House Sponsors: SCHOENBERG-CROSS-FEIGENHOLTZ-JONES,LOU-BEAUBIEN, MCKEON, GRANBERG, LYONS,JOSEPH, BRADLEY, SILVA, LANG, COULSON, OSTERMAN, FLOWERS, FRANKS, FRITCHEY, HAMOS, GARRETT, DAVIS,MONIQUE, HARRIS, MATHIAS, GILES, MULLIGAN, CURRY,JULIE, O'BRIEN, NOVAK AND BELLOCK. Senate Sponsors: CRONIN-SILVERSTEIN-RONEN,C-LINK-MADIGAN,L Short description: CRIM CD & CORR-HATE CRIMES Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of conspiracy against civil rights. Provides that conspiracy against civil rights is a Class 4 felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Provides that hate crime is a Class 3 felony for a first offense and a Class 1 felony for a second or subsequent offense if committed: (1) in a place used for religious worship; (2) in a cemetery or mortuary; (3) in an educational facility; (4) in a public park or an ethnic or religious community center; (5) on the real property of any of these locations; or (6) on a public way within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any of these locations. Provides for prosecution for hate crime or institutional vandalism regardless of the existence of any other motivating factors. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person convicted of any second or subsequent conviction for hate crime or institutional vandalism is ineligible for probation, conditional discharge, or periodic imprisonment. Makes it a factor for the court to impose an extended term sentence that the defendant was convicted of a felony other than hate crime or institutional vandalism and the court finds that the defendant committed the offense by reason of the actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or national origin of another individual or group of individuals. FISCAL NOTE (Department of Corrections) There will be an estimated three inmates added to the prison population, and a fiscal impact of $680,900 in additional operating and construction costs over ten years from the date of enactment. CORRECTIONAL NOTE (Department of Corrections) Same as DOC fiscal note. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 01-01-09 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status