Bill Text: IL HB3746 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Harassing and Obscene Communications Article of the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that in addition to any criminal penalties, a person who is the victim of harassment under the harassment through electronic communications statute may bring a civil action against the perpetrator of the harassment. Provides that in such an action, the victim may be awarded damages not to exceed $10,000,000 for each count of harassment. Provides that these damages may include compensation for any physical injury, emotional distress, reputational harm, or other damages directly resulting from the harassment. Provides that, in addition to compensatory damages, the court may award punitive damages if the defendant's conduct was willfully or maliciously intended to harm the victim. Provides that punitive damages may be awarded in an amount deemed appropriate by the court, not to exceed the statutory limit of $10,000,000 per count. Provides that in any civil action brought under this provision, the prevailing party may be entitled to reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and other expenses. Provides that the use of an end-to-end encryption messaging system or device to transmit harassing messages or communications is an aggravating factor in sentencing. Provides that a person who violates the harassment through electronic communications statute using an end-to-end encryption messaging system or device to engage in harassment is guilty of a Class 3 felony, regardless of other factors surrounding the offense. Defines "end-to-end encryption messaging system or device". Amends the Unified Code of Corrections to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-07 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita [HB3746 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB3746-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3746 Introduced , by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/26.5-0.1
720 ILCS 5/26.5-3
720 ILCS 5/26.5-5
730 ILCS 5/5-5-3.2
Amends the Harassing and Obscene Communications Article of the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that in addition to any criminal penalties, a person who is the victim of harassment under the harassment through electronic communications statute may bring a civil action against the perpetrator of the harassment. Provides that in such an action, the victim may be awarded damages not to exceed $10,000,000 for each count of harassment. Provides that these damages may include compensation for any physical injury, emotional distress, reputational harm, or other damages directly resulting from the harassment. Provides that, in addition to compensatory damages, the court may award punitive damages if the defendant's conduct was willfully or maliciously intended to harm the victim. Provides that punitive damages may be awarded in an amount deemed appropriate by the court, not to exceed the statutory limit of $10,000,000 per count. Provides that in any civil action brought under this provision, the prevailing party may be entitled to reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and other expenses. Provides that the use of an end-to-end encryption messaging system or device to transmit harassing messages or communications is an aggravating factor in sentencing. Provides that a person who violates the harassment through electronic communications statute using an end-to-end encryption messaging system or device to engage in harassment is guilty of a Class 3 felony, regardless of other factors surrounding the offense. Defines "end-to-end encryption messaging system or device". Amends the Unified Code of Corrections to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
changing Sections 26.5-0.1, 26.5-3, and 26.5-5 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/26.5-0.1)
Sec. 26.5-0.1. Definitions. As used in this Article:
"Electronic communication" means any transfer of signs,
signals, writings, images, sounds, data or intelligence of any
nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio,
electromagnetic, photoelectric or photo-optical system.
"Electronic communication" includes transmissions through an
electronic device including, but not limited to, a telephone,
cellular phone, computer, or pager, which communication
includes, but is not limited to, e-mail, instant message, text
message, or voice mail.
"End-to-end encryption messaging system or device" means
any form of communication technology or application that
ensures that only the sender and intended recipient or
recipients can access the content of the communication,
preventing third parties, including service providers or
intermediaries, from reading the messages.
"Family or household member" includes spouses, former

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spouses, parents, children, stepchildren and other persons
related by blood or by present or prior marriage, persons who
share or formerly shared a common dwelling, persons who have
or allegedly share a blood relationship through a child,
persons who have or have had a dating or engagement
relationship, and persons with disabilities and their personal
assistants. For purposes of this Article, neither a casual
acquaintanceship nor ordinary fraternization between 2
individuals in business or social contexts shall be deemed to
constitute a dating relationship.
"Harass" or "harassing" means knowing conduct which is not
necessary to accomplish a purpose that is reasonable under the
circumstances, that would cause a reasonable person emotional
distress and does cause emotional distress to another.
(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)
(720 ILCS 5/26.5-3)
Sec. 26.5-3. Harassment through electronic communications.
(a) A person commits harassment through electronic
communications when he or she uses electronic communication
for any of the following purposes:
(1) Making any comment, request, suggestion or
proposal which is obscene with an intent to offend;
(2) Interrupting, with the intent to harass, the
telephone service or the electronic communication service
of any person;

