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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB1801 Introduced , by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 720 ILCS 5/12-7.1 | from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides a person also commits a hate crime if by reason of the actual or perceived employment as a peace officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel of another individual or group of individuals, regardless of the existence of any other motivating
factor or factors, he or she commits assault, battery, aggravated assault, misdemeanor
theft, criminal trespass to residence, misdemeanor criminal damage
to property, criminal trespass to vehicle, criminal trespass to real property,
mob action, disorderly conduct, harassment by telephone, or harassment through electronic
communications. Penalty is a Class 4
felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent
offense, unless committed in certain specified locations in which case the penalty is a Class 3 felony for a first offense and a Class 2
felony for a second or subsequent offense.
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1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing |
5 | | Section 12-7.1 as follows:
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6 | | (720 ILCS 5/12-7.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1)
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7 | | Sec. 12-7.1. Hate crime.
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8 | | (a) A person commits hate crime when, by reason of the |
9 | | actual or
perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, |
10 | | gender, sexual orientation,
physical or mental disability, or |
11 | | national origin of another individual or
group of individuals, |
12 | | or by reason of the actual or perceived employment as a peace |
13 | | officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel |
14 | | of another individual or
group of individuals, regardless of |
15 | | the existence of any other motivating
factor or factors, he or |
16 | | she commits assault, battery, aggravated assault, misdemeanor
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17 | | theft, criminal trespass to residence, misdemeanor criminal |
18 | | damage
to property, criminal trespass to vehicle, criminal |
19 | | trespass to real property,
mob action, disorderly conduct, |
20 | | harassment by telephone, or harassment through electronic
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21 | | communications as these crimes are defined in Sections 12-1,
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22 | | 12-2, 12-3(a), 16-1, 19-4, 21-1, 21-2, 21-3, 25-1, 26-1, |
23 | | 26.5-2, and paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(5) of Section 26.5-3 of |