97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2537

 

Introduced 11/29/2011, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/12-21.6-1 new

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a parent, legal guardian, or caretaker of a child in his or her care who is 12 years of age or younger commits a Class 3 felony when he or she fails to notify a law enforcement agency in a timely manner of the child's disappearance and: (1) knows that the child is missing; and (2) knows or reasonably should know that the child is potentially in danger of death or serious injury. Provides that it is the duty of a parent, legal guardian, or caretaker of a minor child who becomes aware of the death of the minor child occurring under specified circumstances to report such death and circumstances forthwith to the county medical examiner or county coroner in the county where the parent, caretaker, or guardian believes the death of the minor child is most likely to have occurred. Provides that any such parent, legal guardian, or caretaker who knowingly fails or refuses to report such death and circumstances, who refuses to make available prior medical or other information pertinent to the death investigation, or who, without an order from the office of the county medical examiner or county coroner, willfully touches, removes, or disturbs the body, clothing, or any other thing on or near the body with the intent to alter the evidence or circumstances surrounding the death commits a Class 3 felony. Effective immediately.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law, which may be referred to as
2Caylee's law.
 
3    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4represented in the General Assembly:
 
5    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding
6Section 12-21.6-1 as follows:
 
7    (720 ILCS 5/12-21.6-1 new)
8    Sec. 12-21.6-1. Death or disappearance of child; report to
9law enforcement and medical examiner or coroner.
10    (a) A parent, legal guardian, or caretaker of a child in
11his or her care who is 12 years of age or younger commits a
12Class 3 felony when he or she fails to notify a law enforcement
13agency in a timely manner of the child's disappearance and:
14        (1) knows that the child is missing; and
15        (2) knows or reasonably should know that the child is
16    potentially in danger of death or serious injury.
17    (b) It is the duty of a parent, legal guardian, or
18caretaker of a minor child who becomes aware of the death of
19the minor child occurring under the circumstances described in
20Section 3-3013 of the Counties Code to report such death and
21circumstances forthwith to the county medical examiner or
22county coroner in the county where the parent, caretaker, or
23guardian believes the death of the minor child is most likely

 

 

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1to have occurred. Any such parent, legal guardian, or caretaker
2who knowingly fails or refuses to report such death and
3circumstances, who refuses to make available prior medical or
4other information pertinent to the death investigation, or who,
5without an order from the office of the county medical examiner
6or county coroner, willfully touches, removes, or disturbs the
7body, clothing, or any other thing on or near the body with the
8intent to alter the evidence or circumstances surrounding the
9death commits a Class 3 felony.
10    (c) A parent, legal guardian, or caretaker of a minor child
11who provides intentionally false or misleading information to
12authorities during the investigation of the missing,
13potentially missing, or minor child found to be missing whose
14false or misleading information misdirects or prolongs the
15investigation commits a Class 3 felony. In addition to any such
16punishment, a person convicted of a violation of this
17subsection (c) shall provide restitution for all costs of the
18missing child investigation and prosecution for offenses
19committed related thereto regardless of whether the person who
20violated this subsection is convicted of any additional
21offenses related to the missing child or the investigation.
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.