a      
   threat  of  immediate  or  future   bodily   harm,   sexual   assault,      
   confinement,  or restraint to the person or the person's family member      
   or place  a  person  or  the  person's  family  member  in  reasonable      
   apprehension  of  immediate  or  future  bodily  harm, sexual assault,      
   confinement, or restraint. Provides  that  the  penalty  for  a  first      
   offense  is a Class 4 felony and for a second or subsequent offense is      
   a Class 3 felony. Effective immediately.                                    
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
        Further amends the Criminal Code of 1961 concerning  the  offense      
   of  cyberstalking.  Provides that the term "harass" means to engage in      
   a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific  person      
   that  alarms,  torments,  or  terrorizes  (instead  of alarms, annoys,      
   torments, or terrorizes) that person.                                       
   FEB-20-2001  S  FIRST READING                                                  
   FEB-20-2001  S  REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE       RULES                 
   FEB-21-2001  S       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               JUDICIARY             
   FEB-28-2001  S       TO SUBCOMMITTEE                                           
   MAR-21-2001  S       TO SUBCOMMITTEE                                           
   MAR-21-2001  S                   COMMITTEE               JUDICIARY             
   MAR-30-2001  S       DO PASS                             011-000-000   SJUD    
   MAR-30-2001  S  PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING  01-04-02              
   APR-02-2001  S  FILED WITH SECRETARY                                           
   APR-02-2001  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 01-SILVERSTEIN        
   APR-02-2001  S                     AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL                  
   APR-02-2001  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 01-SILVERSTEIN        
   APR-02-2001  S                           RULES REFERS TO SJUD                  
   APR-03-2001  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 01-SILVERSTEIN        
   APR-03-2001  S             BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SJUD/009-000-000      
   APR-03-2001  S  SECOND READING                                                 
   APR-03-2001  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 01-SILVERSTEIN        
   APR-03-2001  S                                   ADOPTED                       
   APR-03-2001  S  PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING  01-04-04              
   APR-04-2001  S  THIRD READING - PASSED                   055-000-000           
   APR-04-2001  H  ARRIVE IN HOUSE                                                
   APR-04-2001  H  HOUSE SPONSOR                            FRANKS                
   APR-04-2001  H  ALTERNATE PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO     SCHOENBERG            
   APR-04-2001  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 FRANKS                
   APR-04-2001  H  PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING                         
   APR-05-2001  H  FIRST READING                                                  
   APR-05-2001  H  REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE        RULES                 
   APR-06-2001  H       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               JUD-CRIMINAL          
   APR-24-2001  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 OSTERMAN              
   APR-24-2001  H  ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR         MAY                   
   APR-25-2001  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 MAY                   
   APR-26-2001  H  DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE                     011-000-000   HJUB    
   APR-26-2001  H  PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                       
   MAY-02-2001  H  SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE                                    
   MAY-02-2001  H  PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   MAY-08-2001  H  THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED        111-000-000           
   MAY-08-2001  S  PASSED BOTH HOUSES                                             
   JUN-06-2001  S  SENT TO THE GOVERNOR                                           
   AUG-01-2001  S  GOVERNOR APPROVED                                              
   AUG-01-2001  S                            EFFECTIVE DATE 01-08-01              
   AUG-01-2001  S  PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0199               

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