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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0284 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Sue Rezin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/10-9720 ILCS 5/11-9.3720 ILCS 5/11-25 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person charged with involuntary sexual servitude of a minor or trafficking in persons if the victim is under 18 years of age shall not be permitted to plead down to lesser offenses. Provides that no person charged with grooming shall be permitted to plead down to lesser offenses. Provides that prosecutors are prohibited from offering plea bargains to lesser offenses to those individuals charged with grooming. Provides that it is a Class 4 felony for a child sex offender to knowingly operate, manage, be employed by, volunteer at, be associated with, or knowingly be present at any facility providing entertainment exclusively directed toward persons under the age of 18. LRB104 03920 RLC 13944 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0284 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Sue Rezin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/10-9720 ILCS 5/11-9.3720 ILCS 5/11-25 720 ILCS 5/10-9 720 ILCS 5/11-9.3 720 ILCS 5/11-25 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person charged with involuntary sexual servitude of a minor or trafficking in persons if the victim is under 18 years of age shall not be permitted to plead down to lesser offenses. Provides that no person charged with grooming shall be permitted to plead down to lesser offenses. Provides that prosecutors are prohibited from offering plea bargains to lesser offenses to those individuals charged with grooming. Provides that it is a Class 4 felony for a child sex offender to knowingly operate, manage, be employed by, volunteer at, be associated with, or knowingly be present at any facility providing entertainment exclusively directed toward persons under the age of 18. LRB104 03920 RLC 13944 b LRB104 03920 RLC 13944 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0284 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Sue Rezin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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7	7	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person charged with involuntary sexual servitude of a minor or trafficking in persons if the victim is under 18 years of age shall not be permitted to plead down to lesser offenses. Provides that no person charged with grooming shall be permitted to plead down to lesser offenses. Provides that prosecutors are prohibited from offering plea bargains to lesser offenses to those individuals charged with grooming. Provides that it is a Class 4 felony for a child sex offender to knowingly operate, manage, be employed by, volunteer at, be associated with, or knowingly be present at any facility providing entertainment exclusively directed toward persons under the age of 18.
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13	13	1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
14	14	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
15	15	3 represented in the General Assembly:
16	16	4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
17	17	5 changing Sections 10-9, 11-9.3, and 11-25 as follows:
18	18	6 (720 ILCS 5/10-9)
19	19	7 Sec. 10-9. Trafficking in persons, involuntary servitude,
20	20	8 and related offenses.
21	21	9 (a) Definitions. In this Section:
22	22	10 (1) "Intimidation" has the meaning prescribed in Section
23	23	11 12-6.
24	24	12 (2) "Commercial sexual activity" means any sex act on
25	25	13 account of which anything of value is given, promised to, or
26	26	14 received by any person.
27	27	15 (2.5) "Company" means any sole proprietorship,
28	28	16 organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint
29	29	17 venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership,
30	30	18 limited liability limited partnership, limited liability
31	31	19 company, or other entity or business association, including
32	32	20 all wholly owned subsidiaries, majority-owned subsidiaries,
33	33	21 parent companies, or affiliates of those entities or business
34	34	22 associations, that exist for the purpose of making profit.
35	35	23 (3) "Financial harm" includes intimidation that brings
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39	39	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0284 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Sue Rezin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40	40	720 ILCS 5/10-9720 ILCS 5/11-9.3720 ILCS 5/11-25 720 ILCS 5/10-9 720 ILCS 5/11-9.3 720 ILCS 5/11-25
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44	44	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person charged with involuntary sexual servitude of a minor or trafficking in persons if the victim is under 18 years of age shall not be permitted to plead down to lesser offenses. Provides that no person charged with grooming shall be permitted to plead down to lesser offenses. Provides that prosecutors are prohibited from offering plea bargains to lesser offenses to those individuals charged with grooming. Provides that it is a Class 4 felony for a child sex offender to knowingly operate, manage, be employed by, volunteer at, be associated with, or knowingly be present at any facility providing entertainment exclusively directed toward persons under the age of 18.
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74	74	1 about financial loss, criminal usury, or employment contracts
75	75	2 that violate the Frauds Act.
76	76	3 (4) (Blank).
77	77	4 (5) "Labor" means work of economic or financial value.
78	78	5 (6) "Maintain" means, in relation to labor or services, to
79	79	6 secure continued performance thereof, regardless of any
80	80	7 initial agreement on the part of the victim to perform that
81	81	8 type of service.
82	82	9 (7) "Obtain" means, in relation to labor or services, to
83	83	10 secure performance thereof.
