Senate Sponsors: SILVERSTEIN. Short description: CRIM CD & CORR-HATE CRIMES Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of conspiracy against civil rights. Provides that conspiracy against civil rights is a Class 4 felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Provides that hate crime is a Class 3 felony for a first offense and a Class 1 felony for a second or subsequent offense if committed: (1) in a place used for religious worship; (2) in a cemetery or mortuary; (3) in an educational facility; (4) in a public park or an ethnic or religious community center; (5) on the real property of any of these locations; or (6) on a public way within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any of these locations. Provides for prosecution for hate crime or institutional vandalism regardless of the existence of any other motivating factors. Provides that a person convicted of institutional vandalism or hate crime must be sentenced by the court to either pay restitution to the victim or to pay a fine up to $1,000. Provides that a person sentenced to probation or conditional discharge for institu- tional vandalism or hate crime must perform at least 200 hours of public or community service if established in the county where the offender was convicted. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person convicted of any second or subsequent convic- tion for hate crime or institutional vandalism is ineligible for probation, conditional discharge, or periodic imprisonment. Makes it a factor for the court to impose an extended term sentence that the defendant was convicted of a felony other than hate crime or institu- tional vandalism and the court finds that the defendant committed the offense by reason of the actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or national origin of another individual or group of individuals regardless of any other motivating factors. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status