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(3) Transmitting to any person, with the intent to
harass and regardless of whether the communication is read
in its entirety or at all, any file, document, or other
communication which prevents that person from using his or
her telephone service or electronic communications device;
(4) Transmitting an electronic communication or
knowingly inducing a person to transmit an electronic
communication for the purpose of harassing another person
who is under 13 years of age, regardless of whether the
person under 13 years of age consents to the harassment,
if the defendant is at least 16 years of age at the time of
the commission of the offense;
(5) Threatening injury to the person or to the
property of the person to whom an electronic communication
is directed or to any of his or her family or household
members; or
(6) Knowingly permitting any electronic communications
device to be used for any of the purposes mentioned in this
subsection (a).
(b) Telecommunications carriers, commercial mobile service
providers, and providers of information services, including,
but not limited to, Internet service providers and hosting
service providers, are not liable under this Section, except
for willful and wanton misconduct, by virtue of the
transmission, storage, or caching of electronic communications
or messages of others or by virtue of the provision of other

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related telecommunications, commercial mobile services, or
information services used by others in violation of this
Section.
(c) In addition to any criminal penalties, a person who is
the victim of harassment under this Section may bring a civil
action against the perpetrator of the harassment.
In such an action, the victim may be awarded damages not to
exceed $10,000,000 for each count of harassment. These damages
may include compensation for any physical injury, emotional
distress, reputational harm, or other damages directly
resulting from the harassment.
In addition to compensatory damages, the court may award
punitive damages if the defendant's conduct was willfully or
maliciously intended to harm the victim. Punitive damages may
be awarded in an amount deemed appropriate by the court, not to
exceed the statutory limit of $10,000,000 per count.
In any civil action brought under this Section, the
prevailing party may be entitled to reasonable attorney's
fees, court costs, and other expenses.
(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)
(720 ILCS 5/26.5-5)
Sec. 26.5-5. Sentence.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who
violates any of the provisions of Section 26.5-1, 26.5-2, or
26.5-3 of this Article is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

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Except as provided in subsection (b), a second or subsequent
violation of Section 26.5-1, 26.5-2, or 26.5-3 of this Article
is a Class A misdemeanor, for which the court shall impose a
minimum of 14 days in jail or, if public or community service
is established in the county in which the offender was
convicted, 240 hours of public or community service.
(b) In any of the following circumstances, a person who
violates Section 26.5-1, 26.5-2, or 26.5-3 of this Article
shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony:
(1) The person has 3 or more prior violations in the
last 10 years of harassment by telephone, harassment
through electronic communications, or any similar offense
of any other state;
(2) The person has previously violated the harassment
by telephone provisions, or the harassment through
electronic communications provisions, or committed any
similar offense in any other state with the same victim or
a member of the victim's family or household;
(3) At the time of the offense, the offender was under
conditions of pretrial release, probation, conditional
discharge, mandatory supervised release or was the subject
of an order of protection, in this or any other state,
prohibiting contact with the victim or any member of the
victim's family or household;
(4) In the course of the offense, the offender
threatened to kill the victim or any member of the

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victim's family or household;
(5) The person has been convicted in the last 10 years
of a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8 of the
Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
(6) The person violates paragraph (5) of Section
26.5-2 or paragraph (4) of Section 26.5-3; or
(7) The person was at least 18 years of age at the time
of the commission of the offense and the victim was under
18 years of age at the time of the commission of the
offense.
(b-1) The use of an end-to-end encryption messaging system
or device to transmit harassing messages or communications is
an aggravating factor in sentencing under Section 5-5-3.2 of
the Unified Code of Corrections.
A person who violates Section 26.5-3 using an end-to-end
encryption messaging system or device to engage in harassment
is guilty of a Class 3 felony, regardless of other factors
surrounding the offense.
(c) The court may order any person convicted under this
Article to submit to a psychiatric examination.
(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-23.)
Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
changing Section 5-5-3.2 as follows:
(730 ILCS 5/5-5-3.2)

