IL HB0075 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-01-15 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 9 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-01-15 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides for enhanced penalties for hate crime. Provides that hate crime is: (1) a Class 1 felony if committed by a person 18 years of age or older while armed with a firearm or if the victim of the hate crime is under 18 years of age; (2) a Class X felony if a crime of violence as defined in the Crime Victims Compensation Act is committed against a person by reason of the actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, citizenship, immigration status, or national origin of another individual or group of individuals; or (3) a Class X felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 15 years and not more than 60 years if a crime of violence that is a Class X felony is committed against a victim described in (2). Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person who commits any of these offenses is ineligible for a period of probation, a term of periodic imprisonment or conditional discharge. Provides that a prisoner serving sentence for the offenses described in (2) or (3) shall receive no more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment. Provides if the underlying offense was first degree murder committed against a person by reason of the actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, citizenship, immigration status, or national origin of the victim or victims, the court may impose a term of natural life imprisonment upon the offender.
Title
CRIM CD/CD CORR-HATE CRIME
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-15 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie |
| 2025-01-09 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2025-01-09 | House | First Reading |
| 2024-12-16 | House | Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Jackie Haas |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 720 | 5 | 12-7.1 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 730 | 5 | 3-6-3 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 730 | 5 | 5-5-3 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 730 | 5 | 5-8-1 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
