Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB4837 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 02/06/2024

                            103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4837 Introduced , by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/11-20.1 from Ch. 38, par. 11-20.1 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that for purposes of violating the child pornography law, depicting a person under 18 years of age personally engaging in or personally simulating any act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct includes a representation of a real or fictitious person through use of artificially intelligent software or computer-generated means, who is, or who a reasonable person would regard as being, a real person under 18 years of age, engaging in or simulating any act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct. LRB103 38161 RLC 68294 b   A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4837 Introduced , by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:  720 ILCS 5/11-20.1 from Ch. 38, par. 11-20.1 720 ILCS 5/11-20.1 from Ch. 38, par. 11-20.1 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that for purposes of violating the child pornography law, depicting a person under 18 years of age personally engaging in or personally simulating any act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct includes a representation of a real or fictitious person through use of artificially intelligent software or computer-generated means, who is, or who a reasonable person would regard as being, a real person under 18 years of age, engaging in or simulating any act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct.  LRB103 38161 RLC 68294 b     LRB103 38161 RLC 68294 b   A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4837 Introduced , by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/11-20.1 from Ch. 38, par. 11-20.1 720 ILCS 5/11-20.1 from Ch. 38, par. 11-20.1
720 ILCS 5/11-20.1 from Ch. 38, par. 11-20.1
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that for purposes of violating the child pornography law, depicting a person under 18 years of age personally engaging in or personally simulating any act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct includes a representation of a real or fictitious person through use of artificially intelligent software or computer-generated means, who is, or who a reasonable person would regard as being, a real person under 18 years of age, engaging in or simulating any act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct.
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1  AN ACT concerning criminal law.
2  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3  represented in the General Assembly:
4  Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
5  changing Section 11-20.1 as follows:
6  (720 ILCS 5/11-20.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-20.1)
7  Sec. 11-20.1. Child pornography.
8  (a) A person commits child pornography who:
9  (1) films, videotapes, photographs, or otherwise
10  depicts or portrays by means of any similar visual medium
11  or reproduction or depicts by computer any child whom he
12  or she knows or reasonably should know to be under the age
13  of 18 or any person with a severe or profound intellectual
14  disability where such child or person with a severe or
15  profound intellectual disability is:
16  (i) actually or by simulation engaged in any act
17  of sexual penetration or sexual conduct with any
18  person or animal; or
19  (ii) actually or by simulation engaged in any act
20  of sexual penetration or sexual conduct involving the
21  sex organs of the child or person with a severe or
22  profound intellectual disability and the mouth, anus,
23  or sex organs of another person or animal; or which

 

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4837 Introduced , by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/11-20.1 from Ch. 38, par. 11-20.1 720 ILCS 5/11-20.1 from Ch. 38, par. 11-20.1
720 ILCS 5/11-20.1 from Ch. 38, par. 11-20.1
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that for purposes of violating the child pornography law, depicting a person under 18 years of age personally engaging in or personally simulating any act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct includes a representation of a real or fictitious person through use of artificially intelligent software or computer-generated means, who is, or who a reasonable person would regard as being, a real person under 18 years of age, engaging in or simulating any act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct.
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1  involves the mouth, anus or sex organs of the child or
2  person with a severe or profound intellectual
3  disability and the sex organs of another person or
4  animal; or
5  (iii) actually or by simulation engaged in any act
6  of masturbation; or
7  (iv) actually or by simulation portrayed as being
8  the object of, or otherwise engaged in, any act of lewd
9  fondling, touching, or caressing involving another
10  person or animal; or
11  (v) actually or by simulation engaged in any act
12  of excretion or urination within a sexual context; or
13  (vi) actually or by simulation portrayed or
14  depicted as bound, fettered, or subject to sadistic,
15  masochistic, or sadomasochistic abuse in any sexual
16  context; or
17  (vii) depicted or portrayed in any pose, posture
18  or setting involving a lewd exhibition of the
19  unclothed or transparently clothed genitals, pubic
20  area, buttocks, or, if such person is female, a fully
21  or partially developed breast of the child or other
22  person; or
23  (2) with the knowledge of the nature or content
24  thereof, reproduces, disseminates, offers to disseminate,
25  exhibits or possesses with intent to disseminate any film,
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1  or depiction by computer of any child or person with a
2  severe or profound intellectual disability whom the person
3  knows or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18
4  or to be a person with a severe or profound intellectual
5  disability, engaged in any activity described in
6  subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this
7  subsection; or
8  (3) with knowledge of the subject matter or theme
9  thereof, produces any stage play, live performance, film,
