Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB1035

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that when the victim is under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense and the accused was a member of the clergy, a prosecution for criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse may be commenced at any time. Effective immediately.

Deletes all. Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, the Criminal Code of 1961, and the Code of Civil Procedure. Eliminates the statute of limitations for a prosecution of sex offenses committed against a child under 18 years of age and for failure to report these instances under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act (now the prosecution must be within 10 years after the child victim attains 18 years of age). Provides that a member of the clergy who is acting as an advisor must disclose information obtained by the member of the clergy in his or her nonprofessional capacity of incidents of child abuse as defined in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that a civil action for damages based on childhood sexual abuse may be commenced at any time (rather than 2 years after the person abused discovers or should have discovered that the childhood sexual abuse had occurred). Effective immediately.

Deletes all. Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, the Criminal Code of 1961, and the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes technical changes in these Acts.

Deletes all. Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Eliminates the provision that requires a Christian Science Practitioner to report cases of suspected child abuse to the Department of Children and Family Services. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Changes the statute of limitations for a prosecution of certain sex offenses committed against a person under 18 years of age from 10 years after the victim attains 18 years of age to 20 years after the victim attains 18 years of age. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that an action for damages for personal injury based on childhood sexual abuse must be commenced within 10 years after the limitation period begins to run or within 5 years of the date the person abused discovers or should discover that the act of childhood sexual abuse occurred and that the injury was caused by the childhood sexual abuse, whichever is later (rather than within 2 years of the date the person abused discovers or should discover that the act of childhood sexual abuse occurred and that the injury was caused by the childhood sexual abuse). Adds provisions concerning the time at which knowledge of the injury occurs. Provides that specified limitation periods do not run while the victim is subject to threats, intimidation, manipulation, or fraud. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply to actions pending on the effective date of the amendatory Act as well as actions commenced or after that date. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

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