Section 720 ILCS 5/12C-50 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Hazing(a) A person commits hazing when he or she 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; and(2) the act results in bodily harm to any person.(a-1) It is not a defense to a prosecution under subsection (a) that the person against whom the hazing was directed consented to or acquiesced in the hazing.(b) Sentence. Hazing is a Class A misdemeanor, except that hazing that results in death or great bodily harm is a Class 4 felony.Amended by P.A. 103-0765,§ 5, eff. 1/1/2025.Added by P.A. 097-1109,§ 1-5, eff. 1/1/2013.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.