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Sec. 5-5-3.2. Factors in aggravation and extended-term
sentencing.
(a) The following factors shall be accorded weight in
favor of imposing a term of imprisonment or may be considered
by the court as reasons to impose a more severe sentence under
Section 5-8-1 or Article 4.5 of Chapter V:
(1) the defendant's conduct caused or threatened
serious harm;
(2) the defendant received compensation for committing
the offense;
(3) the defendant has a history of prior delinquency
or criminal activity;
(4) the defendant, by the duties of his office or by
his position, was obliged to prevent the particular
offense committed or to bring the offenders committing it
to justice;
(5) the defendant held public office at the time of
the offense, and the offense related to the conduct of
that office;
(6) the defendant utilized his professional reputation
or position in the community to commit the offense, or to
afford him an easier means of committing it;
(7) the sentence is necessary to deter others from
committing the same crime;
(8) the defendant committed the offense against a
person 60 years of age or older or such person's property;

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(9) the defendant committed the offense against a
person who has a physical disability or such person's
property;
(10) by reason of another individual's actual or
perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender,
sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or
national origin, the defendant committed the offense
against (i) the person or property of that individual;
(ii) the person or property of a person who has an
association with, is married to, or has a friendship with
the other individual; or (iii) the person or property of a
relative (by blood or marriage) of a person described in
clause (i) or (ii). For the purposes of this Section,
"sexual orientation" has the meaning ascribed to it in
paragraph (O-1) of Section 1-103 of the Illinois Human
Rights Act;
(11) the offense took place in a place of worship or on
the grounds of a place of worship, immediately prior to,
during or immediately following worship services. For
purposes of this subparagraph, "place of worship" shall
mean any church, synagogue or other building, structure or
place used primarily for religious worship;
(12) the defendant was convicted of a felony committed
while he was on pretrial release or his own recognizance
pending trial for a prior felony and was convicted of such
prior felony, or the defendant was convicted of a felony

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committed while he was serving a period of probation,
conditional discharge, or mandatory supervised release
under subsection (d) of Section 5-8-1 for a prior felony;
(13) the defendant committed or attempted to commit a
felony while he was wearing a bulletproof vest. For the
purposes of this paragraph (13), a bulletproof vest is any
device which is designed for the purpose of protecting the
wearer from bullets, shot or other lethal projectiles;
(14) the defendant held a position of trust or
supervision such as, but not limited to, family member as
defined in Section 11-0.1 of the Criminal Code of 2012,
teacher, scout leader, baby sitter, or day care worker, in
relation to a victim under 18 years of age, and the
defendant committed an offense in violation of Section
11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-6, 11-11,
11-14.4 except for an offense that involves keeping a
place of juvenile prostitution, 11-15.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2,
11-20.1, 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15
or 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code
of 2012 against that victim;
(15) the defendant committed an offense related to the
activities of an organized gang. For the purposes of this
factor, "organized gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 10 of the Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention
Act;
(16) the defendant committed an offense in violation

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of one of the following Sections while in a school,
regardless of the time of day or time of year; on any
conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a school to
transport students to or from school or a school related
activity; on the real property of a school; or on a public
way within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any
school: Section 10-1, 10-2, 10-5, 11-1.20, 11-1.30,
11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-14.4, 11-15.1, 11-17.1,
11-18.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 12-2, 12-4, 12-4.1, 12-4.2,
12-4.3, 12-6, 12-6.1, 12-6.5, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1,
12-15, 12-16, 18-2, or 33A-2, or Section 12-3.05 except
for subdivision (a)(4) or (g)(1), of the Criminal Code of
1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
(16.5) the defendant committed an offense in violation
of one of the following Sections while in a day care
center, regardless of the time of day or time of year; on
the real property of a day care center, regardless of the
time of day or time of year; or on a public way within
1,000 feet of the real property comprising any day care
center, regardless of the time of day or time of year:
Section 10-1, 10-2, 10-5, 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40,
11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-14.4, 11-15.1, 11-17.1, 11-18.1,
11-19.1, 11-19.2, 12-2, 12-4, 12-4.1, 12-4.2, 12-4.3,
12-6, 12-6.1, 12-6.5, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16,
18-2, or 33A-2, or Section 12-3.05 except for subdivision
(a)(4) or (g)(1), of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the

