Illinois Senate Bill 1437

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-31 - Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits hate crime when, by reason of the actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, citizenship, immigration status, or national origin of another individual or group of individuals, regardless of the existence of any other motivating factor or factors the person displays or causes to be displayed, on public or private property, a burning cross, a Nazi swastika, or a noose, with the intent to intimidate a person or group of persons or incite violence against a person or group of persons. Provides that the provisions of the amendatory Act are severable under the Statute on Statutes.

CRIM CD-HATE CRIME

Sen. Adriane Johnson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-31	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2025-01-31	Senate	First Reading
2025-01-31	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Adriane Johnson

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	5	12-7.1	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1437&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/104/SB/10400SB1437.htm