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HB2267 Engrossed LRB093 10227 RLC 10481 b
1 AN ACT in relation to 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 17-26 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/17-26 new)
7 Sec. 17-26. Paternity fraud.
8 (a) A person commits the offense of paternity fraud
9 when:
10 (1) he or she knowingly alleges that a person is
11 the biological father of a child; and
12 (2) he or she knows, at the time that he or she
13 makes the allegation, that the allegation: (A) is false
14 and (B) may result in the person alleged to be the
15 biological father of a child being erroneously
16 adjudicated as the father of a child.
17 (b) Sentence. Paternity fraud is a Class A misdemeanor.