93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6772


 
Introduced 02/09/04, by James H. Meyer
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













720 ILCS 5/12-7.4
  from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.4







    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Increases the sentence for aggravated
stalking to a Class 2 (instead of Class 3) felony for a first offense and to a
Class 1 (instead of Class 2) felony for a second or subsequent conviction.
















LRB093 18074 RLC 43761 b

















CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
















 


 


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HB6772

LRB093 18074 RLC 43761 b






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    AN ACT in relation to criminal law. 

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


 
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    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing

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Section 12-7.4 as follows:


 
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    (720 ILCS 5/12-7.4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.4)

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    Sec. 12-7.4. Aggravated stalking.


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    (a) A person commits
aggravated stalking when he or she, in 
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conjunction with committing the
offense of stalking,
also does 
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any of the following:


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        (1) causes bodily harm to the victim;


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        (2) confines or restrains the victim; or


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        (3) violates a temporary
restraining order, an order of 
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    protection, or an injunction
prohibiting the behavior 
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    described in
subsection (b)(1) of Section 214 of the 
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    Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.


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    (b) Sentence.  Aggravated stalking is a Class 2
3 felony.  A 
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second
or
subsequent conviction for aggravated stalking is a 
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Class 1
2
felony.


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    (c) Exemption.  This Section does not apply to picketing 
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occurring at the
workplace that is otherwise lawful and arises 
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out of a bona fide labor
dispute, or any exercise of the right 
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of free speech or assembly that is
otherwise lawful.


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    (d) For purposes of this Section, "bona fide labor dispute" 
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has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 12-7.3.


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(Source: P.A. 88-402; 88-677, eff. 12-15-94; 89-377, eff. 
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8-18-95.)