HB4860 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4860

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Michael T. Marron

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/31-5.5 new

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a public officer or public employee commits failure to report a sex offense when he or she knows or has reason to know that a sex offense has been committed and knowingly fails to report to a law enforcement agency or peace officer the commission of that offense and the name, address, and description of the alleged offender, if known. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor for a first violation and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent violation.

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding Section 31-5.5 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/31-5.5 new)

Sec. 31-5.5. Failure to report a sex offense.

(a) In this Section, "sex offense" means any offense listed in Article 11 of this Code.

(b) A public officer or public employee commits failure to report a sex offense when he or she knows or has reason to know that a sex offense has been committed and knowingly fails to report to a law enforcement agency or peace officer the commission of that offense and the name, address, and description of the alleged offender, if known.

(c) Sentence. Failure to report a sex offense is a Class A misdemeanor for a first violation and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent violation.