97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3799
 
Introduced 10/5/2011, by Rep. Karen May - Rita Mayfield - Lisa M. Dugan - Keith Farnham - Carol A. Sente, et al.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
720 ILCS 5/10-10 new

     Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of failure to report the disappearance of a child to a law enforcement agency.  Provides that a person commits the offense  when he or
she, as a parent, guardian, or other person having physical custody or control
of a child under  13 years of age, willfully or by culpable negligence fails to make contact with or otherwise verify the whereabouts and safety of that child for a period of 24 hours and to immediately report the child as missing to a law enforcement agency after this 24-hour period expires without contact.  Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony.
  


LRB097 12538 RLC 57022 b

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A BILL FOR
 

  
HB3799LRB097 12538 RLC 57022 b


  
1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by adding 
5Section 10-10  as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/10-10 new)
7    Sec. 10-10. Failure to report the disappearance of a child 
8to a law enforcement agency.
9    (a)  A person commits the offense of failure to report the 
10disappearance of a child to a law enforcement agency when he or

11she, as a parent, guardian, or other person having physical 
12custody or control
of a child under  13 years of age, willfully 
13or by culpable negligence fails to make contact with or 
14otherwise verify the whereabouts and safety of that child for a 
15period of 24 hours and to immediately report the child as 
16missing to a law enforcement agency after this 24-hour period 
17expires without contact.
18    (b)  Sentence.  Failure to report the disappearance of a 
19child to a law enforcement agency is a Class 4 felony.