ILLINOIS HAZING LAW

1. § 720 ILCS 120/0.01. Short title
   Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Hazing Act.
   § 720 ILCS 120/5. Hazing
   
   Sec. 5. Hazing. A person commits hazing who knowingly requires the performance of any act by a student or other person in a school, college, university, or other educational institution of this State, for the purpose of induction or admission into any group, organization, or society associated or connected with that institution if:
   1. the act is not sanctioned or authorized by that educational institution; an
   2. the act results in bodily harm to any person.
      § 720 ILCS 120/10. Sentence
2. Sec. 10. Sentence. Hazing is a Class A misdemeanor, except hazing that results in death or great bodily harm is a Class 4 felony.
   

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