720 ILCS 5/26.5-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 720 - CRIMINAL OFFENSES|720 ILCS 5/ - Criminal Code of 2012.|Title III - Specific Offenses

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 101-652)Sec. 26.5-5. Sentence.(a) Except as provided in  subsection (b), a  person who violates any of the provisions of  Section 26.5-1, 26.5-2, or 26.5-3 of this Article  is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.  Except as provided  in subsection (b), a second or subsequent  violation of Section 26.5-1, 26.5-2, or 26.5-3 of this  Article is a Class A  misdemeanor, for which the  court  shall impose a minimum of 14 days in   jail or, if public or  community service is established in the county in which the offender was  convicted, 240 hours of public or community service.(b) In any of the following circumstances, a person who violates Section 26.5-1, 26.5-2, or 26.5-3 of this Article shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony:(1) The person has 3 or more prior violations in the     last 10 years of harassment by telephone, harassment through electronic communications, or any similar offense of any other state;(2) The person has previously violated the harassment     by telephone provisions, or the harassment through electronic communications provisions, or committed any similar offense in any other state with the same victim or a member of the victim's family or household;(3) At the time of the offense, the offender was     under conditions of bail, probation, conditional discharge, mandatory supervised release or was the subject of an order of protection, in this or any other state, prohibiting contact with the victim or any member of the victim's family or household;(4) In the course of the offense, the offender     threatened to kill the victim or any member of the victim's family or household;(5) The person has been convicted in the last 10     years of a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;(6) The person violates paragraph (5) of Section     26.5-2 or paragraph (4) of Section 26.5-3; or(7) The person was at least 18 years of age at the     time of the commission of the offense and the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense.(c) The court may order any person  convicted under this Article to submit to a psychiatric examination.   (Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 101-652)Sec. 26.5-5. Sentence.(a) Except as provided in  subsection (b), a  person who violates any of the provisions of  Section 26.5-1, 26.5-2, or 26.5-3 of this Article  is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.  Except as provided  in subsection (b), a second or subsequent  violation of Section 26.5-1, 26.5-2, or 26.5-3 of this  Article is a Class A  misdemeanor, for which the  court  shall impose a minimum of 14 days in   jail or, if public or  community service is established in the county in which the offender was  convicted, 240 hours of public or community service.(b) In any of the following circumstances, a person who violates Section 26.5-1, 26.5-2, or 26.5-3 of this Article shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony:(1) The person has 3 or more prior violations in the     last 10 years of harassment by telephone, harassment through electronic communications, or any similar offense of any other state;(2) The person has previously violated the harassment     by telephone provisions, or the harassment through electronic communications provisions, or committed any similar offense in any other state with the same victim or a member of the victim's family or household;(3) At the time of the offense, the offender was     under conditions of pretrial release, probation, conditional discharge, mandatory supervised release or was the subject of an order of protection, in this or any other state, prohibiting contact with the victim or any member of the victim's family or household;(4) In the course of the offense, the offender     threatened to kill the victim or any member of the victim's family or household;(5) The person has been convicted in the last 10     years of a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;(6) The person violates paragraph (5) of Section     26.5-2 or paragraph (4) of Section 26.5-3; or(7) The person was at least 18 years of age at the     time of the commission of the offense and the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense.(c) The court may order any person  convicted under this Article to submit to a psychiatric examination.   (Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-23.)