House Sponsors: SCHOENBERG-LYONS,EILEEN-MATHIAS-FRITCHEY-OSTERMAN AND BROSNAHAN. Short description: CRIM CD-STLKNG-ELECTRNC MEANS Synopsis of Bill as introduced: 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. FISCAL NOTE (Department of Corrections) Fiscal impact and impact on the corrections population would be minimal. CORRECTIONAL NOTE (Department of Corrections) Same as DOC fiscal note. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Further amends the Criminal Code of 1961 concerning the offense of cyberstalking. Deletes language making the harassment of another person part of the offense. Provides that a person commits the offense if he or she transmits a threat that places the person or a family member of that person in reasonable apprehension of immediate or future bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement, or restraint. Deletes the definition of "harass". Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status