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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5213 Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of criminal instigation. Provides that a person commits the offense when the person knowingly: (1) makes a verbal or non-verbal threat of violence against another person; and 2) publishes the threat on a social media website. Provides that criminal instigation is a Class A misdemeanor. Defines "non-verbal threat" and "social media website".
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| | HB5213 | | LRB102 25178 RLC 34442 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 12-6.6 as follows:
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| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/12-6.6 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 12-6.6. Criminal instigation. |
| 8 | | (a) In this Section: |
| 9 | | "Non-verbal threat" includes, but is not limited to, |
| 10 | | brandishing a firearm or other weapon in a threatening manner. |
| 11 | | "Social media website" means a service, platform, or site |
| 12 | | where users communicate with one another and share media, such |
| 13 | | as pictures, videos, music, and blogs, with other users free |
| 14 | | of charge or through subscription. |
| 15 | | (b) A person commits criminal instigation when the person |
| 16 | | knowingly: |
| 17 | | (1) makes a verbal or non-verbal threat of violence |
| 18 | | against another person; and |
| 19 | | (2) publishes the threat on a social media website. |
| 20 | | (c) Sentence. Criminal instigation is a Class A |
| 21 | | misdemeanor.
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