Illinois House Bill 778 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides a person also 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 assault, battery, aggravated assault, misdemeanor theft, criminal trespass to residence, misdemeanor criminal damage to property, criminal trespass to vehicle, criminal trespass to real property, mob action, disorderly conduct, harassment by telephone, or harassment through electronic communications. 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. Daniel Beiser [D]	Rep. Jay Hoffman [D]	Rep. Jerry Costello [D]	Rep. Katie Stuart [D]
Rep. Brandon Phelps [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2017-03-31	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2017-03-09	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
2017-03-08	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
2017-02-16	House	To Criminal Administration and Enforcement Subcommittee
2017-02-10	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
2017-02-08	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
2017-02-02	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
2017-01-27	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2017-01-27	House	First Reading
2017-01-26	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser

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=778&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB0778.htm