GA96SB298 96 SB 298 CRIM CD-STALKING PROTECT ORDER Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person may bring a civil action in a circuit court for a court's stalking protective order against a person if: (1) the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly engages in repeated and unwanted contact with the other person or a member of that person's immediate family or household thereby alarming or coercing the other person; (2) it is objectively reasonable for a person in the victim's situation to have been alarmed or coerced by the contact; and (3) the repeated and unwanted contact causes the victim reasonable apprehension regarding the personal safety of the victim or a member of the victim's immediate family or household. Creates the offense of violating a court's stalking protective order. Provides that a first offense is a Class A misdemeanor and a second or subsequent offense is a Class 4 felony. Provides that the offense is a Class 4 felony if the defendant had a prior conviction for stalking or aggravated stalking. Effective immediately. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=298&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=41052&SessionID=76&GA=96 2009-03-05 00:00:00 Senate Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted 0 9 2009-03-05 00:00:00 Senate Do Pass as Amended Criminal Law; 007-000-000 0 10 SCCL 2009-03-05 00:00:00 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2009 0 11 2009-03-06 00:00:00 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski 0 12 2009-03-10 00:00:00 Senate Sponsor Removed Sen. Dan Kotowski 0 13 2009-03-10 00:00:00 Senate Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski 0 14 2009-03-19 00:00:00 Senate Second Reading 1 15 2009-03-19 00:00:00 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2009 0 16 2009-04-01 00:00:00 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 2, 2009 0 17 2009-04-02 00:00:00 Senate Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins 0 18 2009-04-02 00:00:00 Senate Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 1 19 2009-04-03 00:00:00 House Arrived in House 0 20 2009-04-03 00:00:00 House Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading 0 21 2009-04-03 00:00:00 House Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker 0 22 2009-04-06 00:00:00 House First Reading 1 23 2009-04-06 00:00:00 House Referred to Rules Committee 0 24 HRUL 2009-04-20 00:00:00 House Assigned to Executive Committee 0 25 HEXC 2009-04-21 00:00:00 House Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emily McAsey 0 26 2009-04-22 00:00:00 House Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia 0 27 2009-04-23 00:00:00 House Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich 0 28 2009-04-23 00:00:00 House Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland 0 29 2009-04-29 00:00:00 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo 0 30 2010-03-26 00:00:00 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington 0 35 2010-04-29 00:00:00 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson 0 36 2010-05-04 00:00:00 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider 0 37 2009-05-08 00:00:00 House Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1 33 HRUL 2009-05-22 00:00:00 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca 0 34 2009-05-01 00:00:00 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham 0 32 2009-04-30 00:00:00 House Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon 0 31 2009-02-26 00:00:00 Senate Postponed - Criminal Law 0 8 SCCL 2009-02-25 00:00:00 Senate Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law 0 7 SCCL 2009-02-25 00:00:00 Senate Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments 0 6 SCOA 2009-02-25 00:00:00 Senate Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Noland 0 5 2009-02-19 00:00:00 Senate Held in Criminal Law 0 4 SCCL 2009-02-10 00:00:00 Senate Assigned to Criminal Law 0 3 SCCL 2009-02-06 00:00:00 Senate Referred to Assignments 0 2 SCOA 2009-02-06 00:00:00 Senate First Reading 1 1 2009-02-06 00:00:00 Senate Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Noland 0 0 RobertFFlider House Co-Sponsor CharlesEJefferson House Co-Sponsor KeithFarnham House Co-Sponsor AnthonyDeLuca House Co-Sponsor EddieWashington House Co-Sponsor JehanAGordon House Co-Sponsor FredCrespo House Co-Sponsor MikeBoland House Chief Co-Sponsor PaulDFroehlich House Chief Co-Sponsor LindaChapaLaVia House Chief Co-Sponsor EmilyMcAsey House Chief Co-Sponsor JacquelineYCollins Senate Chief Co-Sponsor DanKotowski Senate Chief Co-Sponsor MarkLWalker House Chief Sponsor MichaelNoland Senate Chief Sponsor