Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2687 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2687 Introduced 1/10/2024, by Sen. Adriane Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/12-7.1 from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that, in addition to other elements of the offense, a person commits a hate crime when the person displays or causes to be displayed, on public or private property, a burning cross, a Nazi swastika, a noose, a Confederate flag, or any other known symbol of white supremacist or neo-Nazi beliefs with the intent to intimidate a person or group of persons or incite violence against a person or group of persons. Includes a severability provision. LRB103 36492 RLC 66598 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2687 Introduced 1/10/2024, by Sen. Adriane Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/12-7.1 from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1 720 ILCS 5/12-7.1 from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that, in addition to other elements of the offense, a person commits a hate crime when the person displays or causes to be displayed, on public or private property, a burning cross, a Nazi swastika, a noose, a Confederate flag, or any other known symbol of white supremacist or neo-Nazi beliefs with the intent to intimidate a person or group of persons or incite violence against a person or group of persons. Includes a severability provision. LRB103 36492 RLC 66598 b LRB103 36492 RLC 66598 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2687 Introduced 1/10/2024, by Sen. Adriane Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that, in addition to other elements of the offense, a person commits a hate crime when the person displays or causes to be displayed, on public or private property, a burning cross, a Nazi swastika, a noose, a Confederate flag, or any other known symbol of white supremacist or neo-Nazi beliefs with the intent to intimidate a person or group of persons or incite violence against a person or group of persons. Includes a severability provision.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
15	15	5 changing Section 12-7.1 as follows:
16	16	6 (720 ILCS 5/12-7.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1)
17	17	7 Sec. 12-7.1. Hate crime.
18	18	8 (a) A person commits hate crime when, by reason of the
19	19	9 actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry,
20	20	10 gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability,
21	21	11 citizenship, immigration status, or national origin of another
22	22	12 individual or group of individuals, regardless of the
23	23	13 existence of any other motivating factor or factors: ,
24	24	14 (1) The person he or she commits assault, battery,
25	25	15 aggravated assault, intimidation, stalking,
26	26	16 cyberstalking, misdemeanor theft, criminal trespass to
27	27	17 residence, misdemeanor criminal damage to property,
28	28	18 criminal trespass to vehicle, criminal trespass to real
29	29	19 property, mob action, disorderly conduct, transmission of
30	30	20 obscene messages, harassment by telephone, or harassment
31	31	21 through electronic communications as these crimes are
32	32	22 defined in Sections 12-1, 12-2, 12-3(a), 12-7.3, 12-7.5,
33	33	23 16-1, 19-4, 21-1, 21-2, 21-3, 25-1, 26-1, 26.5-1, 26.5-2,
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2687 Introduced 1/10/2024, by Sen. Adriane Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	720 ILCS 5/12-7.1 from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1 720 ILCS 5/12-7.1 from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1
39	39	720 ILCS 5/12-7.1 from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1
40	40	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that, in addition to other elements of the offense, a person commits a hate crime when the person displays or causes to be displayed, on public or private property, a burning cross, a Nazi swastika, a noose, a Confederate flag, or any other known symbol of white supremacist or neo-Nazi beliefs with the intent to intimidate a person or group of persons or incite violence against a person or group of persons. Includes a severability provision.
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68	68	1 paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) of Section 12-6, and
69	69	2 paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(5) of Section 26.5-3 of this
70	70	3 Code, respectively.
71	71	4 (2) The person displays or causes to be displayed, on
72	72	5 public or private property, a burning cross, a Nazi
73	73	6 swastika, a noose, a Confederate flag, or any other known
74	74	7 symbol of white supremacist or neo-Nazi beliefs with the
75	75	8 intent to intimidate a person or group of persons or
76	76	9 incite violence against a person or group of persons.
77	77	10 (b) Except as provided in subsection (b-5), hate crime is
78	78	11 a Class 4 felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a
79	79	12 second or subsequent offense.
80	80	13 (b-5) Hate crime is a Class 3 felony for a first offense
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82	82	15 committed:
83	83	16 (1) in, or upon the exterior or grounds of, a church,
84	84	17 synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place
85	85	18 identified or associated with a particular religion or
86	86	19 used for religious worship or other religious purpose;
87	87	20 (2) in a cemetery, mortuary, or other facility used
88	88	21 for the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead;
89	89	22 (3) in a school or other educational facility,
90	90	23 including an administrative facility or public or private
91	91	24 dormitory facility of or associated with the school or
92	92	25 other educational facility;
93	93	26 (4) in a public park or an ethnic or religious
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104	104	1 community center;
105	105	2 (5) on the real property comprising any location
106	106	3 specified in clauses (1) through (4) of this subsection
107	107	4 (b-5); or
108	108	5 (6) on a public way within 1,000 feet of the real
109	109	6 property comprising any location specified in clauses (1)
110	110	7 through (4) of this subsection (b-5).
