104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1467 Introduced , by Rep. Nicole La Ha SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/11-18.1 from Ch. 38, par. 11-18.1 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Deletes an affirmative defense to the charge of patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution that the accused reasonably believed that the person was of the age of 18 years or over or was not a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability at the time of the act giving rise to the charge. LRB104 07642 RLC 17686 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1467 Introduced , by Rep. Nicole La Ha SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/11-18.1 from Ch. 38, par. 11-18.1 720 ILCS 5/11-18.1 from Ch. 38, par. 11-18.1 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Deletes an affirmative defense to the charge of patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution that the accused reasonably believed that the person was of the age of 18 years or over or was not a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability at the time of the act giving rise to the charge. LRB104 07642 RLC 17686 b LRB104 07642 RLC 17686 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1467 Introduced , by Rep. Nicole La Ha SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/11-18.1 from Ch. 38, par. 11-18.1 720 ILCS 5/11-18.1 from Ch. 38, par. 11-18.1 720 ILCS 5/11-18.1 from Ch. 38, par. 11-18.1 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Deletes an affirmative defense to the charge of patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution that the accused reasonably believed that the person was of the age of 18 years or over or was not a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability at the time of the act giving rise to the charge. LRB104 07642 RLC 17686 b LRB104 07642 RLC 17686 b LRB104 07642 RLC 17686 b A BILL FOR HB1467LRB104 07642 RLC 17686 b HB1467 LRB104 07642 RLC 17686 b HB1467 LRB104 07642 RLC 17686 b 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 11-18.1 as follows: 6 (720 ILCS 5/11-18.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-18.1) 7 Sec. 11-18.1. Patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution. 8 (a) Any person who engages in an act of sexual penetration 9 as defined in Section 11-0.1 of this Code with a person engaged 10 in prostitution who is under 18 years of age or is a person 11 with a severe or profound intellectual disability commits 12 patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution. 13 (a-5) Any person who engages in any touching or fondling, 14 with a person engaged in prostitution who either is under 18 15 years of age or is a person with a severe or profound 16 intellectual disability, of the sex organs of one person by 17 the other person, with the intent to achieve sexual arousal or 18 gratification, commits patronizing a minor engaged in 19 prostitution. 20 (b) (Blank). It is an affirmative defense to the charge of 21 patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution that the accused 22 reasonably believed that the person was of the age of 18 years 23 or over or was not a person with a severe or profound 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1467 Introduced , by Rep. Nicole La Ha SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/11-18.1 from Ch. 38, par. 11-18.1 720 ILCS 5/11-18.1 from Ch. 38, par. 11-18.1 720 ILCS 5/11-18.1 from Ch. 38, par. 11-18.1 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Deletes an affirmative defense to the charge of patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution that the accused reasonably believed that the person was of the age of 18 years or over or was not a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability at the time of the act giving rise to the charge. LRB104 07642 RLC 17686 b LRB104 07642 RLC 17686 b LRB104 07642 RLC 17686 b A BILL FOR 720 ILCS 5/11-18.1 from Ch. 38, par. 11-18.1 LRB104 07642 RLC 17686 b HB1467 LRB104 07642 RLC 17686 b HB1467- 2 -LRB104 07642 RLC 17686 b HB1467 - 2 - LRB104 07642 RLC 17686 b HB1467 - 2 - LRB104 07642 RLC 17686 b HB1467 - 2 - LRB104 07642 RLC 17686 b