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Criminal Code of 2012;
(17) the defendant committed the offense by reason of
any person's activity as a community policing volunteer or
to prevent any person from engaging in activity as a
community policing volunteer. For the purpose of this
Section, "community policing volunteer" has the meaning
ascribed to it in Section 2-3.5 of the Criminal Code of
2012;
(18) the defendant committed the offense in a nursing
home or on the real property comprising a nursing home.
For the purposes of this paragraph (18), "nursing home"
means a skilled nursing or intermediate long term care
facility that is subject to license by the Illinois
Department of Public Health under the Nursing Home Care
Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of
2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, or the MC/DD Act;
(19) the defendant was a federally licensed firearm
dealer and was previously convicted of a violation of
subsection (a) of Section 3 of the Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act and has now committed either a
felony violation of the Firearm Owners Identification Card
Act or an act of armed violence while armed with a firearm;
(20) the defendant (i) committed the offense of
reckless homicide under Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code
of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 or the offense of
driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug or

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drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or any
combination thereof under Section 11-501 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance
and (ii) was operating a motor vehicle in excess of 20
miles per hour over the posted speed limit as provided in
Article VI of Chapter 11 of the Illinois Vehicle Code;
(21) the defendant (i) committed the offense of
reckless driving or aggravated reckless driving under
Section 11-503 of the Illinois Vehicle Code and (ii) was
operating a motor vehicle in excess of 20 miles per hour
over the posted speed limit as provided in Article VI of
Chapter 11 of the Illinois Vehicle Code;
(22) the defendant committed the offense against a
person that the defendant knew, or reasonably should have
known, was a member of the Armed Forces of the United
States serving on active duty. For purposes of this clause
(22), the term "Armed Forces" means any of the Armed
Forces of the United States, including a member of any
reserve component thereof or National Guard unit called to
active duty;
(23) the defendant committed the offense against a
person who was elderly or infirm or who was a person with a
disability by taking advantage of a family or fiduciary
relationship with the elderly or infirm person or person
with a disability;
(24) the defendant committed any offense under Section

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11-20.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code
of 2012 and possessed 100 or more images;
(25) the defendant committed the offense while the
defendant or the victim was in a train, bus, or other
vehicle used for public transportation;
(26) the defendant committed the offense of child
pornography or aggravated child pornography, specifically
including paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (7) of
subsection (a) of Section 11-20.1 of the Criminal Code of
1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 where a child engaged in,
solicited for, depicted in, or posed in any act of sexual
penetration or bound, fettered, or subject to sadistic,
masochistic, or sadomasochistic abuse in a sexual context
and specifically including paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4),
(5), or (7) of subsection (a) of Section 11-20.1B or
Section 11-20.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 where a child
engaged in, solicited for, depicted in, or posed in any
act of sexual penetration or bound, fettered, or subject
to sadistic, masochistic, or sadomasochistic abuse in a
sexual context;
(26.5) the defendant committed the offense of obscene
depiction of a purported child, specifically including
paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 11-20.4 of the
Criminal Code of 2012 if a child engaged in, solicited
for, depicted in, or posed in any act of sexual
penetration or bound, fettered, or subject to sadistic,

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masochistic, or sadomasochistic abuse in a sexual context;
(27) the defendant committed the offense of first
degree murder, assault, aggravated assault, battery,
aggravated battery, robbery, armed robbery, or aggravated
robbery against a person who was a veteran and the
defendant knew, or reasonably should have known, that the
person was a veteran performing duties as a representative
of a veterans' organization. For the purposes of this
paragraph (27), "veteran" means an Illinois resident who
has served as a member of the United States Armed Forces, a
member of the Illinois National Guard, or a member of the
United States Reserve Forces; and "veterans' organization"
means an organization comprised of members of which
substantially all are individuals who are veterans or
spouses, widows, or widowers of veterans, the primary
purpose of which is to promote the welfare of its members
and to provide assistance to the general public in such a
way as to confer a public benefit;
(28) the defendant committed the offense of assault,
aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, robbery,
armed robbery, or aggravated robbery against a person that
the defendant knew or reasonably should have known was a
letter carrier or postal worker while that person was
performing his or her duties delivering mail for the
United States Postal Service;
(29) the defendant committed the offense of criminal

