SOTO-DAVIS,MONIQUE. 720 ILCS 5/12-7.5 new 720 ILCS 5/12-7.6 new 720 ILCS 5/12-30.5 new Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person may bring a civil action in a circuit court for a court's stalking protective order or for damages, or both, against a person if: (1) the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly engages in repeated and unwanted contact with the other person or a member of that person's immediate family or household thereby alarming or coercing the other person; (2) it is objectively reasonable for a person in the victim's situation to have been alarmed or coerced by the contact; and (3) the repeated and unwanted contact causes the victim reasonable apprehension regarding the personal safety of the victim or a member of the victim's immediate family or household. Creates the offense of violating a court's stalking protective order. Provides that a first offense is a Class A misdemeanor and a second or subsequent offense is a Class 4 felony. Provides that the offense is a Class 4 felony if the defendant had a prior conviction for stalking or aggravated stalking. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (Office of the Illinois Courts) HB 2427 may result in a substantial increase in judicial work- loads; however, because the number of cases that would be filed is unknown, the fiscal impact of the bill on the judicial branch cannot be determined. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Further amends the Criminal Code of 1961 concerning actions for the issuance or violation of a stalking protective order. Deletes language giving the petitioner for a stalking protective order the ability to recover damages. Provides that the court may award reasonable attorney's fees to the petitioner, if the petitioner prevails, or to the respondent, if the respondent prevails and if the court determines that the petition is frivolous. FEB-23-2001 H FILED WITH CLERK FEB-23-2001 H FIRST READING FEB-23-2001 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES FEB-27-2001 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL MAR-05-2001 H FISCAL NOTE FILED MAR-05-2001 H COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL MAR-09-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR DAVIS,MONIQUE MAR-16-2001 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 013-000-000 HJUB MAR-16-2001 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-21-2001 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-21-2001 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-22-2001 H RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-22-2001 H HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE MAR-28-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-SOTO MAR-28-2001 H AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL MAR-28-2001 H HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE APR-02-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-SOTO APR-02-2001 H RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/005-000-000 APR-02-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-SOTO APR-02-2001 H ADOPTED APR-02-2001 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