84	84	11 (7.5) "Serious harm" means any harm, whether physical or
85	85	12 nonphysical, including psychological, financial, or
86	86	13 reputational harm, that is sufficiently serious, under all the
87	87	14 surrounding circumstances, to compel a reasonable person of
88	88	15 the same background and in the same circumstances to perform
89	89	16 or to continue performing labor or services in order to avoid
90	90	17 incurring that harm.
91	91	18 (8) "Services" means activities resulting from a
92	92	19 relationship between a person and the actor in which the
93	93	20 person performs activities under the supervision of or for the
94	94	21 benefit of the actor. Commercial sexual activity and
95	95	22 sexually-explicit performances are forms of activities that
96	96	23 are "services" under this Section. Nothing in this definition
97	97	24 may be construed to legitimize or legalize prostitution.
98	98	25 (9) "Sexually-explicit performance" means a live,
99	99	26 recorded, broadcast (including over the Internet), or public
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110	110	1 act or show intended to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires or
111	111	2 appeal to the prurient interests of patrons.
112	112	3 (10) "Trafficking victim" means a person subjected to the
113	113	4 practices set forth in subsection (b), (c), or (d).
114	114	5 (b) Involuntary servitude. A person commits involuntary
115	115	6 servitude when he or she knowingly subjects, attempts to
116	116	7 subject, or engages in a conspiracy to subject another person
117	117	8 to labor or services obtained or maintained through any of the
118	118	9 following means, or any combination of these means:
119	119	10 (1) causes or threatens to cause physical harm to any
120	120	11 person;
121	121	12 (2) physically restrains or threatens to physically
122	122	13 restrain another person;
123	123	14 (3) abuses or threatens to abuse the law or legal
124	124	15 process;
125	125	16 (4) knowingly destroys, conceals, removes,
126	126	17 confiscates, or possesses any actual or purported passport
127	127	18 or other immigration document, or any other actual or
128	128	19 purported government identification document, of another
129	129	20 person;
130	130	21 (5) uses intimidation, or exerts financial control
131	131	22 over any person; or
132	132	23 (6) uses any scheme, plan, or pattern intended to
133	133	24 cause the person to believe that, if the person did not
134	134	25 perform the labor or services, that person or another
135	135	26 person would suffer serious harm or physical restraint.
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146	146	1 Sentence. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e)
147	147	2 or (f), a violation of subsection (b)(1) is a Class X felony,
148	148	3 (b)(2) is a Class 1 felony, (b)(3) is a Class 2 felony, (b)(4)
149	149	4 is a Class 3 felony, (b)(5) and (b)(6) is a Class 4 felony.
150	150	5 (c) Involuntary sexual servitude of a minor. A person
151	151	6 commits involuntary sexual servitude of a minor when he or she
152	152	7 knowingly recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, or
153	153	8 obtains by any means, or attempts to recruit, entice, harbor,
154	154	9 provide, or obtain by any means, another person under 18 years
155	155	10 of age, knowing that the minor will engage in commercial
156	156	11 sexual activity, a sexually-explicit performance, or the
157	157	12 production of pornography, or causes or attempts to cause a
158	158	13 minor to engage in one or more of those activities and:
159	159	14 (1) there is no overt force or threat and the minor is
160	160	15 between the ages of 17 and 18 years;
161	161	16 (2) there is no overt force or threat and the minor is
162	162	17 under the age of 17 years; or
163	163	18 (3) there is overt force or threat.
164	164	19 Sentence. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e)
165	165	20 or (f), a violation of subsection (c)(1) is a Class 1 felony,
166	166	21 (c)(2) is a Class X felony, and (c)(3) is a Class X felony.
167	167	22 (d) Trafficking in persons. A person commits trafficking
168	168	23 in persons when he or she knowingly: (1) recruits, entices,
169	169	24 harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means, or
170	170	25 attempts to recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, or
171	171	26 obtain by any means, another person, intending or knowing that
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182	182	1 the person will be subjected to involuntary servitude; or (2)
183	183	2 benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from
184	184	3 participation in a venture that has engaged in an act of
185	185	4 involuntary servitude or involuntary sexual servitude of a
186	186	5 minor. A company commits trafficking in persons when the
187	187	6 company knowingly benefits, financially or by receiving
188	188	7 anything of value, from participation in a venture that has
189	189	8 engaged in an act of involuntary servitude or involuntary
190	190	9 sexual servitude of a minor.
191	191	10 Sentence. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e)
192	192	11 or (f), a violation of this subsection by a person is a Class 1
193	193	12 felony. A violation of this subsection by a company is a
194	194	13 business offense for which a fine of up to $100,000 may be
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196	196	15 (e) Aggravating factors. A violation of this Section
197	197	16 involving kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated
198	198	17 criminal sexual assault or an attempt to commit aggravated
199	199	18 criminal sexual assault, or an attempt to commit first degree
200	200	19 murder is a Class X felony.
