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SB2741 • 2026
CRIM CD-HATE CRIME&HARASSMENT
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CRIM CD-HATE CRIME&HARASSMENT
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 2, 2026
Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2026
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
Second Reading - Short Debate
Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee ; 014-000-000
Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicole La Ha
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Li Arellano, Jr.
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
Arrived in House
Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio
Second Reading
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2026
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
Do Pass as Amended Criminal Law ; 009-000-000
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 25, 2026
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 27, 2026
Assigned to Criminal Law
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
CRIM CD-HATE CRIME&HARASSMENT
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Full Text of SB2741 Home Legislation Full Text SB2741 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed Senate Amendment 001 Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed Senate Amendment 001 Open PDF SB2741 Engrossed LRB104 16302 RLC 29688 b 1 AN ACT concerning criminal law. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by 5 changing Sections 26.5-2 and 26.5-3 as follows: 6 (720 ILCS 5/26.5-2) 7 Sec. 26.5-2. Harassment by telephone. 8 (a) A person commits harassment by telephone when he or 9 she uses telephone communication for any of the following 10 purposes: 11 (1) Making any comment, request, suggestion or 12 proposal which is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or 13 indecent with an intent to offend; 14 (1.1) Making any comment, request, suggestion, or 15 proposal which is known or intended to cause another 16 person significant emotional distress and would cause a 17 reasonable person to experience significant emotional 18 distress; 19 (2) Making a telephone call, whether or not 20 conversation ensues, with intent to abuse, threaten injury 21 to, or the property of, any person at the called number or 22 to any of his or her family or household members or harass 23 any person at the called number ; SB2741 Engrossed - 2 - LRB104 16302 RLC 29688 b 1 (3) Making or causing the telephone of another 2 repeatedly to ring, with intent to harass any person at 3 the called number; 4 (4) Making repeated telephone calls, during which 5 conversation ensues, solely to harass any person at the 6 called number; 7 (5) Making a telephone call or knowingly inducing a 8 person to make a telephone call for the purpose of 9 harassing another person who is under 13 years of age, 10 regardless of whether the person under 13 years of age 11 consents to the harassment, if the defendant is at least 12 16 years of age at the time of the commission of the 13 offense; or 14 (6) Knowingly permitting any telephone under one's 15 control to be used for any of the purposes mentioned 16 herein. 17 (b) Every telephone directory published for distribution 18 to members of the general public shall contain a notice 19 setting forth a summary of the provisions of this Section. The 20 notice shall be printed in type which is no smaller than any 21 other type on the same page and shall be preceded by the word 22 "WARNING". All telephone companies in this State shall 23 cooperate with law enforcement agencies in using their 24 facilities and personnel to detect and prevent violations of 25 this Article. 26 (Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.) SB2741 Engrossed - 3 - LRB104 16302 RLC 29688 b 1 (720 ILCS 5/26.5-3) 2 Sec. 26.5-3. Harassment through electronic communications. 3 (a) A person commits harassment through electronic 4 communications when he or she uses electronic communication 5 for any of the following purposes: 6 (1) Making any comment, request, suggestion or 7 proposal which is obscene with an intent to offend; 8 (1.1) Making any comment, request, suggestion, or 9 proposal which is known or intended to cause another 10 person significant emotional distress and would cause a 11 reasonable person to experience significant emotional 12 distress; 13 (2) Interrupting, with the intent to harass, the 14 telephone service or the electronic communication service 15 of any person , including transmitting any file, document, 16 or other communication which prevents that person from 17 using his or her telephone service or electronic 18 communications device ; 19 (3) Transmitting to any person, with the intent to 20 harass , abuse, or threaten injury to, or the property of, 21 the person to whom an electronic communication is 22 directed, or to any of his or her family or household 23 members, and regardless of whether the communication is 24 read in its entirety or at all , any file, document, or 25 other communication which prevents that person from using SB2741 Engrossed - 4 - LRB104 16302 RLC 29688 b 1 his or her telephone service or electronic communications 2 device ; 3 (4) Transmitting an electronic communication or 4 knowingly inducing a person to transmit an electronic 5 communication for the purpose of harassing another person 6 who is under 13 years of age, regardless of whether the 7 person under 13 years of age consents to the harassment, 8 if the defendant is at least 16 years of age at the time of 9 the commission of the offense; 10 (5) Making repeated electronic communications, during 11 which conversation or text or email messages ensue, solely 12 to harass the person to whom the electronic communication 13 is directed Threatening injury to the person or to the 14 property of the person to whom an electronic communication 15 is directed or to any of his or her family or household 16 members ; or 17 (6) Knowingly permitting any electronic communications 18 device to be used for any of the purposes mentioned in this 19 subsection (a). 20 (b) Telecommunications carriers, commercial mobile service 21 providers, and providers of information services, including, 22 but not limited to, Internet service providers and hosting 23 service providers, are not liable under this Section, except 24 for willful and wanton misconduct, by virtue of the 25 transmission, storage, or caching of electronic communications 26 or messages of others or by virtue of the provision of other SB2741 Engrossed - 5 - LRB104 16302 RLC 29688 b 1 related telecommunications, commercial mobile services, or 2 information services used by others in violation of this 3 Section. 4 (Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.) 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