Date	Chamber	Action
8/15/2014	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0919

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

720 ILCS 5/11-25

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the statute concerning grooming, defines "child" as a person under 18 years of age. Provides that the penalty for grooming is a Class 3 (rather than a Class 4) felony if the child is 14 years of age or older or if the person believed by the offender to be a child purports to be 14 years of age or older. Provides that grooming is a Class 2 felony if the child is under 14 years of age or if the person believed by the offender to be a child purports to be under 14 years of age.

House Committee Amendment No. 1
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the statute concerning grooming, includes that the offense also consists of knowingly using a computer on-line service, Internet service, local bulletin board service, or any other device capable of electronic data storage or transmission to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, or attempt to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, a child, a child's guardian, or another person believed by the person to be a child or a child's guardian, to distribute photographs depicting the sex organs of the child. Increases the penalty for grooming from a Class 4 felony to a Class 2 felony.

House Committee Amendment No. 2
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the statute concerning grooming, includes that the offense also consists of knowingly using a computer on-line service, Internet service, local bulletin board service, or any other device capable of electronic data storage or transmission to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, or attempt to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, a child, a child's guardian, or another person believed by the person to be a child or a child's guardian, to distribute photographs depicting the sex organs of the child.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/6/2014	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks
2/7/2014	House	First Reading
2/7/2014	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/13/2014	House	Assigned to Judiciary
3/13/2014	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks
3/13/2014	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/19/2014	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
3/25/2014	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks
3/25/2014	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
3/26/2014	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary
3/26/2014	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary; by Voice Vote
3/26/2014	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Judiciary; by Voice Vote
3/26/2014	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary; 016-000-000
3/27/2014	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
4/4/2014	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/4/2014	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/8/2014	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000
4/8/2014	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/8/2014	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2014
4/8/2014	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
4/9/2014	Senate	First Reading
4/9/2014	Senate	Referred to Assignments
5/7/2014	Senate	Assigned to Criminal Law
5/14/2014	Senate	Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000
5/14/2014	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2014
5/15/2014	Senate	Second Reading
5/15/2014	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2014
5/21/2014	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000
5/21/2014	House	Passed Both Houses
6/19/2014	House	Sent to the Governor
8/15/2014	House	Governor Approved
8/15/2014	House	Effective Date January 1, 2015
8/15/2014	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0919

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