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91_HB3051

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code  of  1961  by  changing
 2    Sections 12-7.3 and 12-7.4.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Criminal  Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
 6    changing Sections 12-7.3 and 12-7.4 as follows:

 7        (720 ILCS 5/12-7.3) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.3)
 8        Sec. 12-7.3.  Stalking.
 9        (a)  A  person commits stalking when he or she, knowingly
10    and without lawful justification,  on  at  least  2  separate
11    occasions  follows  another person or places the person under
12    surveillance or any combination thereof and:
13             (1)  at any time transmits a threat of immediate  or
14        future   bodily  harm,  sexual  assault,  confinement  or
15        restraint and the threat is directed towards that  person
16        or a family member of that person; or
17             (2)  places  that  person in reasonable apprehension
18        of immediate  or  future  bodily  harm,  sexual  assault,
19        confinement or restraint; or
20             (3)  places  that  person in reasonable apprehension
21        that a family member will  receive  immediate  or  future
22        bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement, or restraint.
23        (a-5)  A person commits stalking when he or she purposely
24    and  repeatedly  harasses  another  person or follows another
25    person with the intent of harassing that person.
26        (b)  Sentence. Stalking is a Class 4 felony. A second  or
27    subsequent conviction for stalking is a Class 3 felony.
28        (b-5)  The   incarceration   of   a  person  in  a  penal
29    institution  who  transmits  a  threat  is  not  a   bar   to
30    prosecution under this Section.
31        (c)  Exemption.  This Section does not apply to picketing
 
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 1    occurring  at  the  workplace  that  is  otherwise lawful and
 2    arises out of a bona fide labor dispute, or any  exercise  of
 3    the  right  of  free  speech  or  assembly  that is otherwise
 4    lawful.
 5        (d)  For the purpose of this Section, a defendant "places
 6    a person under surveillance" by remaining present outside the
 7    person's school, place of employment,  vehicle,  other  place
 8    occupied by the person, or residence other than the residence
 9    of the defendant.
10        (e)  For  the  purpose  of this Section, "follows another
11    person" means (i) to move in relative proximity to  a  person
12    as that person moves from place to place or (ii) to remain in
13    relative  proximity  to  a  person who is stationary or whose
14    movements are confined to  a  small  area.  "Follows  another
15    person"  does not include a following within the residence of
16    the defendant.
17        (f)  For the purposes of this Section and Section 12-7.4,
18    "bona fide labor dispute" means  any  controversy  concerning
19    wages,  salaries,  hours,  working  conditions,  or benefits,
20    including health and  welfare,  sick  leave,  insurance,  and
21    pension  or  retirement provisions, the making or maintaining
22    of collective bargaining agreements,  and  the  terms  to  be
23    included in those agreements.
24        (g)  For  the  purposes  of  this  Section,  "transmits a
25    threat" means a verbal or written threat or a threat  implied
26    by a pattern of conduct or a combination of verbal or written
27    statements or conduct.
28        (h)  For  the  purposes  of this Section, "family member"
29    means a  parent,  grandparent,  brother,  sister,  or  child,
30    whether  by whole blood, half-blood, or adoption and includes
31    a step-grandparent, step-parent, step-brother, step-sister or
32    step-child.  "Family member" also means any other person  who
33    regularly  resides in the household, or who, within the prior
34    6 months, regularly resided in the household.
 
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 1        (i)  For the purposes of this Section and Section 12-7.4:
 2             (1)  "Course of conduct" means a pattern of  conduct
 3        composed  of  a  series  of  acts  over a period of time,
 4        however  short,  evidencing  a  continuity  of   purpose.
 5        "Course  of  conduct"  does  not include constitutionally
 6        protected activity, such as picketing or other  organized
 7        protests.
 8             (2)  "Harass" means to engage in a course of conduct
 9        directed  at  a specific person that serves no legitimate
10        purpose, that would cause a reasonable person  to  suffer
11        substantial  emotional distress, and that actually causes
12        substantial emotional distress to that person.
13    (Source: P.A. 91-640, eff. 8-20-99.)

14        (720 ILCS 5/12-7.4) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.4)
15        Sec. 12-7.4.  Aggravated stalking.
16        (a)  A person commits aggravated stalking when he or she,
17    in conjunction with committing the offense of stalking,  also
18    does any of the following:
19             (1)  causes bodily harm to the victim;
20             (2)  confines or restrains the victim; or
21             (3)  violates  a  temporary  restraining  order,  an
22        order  of  protection,  or  an injunction prohibiting the
23        behavior described in subsection (b)(1) of Section 214 of
24        the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
25        (a-5)  A person commits aggravated stalking  when  he  or
26    she:
27             (1)  (i)  purposely  and  repeatedly follows another
28        person with  the  intent  of  harassing  that  person  or
29        (ii)  harasses another person; and
30             (2)  makes  a  credible  threat  with  the intent to
31        place that other person in reasonable fear  of  death  or
32        serious physical injury.
33        (b)  Sentence.   Aggravated stalking is a Class 3 felony.
 
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 1    A second or subsequent conviction for aggravated stalking  is
 2    a Class 2 felony.
 3        (c)  Exemption.  This Section does not apply to picketing
 4    occurring  at  the  workplace  that  is  otherwise lawful and
 5    arises out of a bona fide labor dispute, or any  exercise  of
 6    the  right  of  free  speech  or  assembly  that is otherwise
 7    lawful.
 8        (d)  For purposes  of  this  Section,  "bona  fide  labor
 9    dispute" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 12-7.3.
10        (e)  For  purposes  of  this  Section,  "credible threat"
11    means a threat made with the intent to cause the  person  who
12    is the target of the threat to reasonably fear for his or her
13    safety.   The threat must be either a threat against the life
14    of the person or a threat to cause  physical  injury  to  the
15    person.
16        (f)  For  purposes  of  this Section, "course of conduct"
17    and "harass" have the meanings ascribed to  them  in  Section
18    12-7.3.
19    (Source:  P.A.  88-402;  88-677,  eff. 12-15-94; 89-377, eff.
20    8-18-95.)

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