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+type: "Bill"
+title: "SEX OFFENDER-VICTIM HARASS"
+description: "Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that any person who is required to register under the Act who harasses a victim or family member of a victim of the offense for which the sex offender is required to register under the Act is guilty of a Class 3 felony. Defines \"harass\"."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "97th"
+identifier: "HB 277"
+citation: "Illinois HB 277 (97th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 65
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2011-01-27"
+last_action: "2011-08-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e083f27d-c15f-4ada-8cd2-01eb5e972e64"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=277&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=55304&SessionID=84&GA=97"
+source_hash: "3c2bbde45c9529f6dd0cc45b4cd8c9f765a3e298939519fd3b3e3b857ddf0c95"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 277 (97th) — SEX OFFENDER-VICTIM HARASS
+
+Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that any person who is required to register under the Act who harasses a victim or family member of a victim of the offense for which the sex offender is required to register under the Act is guilty of a Class 3 felony. Defines "harass".
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB0277&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=55304&DocNum=277&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB0277eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=55304&DocNum=277&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB0277enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=55304&DocNum=277&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — **116–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
+- William Cunningham — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2011-01-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William Cunningham `filing`
+- **2011-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-01-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2011-02-08** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2011-02-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
+- **2011-02-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
+- **2011-02-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
+- **2011-02-17** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. William Cunningham `amendment-introduction`
+- **2011-02-17** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2011-02-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
+- **2011-02-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
+- **2011-02-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
+- **2011-02-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-02-24** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2011-02-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2011-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
+- **2011-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2011-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2011-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
+- **2011-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
+- **2011-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
+- **2011-03-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2011-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
+- **2011-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
+- **2011-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
+- **2011-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
+- **2011-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
+- **2011-03-09** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2011-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 10, 2011 `reading-1`
+- **2011-03-11** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
+- **2011-03-14** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-03-14** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2011-03-15** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
+- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
+- **2011-05-06** Postponed - Criminal Law
+- **2011-05-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe `amendment-introduction`
+- **2011-05-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2011-05-11** Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2011-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2011
+- **2011-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2011-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
+- **2011-05-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe `amendment-introduction`
+- **2011-05-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2011-05-18** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
+- **2011-05-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
+- **2011-05-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Criminal Law; 006-000-000
+- **2011-05-23** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2011-05-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Mulroe `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
+- **2011-05-23** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
+- **2011-05-23** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
+- **2011-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2011-05-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
+- **2011-05-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2011-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 2
+- **2011-05-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. William Cunningham
+- **2011-05-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2011-05-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2011-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000
+- **2011-05-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 116-000-000
+- **2011-05-31** Passed Both Houses
+- **2011-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2011-08-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2011-08-22** Effective Date January 1, 2012
+- **2011-08-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0468 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e083f27d-c15f-4ada-8cd2-01eb5e972e64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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