201	201	20 (f) Sentencing considerations.
202	202	21 (1) Bodily injury. If, pursuant to a violation of this
203	203	22 Section, a victim suffered bodily injury, the defendant
204	204	23 may be sentenced to an extended-term sentence under
205	205	24 Section 5-8-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections. The
206	206	25 sentencing court must take into account the time in which
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218	218	1 for cases in which the victim was held for between 180 days
219	219	2 and one year, and increased penalties for cases in which
220	220	3 the victim was held for more than one year.
221	221	4 (2) Number of victims. In determining sentences within
222	222	5 statutory maximums, the sentencing court should take into
223	223	6 account the number of victims, and may provide for
224	224	7 substantially increased sentences in cases involving more
225	225	8 than 10 victims.
226	226	9 (g) Restitution. Restitution is mandatory under this
227	227	10 Section. In addition to any other amount of loss identified,
228	228	11 the court shall order restitution including the greater of (1)
229	229	12 the gross income or value to the defendant of the victim's
230	230	13 labor or services or (2) the value of the victim's labor as
231	231	14 guaranteed under the Minimum Wage Law and overtime provisions
232	232	15 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) or the Minimum Wage Law,
233	233	16 whichever is greater.
234	234	17 (g-5) Fine distribution. If the court imposes a fine under
235	235	18 subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this Section, it shall be
236	236	19 collected and distributed to the Specialized Services for
237	237	20 Survivors of Human Trafficking Fund in accordance with Section
238	238	21 5-9-1.21 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
239	239	22 (h) Trafficking victim services. Subject to the
240	240	23 availability of funds, the Department of Human Services may
241	241	24 provide or fund emergency services and assistance to
242	242	25 individuals who are victims of one or more offenses defined in
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254	254	1 (i) Certification. The Attorney General, a State's
255	255	2 Attorney, or any law enforcement official shall certify in
256	256	3 writing to the United States Department of Justice or other
257	257	4 federal agency, such as the United States Department of
258	258	5 Homeland Security, that an investigation or prosecution under
259	259	6 this Section has begun and the individual who is a likely
260	260	7 victim of a crime described in this Section is willing to
261	261	8 cooperate or is cooperating with the investigation to enable
262	262	9 the individual, if eligible under federal law, to qualify for
263	263	10 an appropriate special immigrant visa and to access available
264	264	11 federal benefits. Cooperation with law enforcement shall not
265	265	12 be required of victims of a crime described in this Section who
266	266	13 are under 18 years of age. This certification shall be made
267	267	14 available to the victim and his or her designated legal
268	268	15 representative.
269	269	16 (j) A person who commits involuntary servitude,
270	270	17 involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in
271	271	18 persons under subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this Section is
272	272	19 subject to the property forfeiture provisions set forth in
273	273	20 Article 124B of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
274	274	21 (k) Prohibition of plea bargains.
275	275	22 (1) No person charged with involuntary sexual
276	276	23 servitude of a minor or trafficking in persons if the
277	277	24 victim is under 18 years of age shall be permitted to plead
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279	279	26 (2) Prosecutors are prohibited from offering plea
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290	290	1 bargains to lesser offenses to those individuals charged
291	291	2 with involuntary sexual servitude of a minor or
292	292	3 trafficking in persons if the victim is under 18 years of
293	293	4 age.
294	294	5 (Source: P.A. 101-18, eff. 1-1-20.)
295	295	6 (720 ILCS 5/11-9.3)
296	296	7 Sec. 11-9.3. Presence within school zone by child sex
297	297	8 offenders prohibited; approaching, contacting, residing with,
298	298	9 or communicating with a child within certain places by child
299	299	10 sex offenders prohibited.
