House Sponsors: GASH-CROTTY-FEIGENHOLTZ-LYONS,EILEEN-O'CONNOR, OSTERMAN, DAVIS,MONIQUE, WINTERS, CURRY,JULIE, WINKEL, SCHOENBERG, BEAUBIEN, O'BRIEN, BLACK, LOPEZ, DART, ACEVEDO, SCOTT, LANG, FRANKS, FLOWERS, GILES, TURNER,ART, HOFFMAN, FRITCHEY, OSMOND, HAMOS, HOWARD, DELGADO, SILVA, MATHIAS AND BOLAND. Senate Sponsors: JONES,W-PARKER-HALVORSON Short description: CRIM CD-STLKNG-ELECTRNC MEANS Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Includes in the definition of the offense "stalking" placing a person under surveillance through electronic means in conjunction with the threat of immediate or future bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement, or restraint or the reason- able apprehension of immediate or future bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement, or restraint to himself or herself or to a family member. Effective January 1, 2001. FISCAL NOTE (Dept. of Corrections) Corrections population and fiscal impacts would be minimal. CORRECTIONAL NOTE (Dept. of corrections) Same as DOC fiscal note. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 720 ILCS 5/12-7.3 Adds reference to: 720 ILCS 5/12-7.5 new Deletes the title and everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of cyberstalking. Provides that it is unlawful to knowingly and without legal justification on at least 2 separate occasions to harass another person through the use of electronic communication and transmit a threat of immediate or future bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement, or restraint to the person or the person's family member or place a person or the person's family member in reasonable apprehension of immediate or future bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement, or restraint. Provides that the penalty for a first offense is a Class 4 felony and for a second or subsequent offense is a Class 3 felony. Adds an immediate effective date to the bill. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Dept. of Corrections) Same as previous DOC fiscal note. CORRECTIONAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Dept. of Corrections) Same as previous DOC correctional note. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 01-01-09 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status