Bill Text: IL SB2929 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits intimidation when, with intent to cause another person to perform or to omit the performance of any act, including, but not limited to, the transfer of money, goods, services, or other things of value to the person or another person directed by the person, he or she communicates to the other person, directly or indirectly by any means, a threat to report the other person's immigration or suspected immigration status to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, another federal agency involved in immigration enforcement, or any other person without consent of the person whose immigration status the person wishes to disclose.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-26 - Referred to Assignments [SB2929 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2929-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2929 Introduced 1/26/2024, by Sen. Natalie Toro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/12-6 from Ch. 38, par. 12-6
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits intimidation when, with intent to cause another person to perform or to omit the performance of any act, including, but not limited to, the transfer of money, goods, services, or other things of value to the person or another person directed by the person, he or she communicates to the other person, directly or indirectly by any means, a threat to report the other person's immigration or suspected immigration status to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, another federal agency involved in immigration enforcement, or any other person without consent of the person whose immigration status the person wishes to disclose.
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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 Section 12-6 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/12-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-6)
Sec. 12-6. Intimidation.
(a) A person commits intimidation when, with intent to
cause another to perform or to omit the performance of any act,
he or she communicates to another, directly or indirectly by
any means, a threat to perform without lawful authority any of
the following acts:
(1) Inflict physical harm on the person threatened or
any other person or on property; or
(2) Subject any person to physical confinement or
restraint; or
(3) Commit a felony or Class A misdemeanor; or
(4) Accuse any person of an offense; or
(5) Expose any person to hatred, contempt or ridicule;
or
(6) Take action as a public official against anyone or
anything, or withhold official action, or cause such
action or withholding; or

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