300	300	11 (a) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly be
301	301	12 present in any school building, on real property comprising
302	302	13 any school, or in any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted
303	303	14 by a school to transport students to or from school or a school
304	304	15 related activity when persons under the age of 18 are present
305	305	16 in the building, on the grounds or in the conveyance, unless
306	306	17 the offender is a parent or guardian of a student attending the
307	307	18 school and the parent or guardian is: (i) attending a
308	308	19 conference at the school with school personnel to discuss the
309	309	20 progress of his or her child academically or socially, (ii)
310	310	21 participating in child review conferences in which evaluation
311	311	22 and placement decisions may be made with respect to his or her
312	312	23 child regarding special education services, or (iii) attending
313	313	24 conferences to discuss other student issues concerning his or
314	314	25 her child such as retention and promotion and notifies the
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325	325	1 principal of the school of his or her presence at the school or
326	326	2 unless the offender has permission to be present from the
327	327	3 superintendent or the school board or in the case of a private
328	328	4 school from the principal. In the case of a public school, if
329	329	5 permission is granted, the superintendent or school board
330	330	6 president must inform the principal of the school where the
331	331	7 sex offender will be present. Notification includes the nature
332	332	8 of the sex offender's visit and the hours in which the sex
333	333	9 offender will be present in the school. The sex offender is
334	334	10 responsible for notifying the principal's office when he or
335	335	11 she arrives on school property and when he or she departs from
336	336	12 school property. If the sex offender is to be present in the
337	337	13 vicinity of children, the sex offender has the duty to remain
338	338	14 under the direct supervision of a school official.
339	339	15 (a-5) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly
340	340	16 be present within 100 feet of a site posted as a pick-up or
341	341	17 discharge stop for a conveyance owned, leased, or contracted
342	342	18 by a school to transport students to or from school or a school
343	343	19 related activity when one or more persons under the age of 18
344	344	20 are present at the site.
345	345	21 (a-10) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to
346	346	22 knowingly be present in any public park building, a playground
347	347	23 or recreation area within any publicly accessible privately
348	348	24 owned building, or on real property comprising any public park
349	349	25 when persons under the age of 18 are present in the building or
350	350	26 on the grounds and to approach, contact, or communicate with a
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361	361	1 child under 18 years of age, unless the offender is a parent or
362	362	2 guardian of a person under 18 years of age present in the
363	363	3 building or on the grounds.
364	364	4 (b) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly
365	365	5 loiter within 500 feet of a school building or real property
366	366	6 comprising any school while persons under the age of 18 are
367	367	7 present in the building or on the grounds, unless the offender
368	368	8 is a parent or guardian of a student attending the school and
369	369	9 the parent or guardian is: (i) attending a conference at the
370	370	10 school with school personnel to discuss the progress of his or
371	371	11 her child academically or socially, (ii) participating in
372	372	12 child review conferences in which evaluation and placement
373	373	13 decisions may be made with respect to his or her child
374	374	14 regarding special education services, or (iii) attending
375	375	15 conferences to discuss other student issues concerning his or
376	376	16 her child such as retention and promotion and notifies the
377	377	17 principal of the school of his or her presence at the school or
378	378	18 has permission to be present from the superintendent or the
379	379	19 school board or in the case of a private school from the
380	380	20 principal. In the case of a public school, if permission is
381	381	21 granted, the superintendent or school board president must
382	382	22 inform the principal of the school where the sex offender will
383	383	23 be present. Notification includes the nature of the sex
384	384	24 offender's visit and the hours in which the sex offender will
385	385	25 be present in the school. The sex offender is responsible for
386	386	26 notifying the principal's office when he or she arrives on
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397	397	1 school property and when he or she departs from school
398	398	2 property. If the sex offender is to be present in the vicinity
399	399	3 of children, the sex offender has the duty to remain under the
400	400	4 direct supervision of a school official.
401	401	5 (b-2) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly
402	402	6 loiter on a public way within 500 feet of a public park
403	403	7 building or real property comprising any public park while
404	404	8 persons under the age of 18 are present in the building or on
405	405	9 the grounds and to approach, contact, or communicate with a
406	406	10 child under 18 years of age, unless the offender is a parent or
407	407	11 guardian of a person under 18 years of age present in the
408	408	12 building or on the grounds.
409	409	13 (b-5) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly
410	410	14 reside within 500 feet of a school building or the real
411	411	15 property comprising any school that persons under the age of
412	412	16 18 attend. Nothing in this subsection (b-5) prohibits a child
413	413	17 sex offender from residing within 500 feet of a school
414	414	18 building or the real property comprising any school that
415	415	19 persons under 18 attend if the property is owned by the child
416	416	20 sex offender and was purchased before July 7, 2000 (the
417	417	21 effective date of Public Act 91-911).
418	418	22 (b-10) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to
419	419	23 knowingly reside within 500 feet of a playground, child care
420	420	24 institution, day care center, part day child care facility,
421	421	25 day care home, group day care home, or a facility providing
422	422	26 programs or services exclusively directed toward persons under
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433	433	1 18 years of age. Nothing in this subsection (b-10) prohibits a
434	434	2 child sex offender from residing within 500 feet of a
435	435	3 playground or a facility providing programs or services
436	436	4 exclusively directed toward persons under 18 years of age if
437	437	5 the property is owned by the child sex offender and was
438	438	6 purchased before July 7, 2000. Nothing in this subsection
439	439	7 (b-10) prohibits a child sex offender from residing within 500
440	440	8 feet of a child care institution, day care center, or part day
441	441	9 child care facility if the property is owned by the child sex
442	442	10 offender and was purchased before June 26, 2006. Nothing in
443	443	11 this subsection (b-10) prohibits a child sex offender from
444	444	12 residing within 500 feet of a day care home or group day care
445	445	13 home if the property is owned by the child sex offender and was
446	446	14 purchased before August 14, 2008 (the effective date of Public
447	447	15 Act 95-821).
