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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB0277 Introduced 01/28/11, by Rep. William Cunningham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that any person who is required to register under the Act who harasses a victim or family member of a victim of the offense for which the sex offender is required to register under the Act is guilty of a Class 3
felony. Defines "harass".
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| | HB0277 | | LRB097 05792 RLC 45860 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning sex offenders.
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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 Sex Offender Registration Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 10.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (730 ILCS 150/10.1 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 10.1. Harassment of victims. |
| 8 | | (a) Any person who is required to register under this
Act |
| 9 | | who harasses a victim or family member of the victim of the |
| 10 | | offense for which the sex offender is required to register |
| 11 | | under this Act is guilty of a Class 3
felony. |
| 12 | | (b) For the purposes of this Section: |
| 13 | | "Harass" means to engage in a knowing and willful |
| 14 | | course of conduct directed at the victim
that alarms, |
| 15 | | torments, or terrorizes that victim. |
| 16 | | "Course of conduct" means 2 or more acts, including but |
| 17 | | not limited to acts in which the sex offender directly, |
| 18 | | indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, |
| 19 | | method, device, or means follows, monitors, observes, |
| 20 | | surveils, threatens, or communicates to or about, the |
| 21 | | victim, engages in other non-consensual contact, or |
| 22 | | interferes with or damages the victim's property or pet. |
| 23 | | "Family member" means a spouse, parent,
grandparent, |