Date	Chamber	Action
7/19/2004	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0764

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

720 ILCS 5/12-7.6 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of cross burning, defined as burning or causing to be burned a cross with the intent to intimidate another person or group of persons. Provides that the penalty for the offense is a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
11/5/2003	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks
11/5/2003	House	First Reading
11/5/2003	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/10/2004	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
2/10/2004	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
2/20/2004	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
3/2/2004	House	Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
3/2/2004	House	Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed by Voice Vote
3/3/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
3/3/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
3/3/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
3/3/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
3/3/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
3/4/2004	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 016-000-000
3/4/2004	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/4/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
3/25/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge
3/25/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
3/25/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
3/25/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. George Scully, Jr.
3/26/2004	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/26/2004	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/26/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
3/26/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
3/29/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
3/29/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
3/29/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
3/29/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
3/29/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
3/29/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
3/29/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
3/30/2004	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000
3/30/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
3/31/2004	Senate	Arrive in Senate
3/31/2004	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 1, 2004
4/1/2004	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
4/1/2004	Senate	First Reading
4/1/2004	Senate	Referred to Rules
4/1/2004	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
4/2/2004	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford
4/2/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
4/15/2004	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
4/22/2004	Senate	Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000
4/22/2004	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 27, 2004
4/22/2004	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
4/28/2004	Senate	Second Reading
4/28/2004	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 29, 2004
5/5/2004	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
5/5/2004	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
5/5/2004	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
5/5/2004	House	Passed Both Houses
6/3/2004	House	Sent to the Governor
7/19/2004	House	Governor Approved
7/19/2004	House	Effective Date January 1, 2005
7/19/2004	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0764

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