96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0637

 

Introduced 2/6/2009, by Rep. William B. Black

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/11-9.6 new

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person convicted of a sex offense may not visit a nursing home. Provides that a first offense is a Class A misdemeanor and a second or subsequent offense is a Class 4 felony.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB0637 LRB096 03041 RLC 13056 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 1961 is amended by adding
5 Section 11-9.6 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/11-9.6 new)
7     Sec. 11-9.6. Sex offender; nursing home visits prohibited.
8     (a) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:
9         "Nursing home" means a facility defined in Section
10     1-113 of the Nursing Home Care Act.
11         "Sex offense" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
12     2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act.
13     (b) Offense. A person convicted of a sex offense may not
14 visit a nursing home.
15     (c) Sentence. A person convicted of a sex offense who
16 violates subsection (b) of this Section is guilty of a Class A
17 misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a
18 second or subsequent offense.