111	111	8 (b-10) Upon imposition of any sentence, the trial court
112	112	9 shall also either order restitution paid to the victim or
113	113	10 impose a fine in an amount to be determined by the court based
114	114	11 on the severity of the crime and the injury or damages suffered
115	115	12 by the victim. In addition, any order of probation or
116	116	13 conditional discharge entered following a conviction or an
117	117	14 adjudication of delinquency shall include a condition that the
118	118	15 offender perform public or community service of no less than
119	119	16 200 hours if that service is established in the county where
120	120	17 the offender was convicted of hate crime. In addition, any
121	121	18 order of probation or conditional discharge entered following
122	122	19 a conviction or an adjudication of delinquency shall include a
123	123	20 condition that the offender enroll in an educational program
124	124	21 discouraging hate crimes involving the protected class
125	125	22 identified in subsection (a) that gave rise to the offense the
126	126	23 offender committed. The educational program must be attended
127	127	24 by the offender in-person and may be administered, as
128	128	25 determined by the court, by a university, college, community
129	129	26 college, non-profit organization, the Illinois Holocaust and
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140	140	1 Genocide Commission, or any other organization that provides
141	141	2 educational programs discouraging hate crimes, except that
142	142	3 programs administered online or that can otherwise be attended
143	143	4 remotely are prohibited. The court may also impose any other
144	144	5 condition of probation or conditional discharge under this
145	145	6 Section. If the court sentences the offender to imprisonment
146	146	7 or periodic imprisonment for a violation of this Section, as a
147	147	8 condition of the offender's mandatory supervised release, the
148	148	9 court shall require that the offender perform public or
149	149	10 community service of no less than 200 hours and enroll in an
150	150	11 educational program discouraging hate crimes involving the
151	151	12 protected class identified in subsection (a) that gave rise to
152	152	13 the offense the offender committed.
153	153	14 (c) Independent of any criminal prosecution or the result
154	154	15 of a criminal prosecution, any person suffering injury to his
155	155	16 or her person, damage to his or her property, intimidation as
156	156	17 defined in paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) of Section
157	157	18 12-6 of this Code, stalking as defined in Section 12-7.3 of
158	158	19 this Code, cyberstalking as defined in Section 12-7.5 of this
159	159	20 Code, disorderly conduct as defined in paragraph (a)(1),
160	160	21 (a)(4), (a)(5), or (a)(6) of Section 26-1 of this Code,
161	161	22 transmission of obscene messages as defined in Section 26.5-1
162	162	23 of this Code, harassment by telephone as defined in Section
163	163	24 26.5-2 of this Code, or harassment through electronic
164	164	25 communications as defined in paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(5) of
165	165	26 Section 26.5-3 of this Code as a result of a hate crime may
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176	176	1 bring a civil action for damages, injunction or other
177	177	2 appropriate relief. The court may award actual damages,
178	178	3 including damages for emotional distress, as well as punitive
179	179	4 damages. The court may impose a civil penalty up to $25,000 for
180	180	5 each violation of this subsection (c). A judgment in favor of a
181	181	6 person who brings a civil action under this subsection (c)
182	182	7 shall include attorney's fees and costs. After consulting with
183	183	8 the local State's Attorney, the Attorney General may bring a
184	184	9 civil action in the name of the People of the State for an
185	185	10 injunction or other equitable relief under this subsection
186	186	11 (c). In addition, the Attorney General may request and the
187	187	12 court may impose a civil penalty up to $25,000 for each
188	188	13 violation under this subsection (c). The parents or legal
189	189	14 guardians, other than guardians appointed pursuant to the
190	190	15 Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, of an
191	191	16 unemancipated minor shall be liable for the amount of any
192	192	17 judgment for all damages rendered against such minor under
193	193	18 this subsection (c) in any amount not exceeding the amount
194	194	19 provided under Section 5 of the Parental Responsibility Law.
195	195	20 (d) "Sexual orientation" has the meaning ascribed to it in
196	196	21 paragraph (O-1) of Section 1-103 of the Illinois Human Rights
197	197	22 Act.
198	198	23 (e) The provisions of this amendatory Act of the 103rd
199	199	24 General Assembly are severable under Section 1.31 of the
200	200	25 Statute on Statutes.
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