4.19.5 : Illinois Hazing Law

Illinois State Law defines the criminal violation of hazing as;

(720 ILCS 120/5)
    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:
    (a) the act is not sanctioned or authorized by that educational institution; and
    (b) the act results in bodily harm to any person.