Illinois Statutes Chapter 215. Insurance § 5/143.24c. Hate crimes; coverage refusal

(1) By force or threat of force, willfully injuring, intimidating, interfering with, oppressing, or threatening any other person in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him or her by the Constitution or laws of this State or by the Constitution or laws of the United States because of the other person's race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, gender, or sexual orientation or because he or she perceives that the other person has one or more of those characteristics. This offense, however, does not include speech alone, except upon a showing that the speech itself threatened violence against a specific person or group of persons and that the defendant had the apparent ability to carry out the threat.

(2) Knowingly defacing, damaging, or destroying the real or personal property of any other person for the purpose of intimidating or interfering with the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to the other person by the Constitution or laws of this State or by the Constitution or laws of the United States because of the other person's race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, gender, or sexual orientation or because he or she perceives that the other person has one or more of those characteristics.