Date	Chamber	Action
6/27/2005	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0080

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

720 ILCS 5/12-7.1

from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person commits a hate crime if by reason of the actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or national origin of another individual or group of individuals, regardless of the existence of any other motivating factor or factors, he or she commits any form of harassment through electronic communications as defined in the Harassing and Obscene Communications Act (rather than just threatening injury to the person or to the property of the person to whom the electronic communication is directed). Effective immediately.

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1
Restores provision that a person commits a hate crime when, by reason of the actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or national origin of another individual or group of individuals, regardless of the existence of any other motivating factor or factors, he or she commits harassment through electronic communications by threatening injury to the person or to the property of the person to whom an electronic communication is directed or to any of his or her family or household members. Also provides that a hate crime is committed when for the prohibited reasons a person interrupts, with the intent to harass, the telephone service or electronic communication service of a person.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/3/2005	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
2/3/2005	Senate	First Reading
2/3/2005	Senate	Referred to Rules
2/17/2005	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2/24/2005	Senate	Held in Judiciary
3/1/2005	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
3/2/2005	Senate	Postponed - Judiciary
3/9/2005	Senate	Postponed - Judiciary
3/14/2005	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
3/14/2005	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
3/15/2005	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
3/15/2005	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
3/16/2005	Senate	Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-000-000
3/16/2005	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2005
4/11/2005	Senate	Second Reading
4/11/2005	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2005
4/14/2005	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
4/14/2005	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Carol Ronen
4/14/2005	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
4/14/2005	House	Arrived in House
4/14/2005	House	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/15/2005	House	Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
4/15/2005	House	First Reading
4/15/2005	House	Referred to Rules Committee
4/20/2005	House	Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
4/26/2005	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
4/26/2005	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
4/28/2005	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000
4/28/2005	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
4/28/2005	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
4/28/2005	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
5/2/2005	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
5/10/2005	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
5/10/2005	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
5/17/2005	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson
5/17/2005	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
5/17/2005	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000
5/17/2005	Senate	Passed Both Houses
6/15/2005	Senate	Sent to the Governor
6/27/2005	Senate	Governor Approved
6/27/2005	Senate	Effective Date June 27, 2005
6/27/2005	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0080

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