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90_SB1266

      720 ILCS 5/11-20.3 new
          Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Provides that it is  a
      Class  4  felony to post the name, address, telephone number,
      or any other identifying information concerning a child under
      18 years of age in any context that is  associated  with  the
      display,  distribution,  or  promotion of  child pornography,
      harmful material, or obscene material on the Internet  or  an
      online service.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Criminal  Code of 1961 by adding
 2    Section 11-20.3.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The  Criminal  Code  of  1961  is amended by
 6    adding Section 11-20.3 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/11-20.3 new)
 8        Sec. 11-20.3.  Posting child identifying  information  on
 9    the Internet.
10        (a)  A  person  commits  the  offense  of  posting  child
11    identifying  information  on  the  Internet  when  he  or she
12    knowingly posts, disseminates, or otherwise  makes  available
13    the  name,  address,  or  telephone  number  of, or any other
14    identifying information concerning, a child under 18 years of
15    age in any context  that  is  associated  with  the  display,
16    distribution,  or  promotion  of  child  pornography, harmful
17    material, or obscene material on the Internet  or  an  online
18    service,  including but not limited to a World Wide Web page,
19    newsgroup, message board, mailing list, or chat area  on  the
20    Internet  or an online service that displays, distributes, or
21    promotes child  pornography,  harmful  material,  or  obscene
22    material.
23        (b)  Sentence.   Posting child identifying information on
24    the Internet is a Class 4 felony.
25        (c)  Definitions.  In this Section:
26             (1)  "Child pornography" has the meaning ascribed to
27        it in Section 11-20.1 of this Code.
28             (2)  "Harmful material" has the meaning ascribed  to
29        it in Section 11-21 of this Code.
30             (3)  "Obscene"  has  the  meaning  ascribed to it in
31        Section 11-20 of this Code.
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 1             (4)  "Child  pornography",  "harmful  material",  or
 2        "obscene" also means information that  constitutes  child
 3        pornography,  harmful material, or obscene material under
 4        federal  law  or  laws  of   another   state   that   are
 5        substantially  similar  to the child pornography, harmful
 6        material, or obscenity laws of this State.
 7        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 8    becoming law.

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