10  videotape or other similar visual portrayal or depiction
11  by computer which includes a child whom the person knows
12  or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 or a
13  person with a severe or profound intellectual disability
14  engaged in any activity described in subparagraphs (i)
15  through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this subsection; or
16  (4) solicits, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or
17  coerces any child whom he or she knows or reasonably
18  should know to be under the age of 18 or a person with a
19  severe or profound intellectual disability to appear in
20  any stage play, live presentation, film, videotape,
21  photograph or other similar visual reproduction or
22  depiction by computer in which the child or person with a
23  severe or profound intellectual disability is or will be
24  depicted, actually or by simulation, in any act, pose or
25  setting described in subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of
26  paragraph (1) of this subsection; or

 

 

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1  (5) is a parent, step-parent, legal guardian or other
2  person having care or custody of a child whom the person
3  knows or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18
4  or a person with a severe or profound intellectual
5  disability and who knowingly permits, induces, promotes,
6  or arranges for such child or person with a severe or
7  profound intellectual disability to appear in any stage
8  play, live performance, film, videotape, photograph or
9  other similar visual presentation, portrayal or simulation
10  or depiction by computer of any act or activity described
11  in subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of
12  this subsection; or
13  (6) with knowledge of the nature or content thereof,
14  possesses any film, videotape, photograph or other similar
15  visual reproduction or depiction by computer of any child
16  or person with a severe or profound intellectual
17  disability whom the person knows or reasonably should know
18  to be under the age of 18 or to be a person with a severe
19  or profound intellectual disability, engaged in any
20  activity described in subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of
21  paragraph (1) of this subsection; or
22  (7) solicits, or knowingly uses, persuades, induces,
23  entices, or coerces, a person to provide a child under the
24  age of 18 or a person with a severe or profound
25  intellectual disability to appear in any videotape,
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1  similar visual reproduction or depiction by computer in
2  which the child or person with a severe or profound
3  intellectual disability will be depicted, actually or by
4  simulation, in any act, pose, or setting described in
5  subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this
6  subsection.
7  (a-1) For purposes of paragraphs (1) through (7) of
8  subsection (a), depicting a person under 18 years of age
9  personally engaging in or personally simulating any act of
10  sexual penetration or sexual conduct includes a representation
11  of a real or fictitious person through use of artificially
12  intelligent software or computer-generated means, who is, or
13  who a reasonable person would regard as being, a real person
14  under 18 years of age, engaging in or simulating any act of
15  sexual penetration or sexual conduct.
16  (a-5) The possession of each individual film, videotape,
17  photograph, or other similar visual reproduction or depiction
18  by computer in violation of this Section constitutes a single
19  and separate violation. This subsection (a-5) does not apply
20  to multiple copies of the same film, videotape, photograph, or
21  other similar visual reproduction or depiction by computer
22  that are identical to each other.
23  (b)(1) It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge of
24  child pornography that the defendant reasonably believed,
25  under all of the circumstances, that the child was 18 years of
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1  or profound intellectual disability but only where, prior to
2  the act or acts giving rise to a prosecution under this
3  Section, he or she took some affirmative action or made a
4  bonafide inquiry designed to ascertain whether the child was
5  18 years of age or older or that the person was not a person
6  with a severe or profound intellectual disability and his or
7  her reliance upon the information so obtained was clearly
8  reasonable.
9  (1.5) Telecommunications carriers, commercial mobile
10  service providers, and providers of information services,
11  including, but not limited to, Internet service providers and
12  hosting service providers, are not liable under this Section
13  by virtue of the transmission, storage, or caching of
14  electronic communications or messages of others or by virtue
15  of the provision of other related telecommunications,
16  commercial mobile services, or information services used by
17  others in violation of this Section.
18  (2) (Blank).
19  (3) The charge of child pornography shall not apply to the
20  performance of official duties by law enforcement or
21  prosecuting officers or persons employed by law enforcement or
22  prosecuting agencies, court personnel or attorneys, nor to
23  bonafide treatment or professional education programs
24  conducted by licensed physicians, psychologists or social
25  workers. In any criminal proceeding, any property or material
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1  custody, and control of either the State or the court. A motion
2  to view the evidence shall comply with subsection (e-5) of
3  this Section.
4  (4) If the defendant possessed more than one of the same
5  film, videotape or visual reproduction or depiction by
6  computer in which child pornography is depicted, then the
7  trier of fact may infer that the defendant possessed such
8  materials with the intent to disseminate them.
9  (5) The charge of child pornography does not apply to a
10  person who does not voluntarily possess a film, videotape, or
11  visual reproduction or depiction by computer in which child
12  pornography is depicted. Possession is voluntary if the
13  defendant knowingly procures or receives a film, videotape, or
14  visual reproduction or depiction for a sufficient time to be
15  able to terminate his or her possession.
