Bill > HB4090

This bill amends the Criminal Code of 2012 to expand the offense of threatening a public official to include threats made to teachers, principals, and administrators of public or private elementary and secondary schools. Specifically, the bill adds these educational professionals to the existing statute that criminalizes threats made to public officials and human service providers. The bill defines these threats as communications that place the targeted individual in reasonable apprehension of bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement, restraint, or property damage. The threat must be related to the person's professional duties or their status in their role. For educators, this means threats made because of their performance of educational duties or due to hostility toward their professional position. The offense is classified as a Class 3 felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for subsequent offenses. Additionally, the bill makes corresponding changes to the Code of Criminal Procedure to ensure that threatening a teacher, principal, or school administrator is included in the list of offenses that can potentially result in denial of pretrial release if the defendant is deemed a threat to safety.

https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4090&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104