Illinois House Bill 5478 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that, in addition to the other elements of the offense, a person commits a hate crime if by reason of the actual or perceived employment as a peace officer of another individual, regardless of the existence of any other motivating factor or factors, he or she commits any of the specified offenses in the statute. Penalty is a Class 4 felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent offense, unless committed in certain specified locations in which case the penalty is a Class 3 felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent offense.

CRIM CD - HATE CRIME

Rep. Monica Bristow [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-18	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2020-02-18	House	First Reading
2020-02-14	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Monica Bristow

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	5	12-7.1	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5478&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB5478.htm