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type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-HATE CRIME"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that harassment through electronic communications by reason of the harassed person's actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or national origin is a hate crime. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 407"
citation: "Illinois SB 407 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ca0f5e6-7dbc-41b6-a909-a0fc1b8ba3e4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=407&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=2994&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "715974f5bbe97d53a21abe4d54b450701f068ed981c40f639f5a663963b6f012"
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 SB 407 (93rd) — CRIM CD-HATE CRIME
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that harassment through electronic communications by reason of the harassed person's actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or national origin is a hate crime. Effective immediately.
## 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=09300SB0407&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=2994&DocNum=407&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0407eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=2994&DocNum=407&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0407enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=2994&DocNum=407&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Charles E. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Harry Osterman — cosponsor (person)
- Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)
- Monique D. Davis — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2003-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `filing`
- **2003-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-26** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- **2003-02-27** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2003-02-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-02-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- **2003-03-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2003-03-05** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2003
- **2003-03-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 18, 2003
- **2003-03-19** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-19** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-19** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2003-03-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
- **2003-04-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-04-10** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2003-04-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
- **2003-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2003-05-07** Sponsor Removed Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2003-05-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
- **2003-05-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2003-05-16** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 23, 2003
- **2003-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2003-05-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
- **2003-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-08** Effective Date August 8, 2003
- **2003-08-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0463 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ca0f5e6-7dbc-41b6-a909-a0fc1b8ba3e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).