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sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault,
criminal sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse
against a victim with an intellectual disability, and the
defendant holds a position of trust, authority, or
supervision in relation to the victim;
(30) the defendant committed the offense of promoting
juvenile prostitution, patronizing a prostitute, or
patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution and at the
time of the commission of the offense knew that the
prostitute or minor engaged in prostitution was in the
custody or guardianship of the Department of Children and
Family Services;
(31) the defendant (i) committed the offense of
driving while under the influence of alcohol, other drug
or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or any
combination thereof in violation of Section 11-501 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a local
ordinance and (ii) the defendant during the commission of
the offense was driving his or her vehicle upon a roadway
designated for one-way traffic in the opposite direction
of the direction indicated by official traffic control
devices;
(32) the defendant committed the offense of reckless
homicide while committing a violation of Section 11-907 of
the Illinois Vehicle Code;
(33) the defendant was found guilty of an

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administrative infraction related to an act or acts of
public indecency or sexual misconduct in the penal
institution. In this paragraph (33), "penal institution"
has the same meaning as in Section 2-14 of the Criminal
Code of 2012; or
(34) the defendant committed the offense of leaving
the scene of a crash in violation of subsection (b) of
Section 11-401 of the Illinois Vehicle Code and the crash
resulted in the death of a person and at the time of the
offense, the defendant was: (i) driving under the
influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating
compound or compounds or any combination thereof as
defined by Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; or
(ii) operating the motor vehicle while using an electronic
communication device as defined in Section 12-610.2 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code; or .
(35) the defendant committed the offense of harassment
through electronic communications using an end-to-end
encryption messaging system or device to transmit
harassing messages or communications.
For the purposes of this Section:
"School" is defined as a public or private elementary or
secondary school, community college, college, or university.
"Day care center" means a public or private State
certified and licensed day care center as defined in Section
2.09 of the Child Care Act of 1969 that displays a sign in

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plain view stating that the property is a day care center.
"Intellectual disability" means significantly subaverage
intellectual functioning which exists concurrently with
impairment in adaptive behavior.
"Public transportation" means the transportation or
conveyance of persons by means available to the general
public, and includes paratransit services.
"Traffic control devices" means all signs, signals,
markings, and devices that conform to the Illinois Manual on
Uniform Traffic Control Devices, placed or erected by
authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction,
for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic.
(b) The following factors, related to all felonies, may be
considered by the court as reasons to impose an extended term
sentence under Section 5-8-2 upon any offender:
(1) When a defendant is convicted of any felony, after
having been previously convicted in Illinois or any other
jurisdiction of the same or similar class felony or
greater class felony, when such conviction has occurred
within 10 years after the previous conviction, excluding
time spent in custody, and such charges are separately
brought and tried and arise out of different series of
acts; or
(2) When a defendant is convicted of any felony and
the court finds that the offense was accompanied by
exceptionally brutal or heinous behavior indicative of

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wanton cruelty; or
(3) When a defendant is convicted of any felony
committed against:
(i) a person under 12 years of age at the time of
the offense or such person's property;
(ii) a person 60 years of age or older at the time
of the offense or such person's property; or
(iii) a person who had a physical disability at
the time of the offense or such person's property; or
(4) When a defendant is convicted of any felony and
the offense involved any of the following types of
specific misconduct committed as part of a ceremony, rite,
initiation, observance, performance, practice or activity
of any actual or ostensible religious, fraternal, or
social group:
(i) the brutalizing or torturing of humans or
animals;
(ii) the theft of human corpses;
(iii) the kidnapping of humans;
(iv) the desecration of any cemetery, religious,
fraternal, business, governmental, educational, or
other building or property; or
(v) ritualized abuse of a child; or
(5) When a defendant is convicted of a felony other
than conspiracy and the court finds that the felony was
committed under an agreement with 2 or more other persons

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to commit that offense and the defendant, with respect to
the other individuals, occupied a position of organizer,
supervisor, financier, or any other position of management
or leadership, and the court further finds that the felony
committed was related to or in furtherance of the criminal
activities of an organized gang or was motivated by the
defendant's leadership in an organized gang; or
(6) When a defendant is convicted of an offense
committed while using a firearm with a laser sight
attached to it. For purposes of this paragraph, "laser
sight" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 26-7 of
the Criminal Code of 2012; or
(7) When a defendant who was at least 17 years of age
at the time of the commission of the offense is convicted
of a felony and has been previously adjudicated a
delinquent minor under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for
an act that if committed by an adult would be a Class X or
Class 1 felony when the conviction has occurred within 10
years after the previous adjudication, excluding time
spent in custody; or
(8) When a defendant commits any felony and the
defendant used, possessed, exercised control over, or
otherwise directed an animal to assault a law enforcement
officer engaged in the execution of his or her official
duties or in furtherance of the criminal activities of an
organized gang in which the defendant is engaged; or

