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  <ga>96</ga>
  <type>HB</type>
  <number>397</number>
  <short_description>CRIM CD-STALKING</short_description>
  <synopsis_as_introduced>Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Changes the elements of stalking. Provides that a person commits stalking when he or she, without lawful justification, engages in a course of conduct directed toward another person or a family member of that person that would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, or threatened, and that such conduct actually causes that person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, or threatened. Defines "course of conduct".</synopsis_as_introduced>
  <ilga_url>http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=397&amp;GAID=10&amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;LegId=40687&amp;SessionID=76&amp;GA=96</ilga_url>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <action_date>2009-02-24 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <description>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller</description>
      <is_major_action>0</is_major_action>
      <order_number>5</order_number>
      <committee_canonical_name></committee_canonical_name>
    </action>
    <action>
      <action_date>2009-02-09 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <description>Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee</description>
      <is_major_action>0</is_major_action>
      <order_number>4</order_number>
      <committee_canonical_name>HJUB</committee_canonical_name>
    </action>
    <action>
      <action_date>2009-02-04 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <description>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard</description>
      <is_major_action>0</is_major_action>
      <order_number>3</order_number>
      <committee_canonical_name></committee_canonical_name>
    </action>
    <action>
      <action_date>2009-02-03 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <description>Referred to Rules Committee</description>
      <is_major_action>0</is_major_action>
      <order_number>2</order_number>
      <committee_canonical_name>HRUL</committee_canonical_name>
    </action>
    <action>
      <action_date>2009-02-03 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <description>First Reading</description>
      <is_major_action>1</is_major_action>
      <order_number>1</order_number>
      <committee_canonical_name></committee_canonical_name>
    </action>
    <action>
      <action_date>2009-03-13 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <description>Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</description>
      <is_major_action>1</is_major_action>
      <order_number>6</order_number>
      <committee_canonical_name>HRUL</committee_canonical_name>
    </action>
    <action>
      <action_date>2009-02-02 00:00:00</action_date>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <description>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Brady</description>
      <is_major_action>0</is_major_action>
      <order_number>0</order_number>
      <committee_canonical_name></committee_canonical_name>
    </action>
  </actions>
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    <sponsor>
      <member_canonical_name>RobertWPritchard</member_canonical_name>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <type>Chief Co-Sponsor</type>
    </sponsor>
    <sponsor>
      <member_canonical_name>DanBrady</member_canonical_name>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <type>Chief Sponsor</type>
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    <sponsor>
      <member_canonical_name>DavidEMiller</member_canonical_name>
      <chamber>House</chamber>
      <type>Chief Co-Sponsor</type>
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