448	448	16 (b-15) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to
449	449	17 knowingly reside within 500 feet of the victim of the sex
450	450	18 offense. Nothing in this subsection (b-15) prohibits a child
451	451	19 sex offender from residing within 500 feet of the victim if the
452	452	20 property in which the child sex offender resides is owned by
453	453	21 the child sex offender and was purchased before August 22,
454	454	22 2002.
455	455	23 This subsection (b-15) does not apply if the victim of the
456	456	24 sex offense is 21 years of age or older.
457	457	25 (b-20) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to
458	458	26 knowingly communicate, other than for a lawful purpose under
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469	469	1 Illinois law, using the Internet or any other digital media,
470	470	2 with a person under 18 years of age or with a person whom he or
471	471	3 she believes to be a person under 18 years of age, unless the
472	472	4 offender is a parent or guardian of the person under 18 years
473	473	5 of age.
474	474	6 (c) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly
475	475	7 operate, manage, be employed by, volunteer at, be associated
476	476	8 with, or knowingly be present at any: (i) facility providing
477	477	9 programs, or services, or entertainment exclusively directed
478	478	10 toward persons under the age of 18; (ii) day care center; (iii)
479	479	11 part day child care facility; (iv) child care institution; (v)
480	480	12 school providing before and after school programs for children
481	481	13 under 18 years of age; (vi) day care home; or (vii) group day
482	482	14 care home. This does not prohibit a child sex offender from
483	483	15 owning the real property upon which the programs or services
484	484	16 are offered or upon which the day care center, part day child
485	485	17 care facility, child care institution, or school providing
486	486	18 before and after school programs for children under 18 years
487	487	19 of age is located, provided the child sex offender refrains
488	488	20 from being present on the premises for the hours during which:
489	489	21 (1) the programs or services are being offered or (2) the day
490	490	22 care center, part day child care facility, child care
491	491	23 institution, or school providing before and after school
492	492	24 programs for children under 18 years of age, day care home, or
493	493	25 group day care home is operated.
494	494	26 (c-2) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to
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505	505	1 participate in a holiday event involving children under 18
506	506	2 years of age, including but not limited to distributing candy
507	507	3 or other items to children on Halloween, wearing a Santa Claus
508	508	4 costume on or preceding Christmas, being employed as a
509	509	5 department store Santa Claus, or wearing an Easter Bunny
510	510	6 costume on or preceding Easter. For the purposes of this
511	511	7 subsection, child sex offender has the meaning as defined in
512	512	8 this Section, but does not include as a sex offense under
513	513	9 paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of this Section, the offense
514	514	10 under subsection (c) of Section 11-1.50 of this Code. This
515	515	11 subsection does not apply to a child sex offender who is a
516	516	12 parent or guardian of children under 18 years of age that are
517	517	13 present in the home and other non-familial minors are not
518	518	14 present.
519	519	15 (c-5) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly
520	520	16 operate, manage, be employed by, or be associated with any
521	521	17 carnival, amusement enterprise, or county or State fair when
522	522	18 persons under the age of 18 are present.
523	523	19 (c-6) It is unlawful for a child sex offender who owns and
524	524	20 resides at residential real estate to knowingly rent any
525	525	21 residential unit within the same building in which he or she
526	526	22 resides to a person who is the parent or guardian of a child or
527	527	23 children under 18 years of age. This subsection shall apply
528	528	24 only to leases or other rental arrangements entered into after
529	529	25 January 1, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 95-820).
530	530	26 (c-7) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly
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541	541	1 offer or provide any programs or services to persons under 18
542	542	2 years of age in his or her residence or the residence of
543	543	3 another or in any facility for the purpose of offering or
544	544	4 providing such programs or services, whether such programs or
545	545	5 services are offered or provided by contract, agreement,
546	546	6 arrangement, or on a volunteer basis.
547	547	7 (c-8) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly
548	548	8 operate, whether authorized to do so or not, any of the
549	549	9 following vehicles: (1) a vehicle which is specifically
550	550	10 designed, constructed or modified and equipped to be used for
551	551	11 the retail sale of food or beverages, including but not
552	552	12 limited to an ice cream truck; (2) an authorized emergency
553	553	13 vehicle; or (3) a rescue vehicle.
