HB4198 - Illinois: Internet, Safety, Telecommunication

HARASS&OBSCENE COMM-MINORS Amends the Harassing and Obscene Communications Act relating to the offense of harassment through electronic communications. Provides that it is a Class 4 felony to use an electronic communication to engage in a course of conduct that consists of contact by a person at least 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense with a person under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense in which the course of conduct demonstrates a knowing disregard for the health, safety, and welfare of the contacted person. House Amendment No. 1 Replaces the substance of the bill. Amends the Harassing and Obscene Communications Act. Provides that harassment through electronic communications includes electronically communicating directly with another person with the intent to knowingly intimidate or cause emotional distress to another person or with the intent that physical harm would result from the communication and when [...]

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