Rep. Jack D. Franks
Filed: 3/13/2014
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5290 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5290 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
 
4    "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended  by 
5changing Section 11-25 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/11-25)
7    Sec. 11-25. Grooming.
8    (a) A person commits the offense of grooming when he or she 
9knowingly uses a computer on-line service, Internet service, 
10local bulletin board service, or any other device capable of 
11electronic data storage or transmission to seduce, solicit, 
12lure, or entice, or attempt to seduce, solicit, lure, or 
13entice, a child, a child's guardian, or another person believed 
14by the person to be a child or a child's guardian, to commit 
15any sex offense as defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender 
16Registration Act, to distribute photographs depicting the sex 
 
 
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1organs of the child, or to otherwise engage in any unlawful 
2sexual conduct with a child or with another person believed by 
3the person to be a child.
4    (b)  Sentence. Grooming is a Class 2 4 felony. 

5(Source: P.A. 95-901, eff. 1-1-09.)".