SB1618sam001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

Filed: 4/10/2013

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1618

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1618 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is amended by adding Section 4.03 as follows:

(325 ILCS 5/4.03 new)

Sec. 4.03. Reporting acts of sexual abuse against a minor.

(a) For the purposes of this Section:

"Minor" means any person under the age of 18.

"Sexual abuse" means criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, or sexual exploitation of a child as defined in subsection (a-5) of Section 11-9.l of the Criminal Code of 2012.

(b) Any person over the age of 18 who witnesses the commission of an act that he or she reasonably believes to be an act of sexual abuse against a minor and who willfully fails to report the act to local law enforcement is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first violation and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent violation.".