16  (6) Any violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or
17  (7) of subsection (a) that includes a child engaged in,
18  solicited for, depicted in, or posed in any act of sexual
19  penetration or bound, fettered, or subject to sadistic,
20  masochistic, or sadomasochistic abuse in a sexual context
21  shall be deemed a crime of violence.
22  (c) If the violation does not involve a film, videotape,
23  or other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph (1), (4),
24  (5), or (7) of subsection (a) is a Class 1 felony with a
25  mandatory minimum fine of $2,000 and a maximum fine of
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1  other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph (1), (4),
2  (5), or (7) of subsection (a) is a Class X felony with a
3  mandatory minimum fine of $2,000 and a maximum fine of
4  $100,000. If the violation does not involve a film, videotape,
5  or other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph (3) of
6  subsection (a) is a Class 1 felony with a mandatory minimum
7  fine of $1500 and a maximum fine of $100,000. If the violation
8  involves a film, videotape, or other moving depiction, a
9  violation of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) is a Class X
10  felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1500 and a maximum
11  fine of $100,000. If the violation does not involve a film,
12  videotape, or other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph
13  (2) of subsection (a) is a Class 1 felony with a mandatory
14  minimum fine of $1000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. If the
15  violation involves a film, videotape, or other moving
16  depiction, a violation of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) is a
17  Class X felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1000 and a
18  maximum fine of $100,000. If the violation does not involve a
19  film, videotape, or other moving depiction, a violation of
20  paragraph (6) of subsection (a) is a Class 3 felony with a
21  mandatory minimum fine of $1000 and a maximum fine of
22  $100,000. If the violation involves a film, videotape, or
23  other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph (6) of
24  subsection (a) is a Class 2 felony with a mandatory minimum
25  fine of $1000 and a maximum fine of $100,000.
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1  violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (7) of
2  subsection (a) is a Class X felony with a mandatory minimum
3  fine of $2,000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. Where the child
4  depicted is under the age of 13, a violation of paragraph (6)
5  of subsection (a) is a Class 2 felony with a mandatory minimum
6  fine of $1,000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. Where the child
7  depicted is under the age of 13, a person who commits a
8  violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (7) of
9  subsection (a) where the defendant has previously been
10  convicted under the laws of this State or any other state of
11  the offense of child pornography, aggravated child
12  pornography, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, aggravated
13  criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of
14  a child, or any of the offenses formerly known as rape, deviate
15  sexual assault, indecent liberties with a child, or aggravated
16  indecent liberties with a child where the victim was under the
17  age of 18 years or an offense that is substantially equivalent
18  to those offenses, is guilty of a Class X felony for which the
19  person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less
20  than 9 years with a mandatory minimum fine of $2,000 and a
21  maximum fine of $100,000. Where the child depicted is under
22  the age of 13, a person who commits a violation of paragraph
23  (6) of subsection (a) where the defendant has previously been
24  convicted under the laws of this State or any other state of
25  the offense of child pornography, aggravated child
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1  criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of
2  a child, or any of the offenses formerly known as rape, deviate
3  sexual assault, indecent liberties with a child, or aggravated
4  indecent liberties with a child where the victim was under the
5  age of 18 years or an offense that is substantially equivalent
6  to those offenses, is guilty of a Class 1 felony with a
7  mandatory minimum fine of $1,000 and a maximum fine of
8  $100,000. The issue of whether the child depicted is under the
9  age of 13 is an element of the offense to be resolved by the
10  trier of fact.
11  (d) If a person is convicted of a second or subsequent
12  violation of this Section within 10 years of a prior
13  conviction, the court shall order a presentence psychiatric
14  examination of the person. The examiner shall report to the
15  court whether treatment of the person is necessary.
16  (e) Any film, videotape, photograph or other similar
17  visual reproduction or depiction by computer which includes a
18  child under the age of 18 or a person with a severe or profound
19  intellectual disability engaged in any activity described in
20  subparagraphs (i) through (vii) or paragraph 1 of subsection
21  (a), and any material or equipment used or intended for use in
22  photographing, filming, printing, producing, reproducing,
23  manufacturing, projecting, exhibiting, depiction by computer,
24  or disseminating such material shall be seized and forfeited
25  in the manner, method and procedure provided by Section 36-1
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1  vehicles and aircraft.
