Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that any order of probation or conditional discharge entered following a conviction or an adjudication of delinquency for hate crime shall include a condition that the offender enroll in an educational program discouraging hate crimes if the offender caused criminal damage to property consisting of religious fixtures, objects, or decorations. Provides that the educational program may be administered, as determined by the court, by a university, college, community college, non-profit organization, or the Holocaust and Genocide Commission. Effective January 1, 2012.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-07-21 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0161 [SB1708 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Concurrence in Senate	2011-05-26	58	0	1	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2011-05-12	112	0	1	3	116	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2011-03-31	53	0	6	0	59	Passed	Link	View

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