554	554	14 (d) Definitions. In this Section:
555	555	15 (1) "Child sex offender" means any person who:
556	556	16 (i) has been charged under Illinois law, or any
557	557	17 substantially similar federal law or law of another
558	558	18 state, with a sex offense set forth in paragraph (2) of
559	559	19 this subsection (d) or the attempt to commit an
560	560	20 included sex offense, and the victim is a person under
561	561	21 18 years of age at the time of the offense; and:
562	562	22 (A) is convicted of such offense or an attempt
563	563	23 to commit such offense; or
564	564	24 (B) is found not guilty by reason of insanity
565	565	25 of such offense or an attempt to commit such
566	566	26 offense; or
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577	577	1 (C) is found not guilty by reason of insanity
578	578	2 pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 104-25 of
579	579	3 the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 of such
580	580	4 offense or an attempt to commit such offense; or
581	581	5 (D) is the subject of a finding not resulting
582	582	6 in an acquittal at a hearing conducted pursuant to
583	583	7 subsection (a) of Section 104-25 of the Code of
584	584	8 Criminal Procedure of 1963 for the alleged
585	585	9 commission or attempted commission of such
586	586	10 offense; or
587	587	11 (E) is found not guilty by reason of insanity
588	588	12 following a hearing conducted pursuant to a
589	589	13 federal law or the law of another state
590	590	14 substantially similar to subsection (c) of Section
591	591	15 104-25 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
592	592	16 of such offense or of the attempted commission of
593	593	17 such offense; or
594	594	18 (F) is the subject of a finding not resulting
595	595	19 in an acquittal at a hearing conducted pursuant to
596	596	20 a federal law or the law of another state
597	597	21 substantially similar to subsection (a) of Section
598	598	22 104-25 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
599	599	23 for the alleged violation or attempted commission
600	600	24 of such offense; or
601	601	25 (ii) is certified as a sexually dangerous person
602	602	26 pursuant to the Illinois Sexually Dangerous Persons
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613	613	1 Act, or any substantially similar federal law or the
614	614	2 law of another state, when any conduct giving rise to
615	615	3 such certification is committed or attempted against a
616	616	4 person less than 18 years of age; or
617	617	5 (iii) is subject to the provisions of Section 2 of
618	618	6 the Interstate Agreements on Sexually Dangerous
619	619	7 Persons Act.
620	620	8 Convictions that result from or are connected with the
621	621	9 same act, or result from offenses committed at the same
622	622	10 time, shall be counted for the purpose of this Section as
623	623	11 one conviction. Any conviction set aside pursuant to law
624	624	12 is not a conviction for purposes of this Section.
625	625	13 (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2.5),
626	626	14 "sex offense" means:
627	627	15 (i) A violation of any of the following Sections
628	628	16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
629	629	17 2012: 10-4 (forcible detention), 10-7 (aiding or
630	630	18 abetting child abduction under Section 10-5(b)(10)),
631	631	19 10-5(b)(10) (child luring), 11-1.40 (predatory
632	632	20 criminal sexual assault of a child), 11-6 (indecent
633	633	21 solicitation of a child), 11-6.5 (indecent
634	634	22 solicitation of an adult), 11-9.1 (sexual exploitation
635	635	23 of a child), 11-9.2 (custodial sexual misconduct),
636	636	24 11-9.5 (sexual misconduct with a person with a
637	637	25 disability), 11-11 (sexual relations within families),
638	638	26 11-14.3(a)(1) (promoting prostitution by advancing
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649	649	1 prostitution), 11-14.3(a)(2)(A) (promoting
650	650	2 prostitution by profiting from prostitution by
651	651	3 compelling a person to be a prostitute),
652	652	4 11-14.3(a)(2)(C) (promoting prostitution by profiting
653	653	5 from prostitution by means other than as described in
654	654	6 subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) of
655	655	7 subsection (a) of Section 11-14.3), 11-14.4 (promoting
656	656	8 juvenile prostitution), 11-18.1 (patronizing a
657	657	9 juvenile prostitute), 11-20.1 (child pornography),
658	658	10 11-20.1B (aggravated child pornography), 11-21
659	659	11 (harmful material), 11-25 (grooming), 11-26 (traveling
660	660	12 to meet a minor or traveling to meet a child), 12-33
661	661	13 (ritualized abuse of a child), 11-20 (obscenity) (when
662	662	14 that offense was committed in any school, on real
663	663	15 property comprising any school, in any conveyance
664	664	16 owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport
665	665	17 students to or from school or a school related
666	666	18 activity, or in a public park), 11-30 (public
667	667	19 indecency) (when committed in a school, on real
668	668	20 property comprising a school, in any conveyance owned,
669	669	21 leased, or contracted by a school to transport
670	670	22 students to or from school or a school related
671	671	23 activity, or in a public park). An attempt to commit
672	672	24 any of these offenses.
