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92_HB0391
LRB9202730ARsb
1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
5 adding Section 12-9.1 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/12-9.1 new)
7 Sec. 12-9.1. Threatening a school employee or school
8 officer.
9 (a) A person commits the offense of threatening a school
10 employee or school officer when:
11 (1) that person knowingly and willfully delivers or
12 conveys to any employee or officer of any public or
13 private educational institution within this State a
14 communication:
15 (i) containing a threat that would place the
16 school employee or school officer or a member of his
17 or her immediate family in reasonable apprehension
18 of immediate or future bodily harm, sexual assault,
19 confinement, or restraint; or
20 (ii) containing a threat that would place the
21 school employee or school officer or a member of his
22 or her immediate family in reasonable apprehension
23 that damage will occur to property in the care,
24 custody, or control of the school employee or school
25 officer or his or her immediate family; and
26 (2) the threat is made with intent to cause the
27 school employee or school officer to perform or refrain
28 from performing some act or duty within the scope of his
29 or her office or employment.
30 (b) Threatening a school employee or school officer is a
31 Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony
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1 for a second or subsequent offense.
2 Section. 99. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.