Bill Text: IL HB4628 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits threatening another person when that person knowingly delivers or conveys, directly or indirectly, to another person by any means, whether verbal, written, or through social media, a communication containing: (1) a threat that would place another person or a member of his or her immediate family in reasonable apprehension of immediate or future bodily harm, death, sexual assault, confinement, or restraint; or (2) a threat that would place another person or a member of his or her immediate family in reasonable apprehension that damage will occur to property in the custody, care, or control of the person or his or her immediate family. Provides that threatening another person is a Class 3 felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Defines "immediate family" and "social media".

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-02-03 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4628 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB4628-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026HB4628 Introduced , by Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/12-6.6 new
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits threatening another person when that person knowingly delivers or conveys, directly or indirectly, to another person by any means, whether verbal, written, or through social media, a communication containing: (1) a threat that would place another person or a member of his or her immediate family in reasonable apprehension of immediate or future bodily harm, death, sexual assault, confinement, or restraint; or (2) a threat that would place another person or a member of his or her immediate family in reasonable apprehension that damage will occur to property in the custody, care, or control of the person or his or her immediate family. Provides that threatening another person is a Class 3 felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Defines "immediate family" and "social media".
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A BILL FOR
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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 2012 is amended by adding
Section 12-6.6 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/12-6.6 new)
Sec. 12-6.6. Threatening another person.
(a) In this Section:
"Immediate family" means a spouse, child, or children.
"Social media" means a service, platform, or site
where users communicate with one another and share media,
such as pictures, videos, music, and blogs, with other
users free of charge.
(b) A person commits threatening another person when that
person knowingly delivers or conveys, directly or indirectly,
to another person by any means, whether verbal, written, or
through social media, a communication containing:
(1) a threat that would place another person or a
member of his or her immediate family in reasonable
apprehension of immediate or future bodily harm, death,
sexual assault, confinement, or restraint; or
(2) a threat that would place another person or a
member of his or her immediate family in reasonable

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apprehension that damage will occur to property in the
custody, care, or control of the person or his or her
immediate family.
(c) Sentence. Threatening another person is a Class 3
felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a second or
subsequent offense.