673	673	25 (ii) A violation of any of the following Sections
674	674	26 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
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685	685	1 2012, when the victim is a person under 18 years of
686	686	2 age: 11-1.20 (criminal sexual assault), 11-1.30
687	687	3 (aggravated criminal sexual assault), 11-1.50
688	688	4 (criminal sexual abuse), 11-1.60 (aggravated criminal
689	689	5 sexual abuse). An attempt to commit any of these
690	690	6 offenses.
691	691	7 (iii) A violation of any of the following Sections
692	692	8 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
693	693	9 2012, when the victim is a person under 18 years of age
694	694	10 and the defendant is not a parent of the victim:
695	695	11 10-1 (kidnapping),
696	696	12 10-2 (aggravated kidnapping),
697	697	13 10-3 (unlawful restraint),
698	698	14 10-3.1 (aggravated unlawful restraint),
699	699	15 11-9.1(A) (permitting sexual abuse of a child).
700	700	16 An attempt to commit any of these offenses.
701	701	17 (iv) A violation of any former law of this State
702	702	18 substantially equivalent to any offense listed in
703	703	19 clause (2)(i) or (2)(ii) of subsection (d) of this
704	704	20 Section.
705	705	21 (2.5) For the purposes of subsections (b-5) and (b-10)
706	706	22 only, a sex offense means:
707	707	23 (i) A violation of any of the following Sections
708	708	24 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
709	709	25 2012:
710	710	26 10-5(b)(10) (child luring), 10-7 (aiding or
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721	721	1 abetting child abduction under Section 10-5(b)(10)),
722	722	2 11-1.40 (predatory criminal sexual assault of a
723	723	3 child), 11-6 (indecent solicitation of a child),
724	724	4 11-6.5 (indecent solicitation of an adult), 11-9.2
725	725	5 (custodial sexual misconduct), 11-9.5 (sexual
726	726	6 misconduct with a person with a disability), 11-11
727	727	7 (sexual relations within families), 11-14.3(a)(1)
728	728	8 (promoting prostitution by advancing prostitution),
729	729	9 11-14.3(a)(2)(A) (promoting prostitution by profiting
730	730	10 from prostitution by compelling a person to be a
731	731	11 prostitute), 11-14.3(a)(2)(C) (promoting prostitution
732	732	12 by profiting from prostitution by means other than as
733	733	13 described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph
734	734	14 (2) of subsection (a) of Section 11-14.3), 11-14.4
735	735	15 (promoting juvenile prostitution), 11-18.1
736	736	16 (patronizing a juvenile prostitute), 11-20.1 (child
737	737	17 pornography), 11-20.1B (aggravated child pornography),
738	738	18 11-25 (grooming), 11-26 (traveling to meet a minor or
739	739	19 traveling to meet a child), or 12-33 (ritualized abuse
740	740	20 of a child). An attempt to commit any of these
741	741	21 offenses.
742	742	22 (ii) A violation of any of the following Sections
743	743	23 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
744	744	24 2012, when the victim is a person under 18 years of
745	745	25 age: 11-1.20 (criminal sexual assault), 11-1.30
746	746	26 (aggravated criminal sexual assault), 11-1.60
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757	757	1 (aggravated criminal sexual abuse), and subsection (a)
758	758	2 of Section 11-1.50 (criminal sexual abuse). An attempt
759	759	3 to commit any of these offenses.
760	760	4 (iii) A violation of any of the following Sections
761	761	5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
762	762	6 2012, when the victim is a person under 18 years of age
763	763	7 and the defendant is not a parent of the victim:
764	764	8 10-1 (kidnapping),
765	765	9 10-2 (aggravated kidnapping),
766	766	10 10-3 (unlawful restraint),
767	767	11 10-3.1 (aggravated unlawful restraint),
768	768	12 11-9.1(A) (permitting sexual abuse of a child).
769	769	13 An attempt to commit any of these offenses.
770	770	14 (iv) A violation of any former law of this State
771	771	15 substantially equivalent to any offense listed in this
772	772	16 paragraph (2.5) of this subsection.
