103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4527

 

Introduced 1/31/2024, by Rep. Joyce Mason - Amy Elik

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/11-9.2-3 new

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of sexual misconduct with a student. Provides that a person commits sexual misconduct with a student when he or she is or was an employee of a school and commits sexual misconduct with a student who, at the time the employee was employed by the school, attended the school. Provides that the consent of the student is not a defense to a prosecution under this provision. Provides that a student is deemed incapable of consent, for purposes of this provision, when he or she is a student who attended the school while the employee was employed at the school. Provides that it is not a defense to a violation of this provision that the student was of the age to give consent to sexual penetration or sexual conduct in circumstances not involving a violation of this provision. Provides that a person convicted of violating this provision shall immediately forfeit his or her employment with a school and may not subsequently be employed at a school. Provides that a violation is a Class 3 felony. Provides exemptions. Defines "school" as a public or private elementary or secondary school or a school that operates grades kindergarten through 12. Defines "sexual misconduct" as any act, including, but not limited to, any verbal, nonverbal, written, or electronic communication or physical activity, by an employee or agent of the school district, charter school, or nonpublic school with direct contact with a student that is directed toward or with a student to establish a romantic or sexual relationship with the student. Defines other terms.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding
5Section 11-9.2-3 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/11-9.2-3 new)
7    Sec. 11-9.2-3. Sexual misconduct with a student.
8    (a) In this Section:
9    "Employee" means a person employed by a school.
10    "School" means a public or private elementary or secondary
11school or a school that operates grades kindergarten through
1212.
13    "Sexual misconduct" has the meaning ascribed to it in
14subsection (c) of Section 22-85.5 of the School Code.
15    "Student" means a person who attended the school at the
16time the employee was employed by the school regardless of the
17age of the student at the time of the commission of the
18offense.
19    (b) A person commits sexual misconduct with a student when
20he or she is or was an employee of a school and commits sexual
21misconduct with a student who, at the time the employee was
22employed by the school, attended the school.
23    (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f), the

 

 

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1consent of the student is not a defense to a prosecution under
2this Section. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f),
3a student is deemed incapable of consent, for purposes of this
4Section, when he or she is a student who attended the school
5while the employee was employed at the school.
6    (d) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this Section
7that the student was of the age to give consent to sexual
8penetration or sexual conduct as defined in Section 11-0.1 in
9circumstances not involving a violation of this Section.
10    (e) Any person convicted of violating this Section shall
11immediately forfeit his or her employment with a school and
12may not subsequently be employed at a school.
13    (f) This Section does not apply to:
14        (1) any employee who is lawfully married to the
15    student if the marriage occurred before the date of the
16    student's attendance at the school; or
17        (2) except as otherwise provided in paragraph (1), any
18    employee who has no knowledge, and would have no reason to
19    believe, that the person with whom he or she engaged in
20    sexual misconduct was a student at the school in which the
21    employee was employed.
22    (g) Sentence. Sexual misconduct with a student is a Class
233 felony.