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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB4593 Introduced 1/21/2022, by Rep. Chris Bos, Chris Miller, Norine K. Hammond, Keith R. Wheeler, Blaine Wilhour, et al. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Deletes provision that it is an affirmative defense to a charge of solicitation of a sexual act with a person who is under the age of 18 or who is a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability that the accused reasonably believed the person was of the age of 18 years or over or was not a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability at the time of the act giving rise to the charge. Provides that solicitation of a sexual act from a person who is under the age of 18 or whom the solicitor of the sexual act reasonably believes to be under the age of 18 is a Class 4 felony.
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| | HB4593 | | LRB102 24397 RLC 33631 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by |
5 | | changing Section 11-14.1 as follows: |
6 | | (720 ILCS 5/11-14.1) |
7 | | Sec. 11-14.1. Solicitation of a sexual act. |
8 | | (a) Any person who offers a person not his or her spouse |
9 | | any money,
property, token, object, or article or anything of |
10 | | value for that person or any other person not his or her spouse |
11 | | to
perform any act of sexual penetration as defined in Section |
12 | | 11-0.1 of this Code,
or any touching or fondling of the sex |
13 | | organs of one person by another person
for the purpose of |
14 | | sexual arousal or gratification, commits solicitation of a |
15 | | sexual act. |
16 | | (b) Sentence. Solicitation of a sexual act is a Class A |
17 | | misdemeanor. Solicitation of a sexual act from a person who is |
18 | | under the age of 18 or whom the solicitor of the sexual act |
19 | | reasonably believes to be under the age of 18 or who is a |
20 | | person with a severe or profound intellectual disability is a |
21 | | Class 4 felony. If the court imposes a fine under this |
22 | | subsection (b), it shall be collected and distributed to the |
23 | | Specialized Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking Fund |