92nd General Assembly
Status of SB0073
   [ Home ]   [ Back ]   [ Legislation ]
Legislation:  
Please enter a bill number.



 Full Text  Bill Summary
SILVERSTEIN.

   720 ILCS 5/8-2.1 new                                                        
   720 ILCS 5/12-7.1         from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1                          
   720 ILCS 5/21-1.2         from Ch. 38, par. 21-1.2                          
   730 ILCS 5/5-5-3                                                            
   730 ILCS 5/5-5-3.2        from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-3.2                      

        Amends the  Criminal  Code  of  1961.   Creates  the  offense  of      
   conspiracy  against  civil  rights.   Provides that conspiracy against      
   civil rights is a Class 4 felony for a first offense  and  a  Class  2      
   felony for a second or subsequent offense. Provides that hate crime is      
   a Class 3 felony for a first offense and a Class 1 felony for a second      
   or subsequent offense if committed:  (1) in a place used for religious      
   worship;  (2)  in  a  cemetery  or  mortuary;  (3)  in  an educational      
   facility; (4) in a public park or an  ethnic  or  religious  community      
   center;  (5) on the real property of any of these locations; or (6) on      
   a public way within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any  of      
   these   locations.    Provides  for  prosecution  for  hate  crime  or      
   institutional vandalism regardless  of  the  existence  of  any  other      
   motivating factors. Provides that a person convicted of institutional       
   vandalism or hate crime must be sentenced by the court to either pay        
   restitution to the victim or to pay a fine up to $1,000. Provides that      
   a person sentenced to probation or conditional discharge for institu-       
   tional vandalism or hate crime must perform at least 200 hours of           
   public or community service if established in the county where the          
   offender was convicted. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections.             
   Provides that a person convicted of any second or subsequent convic-        
   tion for hate crime or institutional vandalism is ineligible for            
   probation, conditional discharge, or periodic imprisonment. Makes it a      
   factor for the court to impose an extended term sentence that the           
   defendant was convicted of a felony other than hate crime or institu-       
   tional vandalism and the court finds that the defendant committed the       
   offense by reason of the actual or perceived race, color, creed,            
   religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental          
   disability, or national origin of another individual or group of            
   individuals regardless of any other motivating factors.                     
   JAN-31-2001  S  FIRST READING                                                  
   JAN-31-2001  S  REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE       RULES                 
   FEB-01-2001  S       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               JUDICIARY             
   FEB-21-2001  S                                 POSTPONED                       
   FEB-28-2001  S       TO SUBCOMMITTEE                                           
   MAR-21-2001  S       TO SUBCOMMITTEE                                           
   MAR-21-2001  S                   COMMITTEE               JUDICIARY             
   MAR-31-2001  S  RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 3-9(A)    RULES                 
   JAN-07-2003  S  SESSION SINE DIE                                               

   END OF INQUIRY 



 Full Text  Bill Summary