101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1486

 

Introduced 2/13/2019, by Sen. Paul Schimpf

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/12-7.1  from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person also commits a hate crime when, by reason of the actual or perceived employment as a peace officer, correctional institution employee, probation officer, parole officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel of another individual or group of individuals, regardless of the existence of any other motivating factor or factors, he or she commits assault, battery, aggravated assault, misdemeanor theft, criminal trespass to residence, misdemeanor criminal damage to property, criminal trespass to vehicle, criminal trespass to real property, mob action, disorderly conduct, harassment by telephone, or harassment through electronic communications.


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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 12-7.1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/12-7.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1)
7    Sec. 12-7.1. Hate crime.
8    (a) A person commits hate crime when, by reason of the
9actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry,
10gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or
11national origin of another individual or group of individuals,
12or by reason of the actual or perceived employment as a peace
13officer, correctional institution employee, probation officer,
14parole officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services
15personnel of another individual or group of individuals,
16regardless of the existence of any other motivating factor or
17factors, he or she commits assault, battery, aggravated
18assault, intimidation, stalking, cyberstalking, misdemeanor
19theft, criminal trespass to residence, misdemeanor criminal
20damage to property, criminal trespass to vehicle, criminal
21trespass to real property, mob action, disorderly conduct,
22transmission of obscene messages, harassment by telephone, or
23harassment through electronic communications as these crimes

 

 

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1are defined in Sections 12-1, 12-2, 12-3(a), 12-7.3, 12-7.5,
216-1, 19-4, 21-1, 21-2, 21-3, 25-1, 26-1, 26.5-1, 26.5-2,
3paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) of Section 12-6, and
4paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(5) of Section 26.5-3 of this Code,
5respectively.
6    (b) Except as provided in subsection (b-5), hate crime is a
7Class 4 felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a
8second or subsequent offense.
9    (b-5) Hate crime is a Class 3 felony for a first offense
10and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent offense if
11committed:
12        (1) in, or upon the exterior or grounds of, a church,
13    synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place
14    identified or associated with a particular religion or used
15    for religious worship or other religious purpose;
16        (2) in a cemetery, mortuary, or other facility used for
17    the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead;
18        (3) in a school or other educational facility,
19    including an administrative facility or public or private
20    dormitory facility of or associated with the school or
21    other educational facility;
22        (4) in a public park or an ethnic or religious
23    community center;
24        (5) on the real property comprising any location
25    specified in clauses (1) through (4) of this subsection
26    (b-5); or

 

 

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1        (6) on a public way within 1,000 feet of the real
2    property comprising any location specified in clauses (1)
3    through (4) of this subsection (b-5).
4    (b-10) Upon imposition of any sentence, the trial court
5shall also either order restitution paid to the victim or
6impose a fine in an amount to be determined by the court based
7on the severity of the crime and the injury or damages suffered
8by the victim. In addition, any order of probation or
9conditional discharge entered following a conviction or an
10adjudication of delinquency shall include a condition that the
11offender perform public or community service of no less than
12200 hours if that service is established in the county where
13the offender was convicted of hate crime. In addition, any
14order of probation or conditional discharge entered following a
15conviction or an adjudication of delinquency shall include a
16condition that the offender enroll in an educational program
17discouraging hate crimes involving the protected class
18identified in subsection (a) that gave rise to the offense the
19offender committed. The educational program must be attended by
20the offender in-person and may be administered, as determined
21by the court, by a university, college, community college,
22non-profit organization, the Illinois Holocaust and Genocide
23Commission, or any other organization that provides
24educational programs discouraging hate crimes, except that
25programs administered online or that can otherwise be attended
26remotely are prohibited. The court may also impose any other

 

 

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1condition of probation or conditional discharge under this
2Section. If the court sentences the offender to imprisonment or
3periodic imprisonment for a violation of this Section, as a
4condition of the offender's mandatory supervised release, the
5court shall require that the offender perform public or
6community service of no less than 200 hours and enroll in an
7educational program discouraging hate crimes involving the
8protected class identified in subsection (a) that gave rise to
9the offense the offender committed.
10    (c) Independent of any criminal prosecution or the result
11of a criminal prosecution, any person suffering injury to his
12or her person, damage to his or her property, intimidation as
13defined in paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) of Section
1412-6 of this Code, stalking as defined in Section 12-7.3 of
15this Code, cyberstalking as defined in Section 12-7.5 of this
16Code, disorderly conduct as defined in paragraph (a)(1) of
17Section 26-1 of this Code, transmission of obscene messages as
18defined in Section 26.5-1 of this Code, harassment by telephone
19as defined in Section 26.5-2 of this Code, or harassment
20through electronic communications as defined in paragraphs
21(a)(2) and (a)(5) of Section 26.5-3 of this Code as a result of
22a hate crime may bring a civil action for damages, injunction
23or other appropriate relief. The court may award actual
24damages, including damages for emotional distress, as well as
25punitive damages. The court may impose a civil penalty up to
26$25,000 for each violation of this subsection (c). A judgment

 

 

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1in favor of a person who brings a civil action under this
2subsection (c) shall include attorney's fees and costs. After
3consulting with the local State's Attorney, the Attorney
4General may bring a civil action in the name of the People of
5the State for an injunction or other equitable relief under
6this subsection (c). In addition, the Attorney General may
7request and the court may impose a civil penalty up to $25,000
8for each violation under this subsection (c). The parents or
9legal guardians, other than guardians appointed pursuant to the
10Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, of an
11unemancipated minor shall be liable for the amount of any
12judgment for all damages rendered against such minor under this
13subsection (c) in any amount not exceeding the amount provided
14under Section 5 of the Parental Responsibility Law.
15    (d) In this Section:
16        "Emergency medical services personnel" has the meaning
17    ascribed to it in Section 3.5 of the Emergency Medical
18    Services (EMS) Systems Act.
19        "Firefighter" means a person employed by a fire
20    department or fire protection district or any volunteer
21    firefighter in this State.
22         "Sexual orientation" has the meaning ascribed to it in
23    paragraph (O-1) of Section 1-103 of the Illinois Human
24    Rights Act.
25(Source: P.A. 99-77, eff. 1-1-16; 100-197, eff. 1-1-18;
26100-260, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)