Full Text of HB2915 103rd General Assembly
HB2915 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB2915 Introduced 2/16/2023, by Rep. Norma Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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720 ILCS 5/12-6 | from Ch. 38, par. 12-6 |
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Amends the 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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| | | HB2915 | | LRB103 27102 RLC 53470 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 12-6 as follows:
| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/12-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-6)
| 7 | | Sec. 12-6. Intimidation.
| 8 | | (a) A person commits intimidation when, with intent to | 9 | | cause another to
perform or to omit the performance of any act, | 10 | | he or she communicates to
another, directly or indirectly by | 11 | | any means, a
threat to perform without lawful authority any of | 12 | | the following acts:
| 13 | | (1) Inflict physical harm on the person threatened or | 14 | | any other
person or on property; or
| 15 | | (2) Subject any person to physical confinement or | 16 | | restraint; or
| 17 | | (3) Commit a felony or Class A misdemeanor; or
| 18 | | (4) Accuse any person of an offense; or
| 19 | | (5) Expose any person to hatred, contempt or ridicule; | 20 | | or
| 21 | | (6) Take action as a public official against anyone or | 22 | | anything, or
withhold official action, or cause such | 23 | | action or withholding; or
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| 1 | | (7) Bring about or continue a strike, boycott or other | 2 | | collective
action.
| 3 | | (b) A person commits intimidation when, with intent to | 4 | | cause another person to
perform or to omit the performance of | 5 | | any act, including, but not limited to, the transfer of money, | 6 | | goods, services, or other things of value to the person or | 7 | | another person directed by the person, he or she communicates | 8 | | to
the other person, directly or indirectly by any means, a
| 9 | | threat to report the other person's immigration or suspected | 10 | | immigration status to U.S. Immigration and Customs | 11 | | Enforcement, another federal agency involved in immigration | 12 | | enforcement, or any other person without consent of the person | 13 | | whose immigration status the person wishes to disclose. | 14 | | (b) Sentence.
| 15 | | Intimidation is a Class 3 felony for which an offender may | 16 | | be sentenced to
a term of imprisonment of not less than 2 years | 17 | | and not more than 10 years.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .)
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