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Public Act 103-0765


 

Public Act 0765 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 


 
Public Act 103-0765
 
SB2934 EnrolledLRB103 36888 RLC 67000 b

    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
changing Section 12C-50 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/12C-50)
    Sec. 12C-50. Hazing.
    (a) A person commits hazing when he or she knowingly
requires the performance of any act by a student or other
person in a school, college, university, or other educational
institution of this State, for the purpose of induction or
admission into any group, organization, or society associated
or connected with that institution, if:
        (1) the act is not sanctioned or authorized by that
    educational institution; and
        (2) the act results in bodily harm to any person.
    (a-1) It is not a defense to a prosecution under
subsection (a) that the person against whom the hazing was
directed consented to or acquiesced in the hazing.
    (b) Sentence. Hazing is a Class A misdemeanor, except that
hazing that results in death or great bodily harm is a Class 4
felony.
(Source: P.A. 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2025