Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits school, organizational, and sports hazing and specifies it as a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Highlights:

• Defines "hazing" as something that, during a student's initiation or admission into any organization operating in connection with a school, college, or university, the person engages in conduct involving forced activity that endangers the physical health or safety of the student or that subjects the student to extreme mental stress (Sec. 1).

• Defines reckless engagement in hazing as Class 2 misdemeanor (Sec. 1).

• Defines commission of intentional act of hazing as Class 1 misdemeanor (Sec. 1).

• Defines malicious hazing resulting in serious bodily injury to student as Class 6 felony (Sec. 1).

• Specifies hazing still “forced activity” even if student is willing participant (Sec. 1).

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