SB2537eng 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB2537 Engrossed LRB097 14538 RLC 59393 b

AN ACT concerning criminal law, which may be referred to as Caylee's law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding Section 12-21.6-1 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/12-21.6-1 new)

Sec. 12-21.6-1. Failure to report disappearance of a child; failure to report death of a child.

(a) A parent, legal guardian, or other person having physical custody or control of a child, who is 13 years of age or younger, commits failure to report the disappearance of a child when he or she fails to notify the appropriate law enforcement agency in a timely manner, no later than 24 hours, of the child's disappearance; and

(1) knows that the child is missing; or

(2) reasonably should know that the child is missing.

(a-5) Sentence. Failure to report the disappearance of a child is a Class 4 felony.

(b) A parent, legal guardian, or other person having physical custody or control of a child, 17 years of age or younger, commits failure to report the death of a child when he or she discovers the death of a child and knows or reasonably should know that the death of the child occurred under the following circumstances and fails to notify the appropriate law enforcement agency, in the jurisdiction where the death occurred or where the death was discovered, in a timely manner, no later than 12 hours, of that discovery:

(1) a sudden or violent death, whether apparently suicidal, homicidal, or accidental; or

(2) a death where the decedent was not attended by a licensed physician.

(b-5) Sentence. Failure to report the death of a child is a Class 4 felony.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.