2  In addition, any person convicted under this Section is
3  subject to the property forfeiture provisions set forth in
4  Article 124B of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
5  (e-5) Upon the conclusion of a case brought under this
6  Section, the court shall seal all evidence depicting a victim
7  or witness that is sexually explicit. The evidence may be
8  unsealed and viewed, on a motion of the party seeking to unseal
9  and view the evidence, only for good cause shown and in the
10  discretion of the court. The motion must expressly set forth
11  the purpose for viewing the material. The State's attorney and
12  the victim, if possible, shall be provided reasonable notice
13  of the hearing on the motion to unseal the evidence. Any person
14  entitled to notice of a hearing under this subsection (e-5)
15  may object to the motion.
16  (f) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:
17  (1) "Disseminate" means (i) to sell, distribute,
18  exchange or transfer possession, whether with or without
19  consideration or (ii) to make a depiction by computer
20  available for distribution or downloading through the
21  facilities of any telecommunications network or through
22  any other means of transferring computer programs or data
23  to a computer.
24  (2) "Produce" means to direct, promote, advertise,
25  publish, manufacture, issue, present or show.
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1  (4) "Depict by computer" means to generate or create,
2  or cause to be created or generated, a computer program or
3  data that, after being processed by a computer either
4  alone or in conjunction with one or more computer
5  programs, results in a visual depiction on a computer
6  monitor, screen, or display.
7  (5) "Depiction by computer" means a computer program
8  or data that, after being processed by a computer either
9  alone or in conjunction with one or more computer
10  programs, results in a visual depiction on a computer
11  monitor, screen, or display.
12  (6) "Computer", "computer program", and "data" have
13  the meanings ascribed to them in Section 17.05 of this
14  Code.
15  (7) For the purposes of this Section, "child
16  pornography" includes a film, videotape, photograph, or
17  other similar visual medium or reproduction or depiction
18  by computer that is, or appears to be, that of a person,
19  either in part, or in total, under the age of 18 or a
20  person with a severe or profound intellectual disability,
21  regardless of the method by which the film, videotape,
22  photograph, or other similar visual medium or reproduction
23  or depiction by computer is created, adopted, or modified
24  to appear as such. "Child pornography" also includes a
25  film, videotape, photograph, or other similar visual
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1  advertised, promoted, presented, described, or distributed
2  in such a manner that conveys the impression that the
3  film, videotape, photograph, or other similar visual
4  medium or reproduction or depiction by computer is of a
5  person under the age of 18 or a person with a severe or
6  profound intellectual disability.
7  (g) Re-enactment; findings; purposes.
8  (1) The General Assembly finds and declares that:
9  (i) Section 50-5 of Public Act 88-680, effective
10  January 1, 1995, contained provisions amending the
11  child pornography statute, Section 11-20.1 of the
12  Criminal Code of 1961. Section 50-5 also contained
13  other provisions.
14  (ii) In addition, Public Act 88-680 was entitled
15  "AN ACT to create a Safe Neighborhoods Law". (A)
16  Article 5 was entitled JUVENILE JUSTICE and amended
17  the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. (B) Article 15 was
18  entitled GANGS and amended various provisions of the
19  Criminal Code of 1961 and the Unified Code of
20  Corrections. (C) Article 20 was entitled ALCOHOL ABUSE
21  and amended various provisions of the Illinois Vehicle
22  Code. (D) Article 25 was entitled DRUG ABUSE and
23  amended the Cannabis Control Act and the Illinois
24  Controlled Substances Act. (E) Article 30 was entitled
25  FIREARMS and amended the Criminal Code of 1961 and the
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1  amended the Criminal Code of 1961, the Rights of Crime
2  Victims and Witnesses Act, and the Unified Code of
3  Corrections. (G) Article 40 amended the Criminal Code
4  of 1961 to increase the penalty for compelling
5  organization membership of persons. (H) Article 45
6  created the Secure Residential Youth Care Facility
7  Licensing Act and amended the State Finance Act, the
8  Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the Unified Code of
9  Corrections, and the Private Correctional Facility
10  Moratorium Act. (I) Article 50 amended the WIC Vendor
11  Management Act, the Firearm Owners Identification Card
12  Act, the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the Criminal Code
13  of 1961, the Wrongs to Children Act, and the Unified
14  Code of Corrections.
15  (iii) On September 22, 1998, the Third District
16  Appellate Court in People v. Dainty, 701 N.E. 2d 118,
17  ruled that Public Act 88-680 violates the single
18  subject clause of the Illinois Constitution (Article
19  IV, Section 8 (d)) and was unconstitutional in its
20  entirety. As of the time this amendatory Act of 1999
21  was prepared, People v. Dainty was still subject to
22  appeal.
23  (iv) Child pornography is a vital concern to the
24  people of this State and the validity of future
25  prosecutions under the child pornography statute of
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