Bill Text: IL HB1967 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that in addition to other elements of the offense a person commits aggravated intimidation when he or she commits the offense of intimidation and the person knew that the victim was a civilian reporting information regarding a forcible felony to a law enforcement agency and the offense was committed because the person reported information regarding a forcible felony to a law enforcement agency.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1967 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB1967-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB1967 Introduced , by Rep. Constance A. Howard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/12-6.2
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that in addition to other elements of the offense a person commits aggravated intimidation when he or she commits the offense of intimidation and the person knew that the victim was a civilian reporting information regarding a forcible felony to a law enforcement agency and the offense was committed because the person reported information regarding a forcible felony to a law enforcement agency.
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
Section 12-6.2 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/12-6.2)
Sec. 12-6.2. Aggravated intimidation.
(a) A person commits the offense of aggravated intimidation
when he or she commits the offense of intimidation and:
(1) the person committed the offense in furtherance of
the activities of an organized gang or by the person's
membership in or allegiance to an organized gang; or
(2) the offense is committed with the intent to prevent
any person from becoming a community policing volunteer; or
(3) the following conditions are met:
(A) the person knew that the victim was: (i) a
peace officer, (ii) a correctional institution
employee, (iii) a fireman; or (iv) a community policing
volunteer; or (v) a civilian reporting information
regarding a forcible felony to a law enforcement
agency; and
(B) the offense was committed: (i) while the victim
was engaged in the execution of his or her official

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duties; or (ii) to prevent the victim from performing
his or her official duties; (iii) in retaliation for
the victim's performance of his or her official duties;
or (iv) by reason of any person's activity as a
community policing volunteer; or (v) because the
person reported information regarding a forcible
felony to a law enforcement agency.
(b) Sentence. Aggravated intimidation as defined in
paragraph (a)(1) is a Class 1 felony. Aggravated intimidation
as defined in paragraph (a)(2) or (a)(3) is a Class 2 felony
for which the offender may be sentenced to a term of
imprisonment of not less than 3 years nor more than 14 years.
(c) For the purposes of this Section, "streetgang",
"streetgang member", and "organized gang" have the meanings
ascribed to them in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang
Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
(Source: P.A. 89-631, eff. 1-1-97; 90-651, eff. 1-1-99; 90-655,
eff. 7-30-98.)