SCHOENBERG-LYONS,EILEEN-MATHIAS-FRITCHEY-OSTERMAN AND BROSNAHAN. 720 ILCS 5/12-7.5 new Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of cyberstalking. Provides that it is unlawful to knowingly and without legal justification, on at least 2 separate occasions, harass another person through the use of electronic communication and transmit a threat of immediate or future bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement, or restraint to the person or the person's family member or place a person or the person's family member in reasonable apprehension of immediate or future bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement, or restraint. Provides that the penalty for a first offense is a Class 4 felony and for a second or subsequent offense is a Class 3 felony. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (Department of Corrections) Fiscal impact and impact on the corrections population would be minimal. CORRECTIONAL NOTE (Department of Corrections) Same as DOC fiscal note. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Further amends the Criminal Code of 1961 concerning the offense of cyberstalking. Deletes language making the harassment of another person part of the offense. Provides that a person commits the offense if he or she transmits a threat that places the person or a family member of that person in reasonable apprehension of immediate or future bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement, or restraint. Deletes the definition of "harass". FEB-07-2001 H FILED WITH CLERK FEB-07-2001 H FIRST READING FEB-07-2001 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES FEB-09-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LYONS,EILEEN FEB-09-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MATHIAS FEB-15-2001 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FRITCHEY MAR-05-2001 H FISCAL NOTE FILED MAR-05-2001 H CORRECTIONAL NOTE FILED MAR-05-2001 H COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL MAR-07-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BROSNAHAN MAR-09-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR OSTERMAN MAR-16-2001 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 013-000-000 HJUB MAR-16-2001 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-20-2001 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-20-2001 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-23-2001 H RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-23-2001 H HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE MAR-27-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-SCHOENBERG MAR-27-2001 H AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL MAR-27-2001 H HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE MAR-30-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-SCHOENBERG MAR-30-2001 H RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/005-000-000 MAR-30-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-SCHOENBERG MAR-30-2001 H ADOPTED MAR-30-2001 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE APR-06-2001 H RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A) RULES HRUL JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary