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type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-HATE CRIME-ELECTRONIC"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person commits a hate crime if by reason of the actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or national origin of another individual or group of individuals, regardless of the existence of any other motivating factor or factors, he or she commits any form of harassment through electronic communications as defined in the Harassing and Obscene Communications Act (rather than just threatening injury to the person or to the property of the person to whom the electronic communication is directed). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 287"
citation: "Illinois SB 287 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-03"
last_action: "2005-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/952ac75a-60af-4986-98ca-e108d21a29b5"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=287&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=15620&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "59bf229943ba73cfd04afa047f5934087bd4496e7c1050c1cb606f86d462488d"
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 287 (94th) — CRIM CD-HATE CRIME-ELECTRONIC
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person commits a hate crime if by reason of the actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or national origin of another individual or group of individuals, regardless of the existence of any other motivating factor or factors, he or she commits any form of harassment through electronic communications as defined in the Harassing and Obscene Communications Act (rather than just threatening injury to the person or to the property of the person to whom the electronic communication is directed). 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=09400SB0287&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15620&DocNum=287&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0287eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15620&DocNum=287&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0287enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15620&DocNum=287&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1160** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)
- Kurt M. Granberg — cosponsor (person)
- Milton Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2005-02-03** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `filing`
- **2005-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-17** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Held in Judiciary
- **2005-03-01** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- **2005-03-02** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2005-03-09** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2005-03-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- **2005-03-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-16** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2005
- **2005-04-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2005
- **2005-04-14** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2005-04-14** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Carol Ronen
- **2005-04-14** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2005-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-26** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2005-04-26** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2005-04-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2005-04-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2005-05-02** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson
- **2005-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
- **2005-05-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-27** Effective Date June 27, 2005
- **2005-06-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0080 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/952ac75a-60af-4986-98ca-e108d21a29b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).