773	773	17 (3) A conviction for an offense of federal law or the
774	774	18 law of another state that is substantially equivalent to
775	775	19 any offense listed in paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of
776	776	20 this Section shall constitute a conviction for the purpose
777	777	21 of this Section. A finding or adjudication as a sexually
778	778	22 dangerous person under any federal law or law of another
779	779	23 state that is substantially equivalent to the Sexually
780	780	24 Dangerous Persons Act shall constitute an adjudication for
781	781	25 the purposes of this Section.
782	782	26 (4) "Authorized emergency vehicle", "rescue vehicle",
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793	793	1 and "vehicle" have the meanings ascribed to them in
794	794	2 Sections 1-105, 1-171.8 and 1-217, respectively, of the
795	795	3 Illinois Vehicle Code.
796	796	4 (5) "Child care institution" has the meaning ascribed
797	797	5 to it in Section 2.06 of the Child Care Act of 1969.
798	798	6 (6) "Day care center" has the meaning ascribed to it
799	799	7 in Section 2.09 of the Child Care Act of 1969.
800	800	8 (7) "Day care home" has the meaning ascribed to it in
801	801	9 Section 2.18 of the Child Care Act of 1969.
802	802	10 (8) "Facility providing programs or services directed
803	803	11 towards persons under the age of 18" means any facility
804	804	12 providing programs or services exclusively directed
805	805	13 towards persons under the age of 18.
806	806	14 (9) "Group day care home" has the meaning ascribed to
807	807	15 it in Section 2.20 of the Child Care Act of 1969.
808	808	16 (10) "Internet" has the meaning set forth in Section
809	809	17 16-0.1 of this Code.
810	810	18 (11) "Loiter" means:
811	811	19 (i) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the
812	812	20 person is in a vehicle, or remaining in or around
813	813	21 school or public park property.
814	814	22 (ii) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the
815	815	23 person is in a vehicle, or remaining in or around
816	816	24 school or public park property, for the purpose of
817	817	25 committing or attempting to commit a sex offense.
818	818	26 (iii) Entering or remaining in a building in or
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829	829	1 around school property, other than the offender's
830	830	2 residence.
831	831	3 (12) "Part day child care facility" has the meaning
832	832	4 ascribed to it in Section 2.10 of the Child Care Act of
833	833	5 1969.
834	834	6 (13) "Playground" means a piece of land owned or
835	835	7 controlled by a unit of local government that is
836	836	8 designated by the unit of local government for use solely
837	837	9 or primarily for children's recreation.
838	838	10 (14) "Public park" includes a park, forest preserve,
839	839	11 bikeway, trail, or conservation area under the
840	840	12 jurisdiction of the State or a unit of local government.
841	841	13 (15) "School" means a public or private preschool or
842	842	14 elementary or secondary school.
843	843	15 (16) "School official" means the principal, a teacher,
844	844	16 or any other certified employee of the school, the
845	845	17 superintendent of schools or a member of the school board.
846	846	18 (e) For the purposes of this Section, the 500 feet
847	847	19 distance shall be measured from: (1) the edge of the property
848	848	20 of the school building or the real property comprising the
849	849	21 school that is closest to the edge of the property of the child
850	850	22 sex offender's residence or where he or she is loitering, and
851	851	23 (2) the edge of the property comprising the public park
852	852	24 building or the real property comprising the public park,
853	853	25 playground, child care institution, day care center, part day
854	854	26 child care facility, or facility providing programs or
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865	865	1 services exclusively directed toward persons under 18 years of
866	866	2 age, or a victim of the sex offense who is under 21 years of
867	867	3 age, to the edge of the child sex offender's place of residence
868	868	4 or place where he or she is loitering.
869	869	5 (f) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is guilty
870	870	6 of a Class 4 felony.
871	871	7 (Source: P.A. 102-997, eff. 1-1-23.)
872	872	8 (720 ILCS 5/11-25)
873	873	9 Sec. 11-25. Grooming.
874	874	10 (a) A person commits grooming when he or she knowingly
875	875	11 uses a computer on-line service, Internet service, local
876	876	12 bulletin board service, or any other device capable of
877	877	13 electronic data storage or transmission, performs an act in
878	878	14 person or by conduct through a third party, or uses written
879	879	15 communication to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, or attempt
880	880	16 to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, a child, a child's
881	881	17 guardian, or another person believed by the person to be a
882	882	18 child or a child's guardian, to commit any sex offense as
883	883	19 defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act, to
884	884	20 distribute photographs depicting the sex organs of the child,
885	885	21 or to otherwise engage in any unlawful sexual conduct with a
886	886	22 child or with another person believed by the person to be a
887	887	23 child. As used in this Section, "child" means a person under 17
888	888	24 years of age.
889	889	25 (a-5) Prohibition of plea bargains.
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