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91_HB3899

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

 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 Section 12-7.3 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, either overtly or through the use of a computer
13    or  other  electronic  means, or any combination of following
14    the other person or placing  the  person  under  surveillance
15    thereof and:
16             (1)  at  any time transmits a threat of immediate or
17        future  bodily  harm,  sexual  assault,  confinement   or
18        restraint  and the threat is directed towards that person
19        or a family member of that person; or
20             (2)  places that person in  reasonable  apprehension
21        of  immediate  or  future  bodily  harm,  sexual assault,
22        confinement or restraint; or
23             (3)  places that person in  reasonable  apprehension
24        that  a  family  member  will receive immediate or future
25        bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement, or restraint.
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 made  by
26    use  of  a  computer  or  other  electronic means or a threat
27    implied by a pattern of conduct or a combination of verbal or
28    written statements or statements made by  computer  or  other
29    electronic means or conduct.
30        (h)  For  the  purposes  of this Section, "family member"
31    means a  parent,  grandparent,  brother,  sister,  or  child,
32    whether  by whole blood, half-blood, or adoption and includes
33    a step-grandparent, step-parent, step-brother, step-sister or
34    step-child.  "Family member" also means any other person  who
 
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 1    regularly  resides in the household, or who, within the prior
 2    6 months, regularly resided in the household.
 3    (Source: P.A. 91-640, eff. 8-20-99.)

 4        Section 99.   Effective  date.   This  Act  takes  effect
 5    January 1, 2001.

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