92nd General Assembly
Summary of SB0073
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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


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