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(9) When a defendant commits any felony and the
defendant knowingly video or audio records the offense
with the intent to disseminate the recording.
(c) The following factors may be considered by the court
as reasons to impose an extended term sentence under Section
5-8-2 (730 ILCS 5/5-8-2) upon any offender for the listed
offenses:
(1) When a defendant is convicted of first degree
murder, after having been previously convicted in Illinois
of any offense listed under paragraph (c)(2) of Section
5-5-3 (730 ILCS 5/5-5-3), when that conviction has
occurred within 10 years after the previous conviction,
excluding time spent in custody, and the charges are
separately brought and tried and arise out of different
series of acts.
(1.5) When a defendant is convicted of first degree
murder, after having been previously convicted of domestic
battery (720 ILCS 5/12-3.2) or aggravated domestic battery
(720 ILCS 5/12-3.3) committed on the same victim or after
having been previously convicted of violation of an order
of protection (720 ILCS 5/12-30) in which the same victim
was the protected person.
(2) When a defendant is convicted of voluntary
manslaughter, second degree murder, involuntary
manslaughter, or reckless homicide in which the defendant
has been convicted of causing the death of more than one

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individual.
(3) When a defendant is convicted of aggravated
criminal sexual assault or criminal sexual assault, when
there is a finding that aggravated criminal sexual assault
or criminal sexual assault was also committed on the same
victim by one or more other individuals, and the defendant
voluntarily participated in the crime with the knowledge
of the participation of the others in the crime, and the
commission of the crime was part of a single course of
conduct during which there was no substantial change in
the nature of the criminal objective.
(4) If the victim was under 18 years of age at the time
of the commission of the offense, when a defendant is
convicted of aggravated criminal sexual assault or
predatory criminal sexual assault of a child under
subsection (a)(1) of Section 11-1.40 or subsection (a)(1)
of Section 12-14.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/11-1.40 or 5/12-14.1).
(5) When a defendant is convicted of a felony
violation of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
the Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/24-1) and there is a
finding that the defendant is a member of an organized
gang.
(6) When a defendant was convicted of unlawful
possession of weapons under Section 24-1 of the Criminal
Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/24-1)

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for possessing a weapon that is not readily
distinguishable as one of the weapons enumerated in
Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/24-1).
(7) When a defendant is convicted of an offense
involving the illegal manufacture of a controlled
substance under Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled
Substances Act (720 ILCS 570/401), the illegal manufacture
of methamphetamine under Section 25 of the Methamphetamine
Control and Community Protection Act (720 ILCS 646/25), or
the illegal possession of explosives and an emergency
response officer in the performance of his or her duties
is killed or injured at the scene of the offense while
responding to the emergency caused by the commission of
the offense. In this paragraph, "emergency" means a
situation in which a person's life, health, or safety is
in jeopardy; and "emergency response officer" means a
peace officer, community policing volunteer, fireman,
emergency medical technician-ambulance, emergency medical
technician-intermediate, emergency medical
technician-paramedic, ambulance driver, other medical
assistance or first aid personnel, or hospital emergency
room personnel.
(8) When the defendant is convicted of attempted mob
action, solicitation to commit mob action, or conspiracy
to commit mob action under Section 8-1, 8-2, or 8-4 of the

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Criminal Code of 2012, where the criminal object is a
violation of Section 25-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012,
and an electronic communication is used in the commission
of the offense. For the purposes of this paragraph (8),
"electronic communication" shall have the meaning provided
in Section 26.5-0.1 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
(d) For the purposes of this Section, "organized gang" has
the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois
Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
(e) The court may impose an extended term sentence under
Article 4.5 of Chapter V upon an offender who has been
convicted of a felony violation of Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30,
11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, or
12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012
when the victim of the offense is under 18 years of age at the
time of the commission of the offense and, during the
commission of the offense, the victim was under the influence
of alcohol, regardless of whether or not the alcohol was
supplied by the offender; and the offender, at the time of the
commission of the offense, knew or should have known that the
victim had consumed alcohol.
(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-982, eff. 7-1-23;
103-822, eff. 1-1-25; 103-825, eff. 1-1-25; revised 11-26-24.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.