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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended  by changing 
5Section 12-6 as follows:
 


6    (720 ILCS 5/12-6)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-6)




7    Sec. 12-6. Intimidation. 

8    (a) A person commits intimidation when, with intent to 
9cause another to
perform or to omit the performance of any act, 
10he or she communicates to
another, directly or indirectly by 
11any means, a
threat to perform without lawful authority any of 
12the following acts:


13        (1) Inflict physical harm on the person threatened or 
14    any other
person or on property; or


15        (2) Subject any person to physical confinement or 
16    restraint; or


17        (3) Commit a felony or Class A misdemeanor; or


18        (4) Accuse any person of an offense; or


19        (5) Expose any person to hatred, contempt or ridicule; 
20    or


21        (6) Take action as a public official against anyone or 
22    anything, or
withhold official action, or cause such action 
23    or withholding; or


 
 
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1        (7) Bring about or continue a strike, boycott or other 
2    collective
action; or .

3        (8) Publish sexually explicit images of another person 
4    without consent. 
5    (b) Sentence.

6    Intimidation is a Class 3 felony for which an offender may 
7be sentenced to
a term of imprisonment of not less than 2 years 
8and not more than 10 years.

9(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)