Senate Sponsors: O'MALLEY. Short description: CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Sex Offender Management Board Act, Criminal Code of 1961, the Unified Code of Corrections, and the Sex Offender Registration Act. Creates the offense of illegal solicitation of a child. Provides that a person commits the offense of illegal solicitation of a child when he or she intentionally solicits, lures, or attempts to solicit or lure a child under 18 years of age to any location without the consent of the parent or lawful custodian of the child for other than a lawful purpose or intentionally contacts or communicates with, or attempts to contact or communicate with a child, for the purpose of engaging in an unlawful act with the child. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony for a first offense and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Changes the elements of the offense relating to distributing harmful material for a child. Makes it child pornography to solicit, persuade, induce, entice, seduce, or coerce a child under 18 years of age to pose for a photograph, videotape, or a digital image in any posture or setting that could be construed as child erotica. Defines "child erotica" as a photograph, videotape, or a digital image in which the focus or the concentration of the photograph, videotape, or digital image is the lewd or lascivious depiction or exhibition of the child's clothed or unclothed genitals, the child's pubic area or if the child is a female, the child's fully or partially developed breast exposed or through transparent clothing. Provides that a violation of this provision is a Class 3 felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. Provides that a person who uses a computer to knowingly distribute to, or sends or causes to be sent to, or exhibits to, or offers to distribute or exhibit any harmful material to a child, is guilty of a Class 4 felony (rather than a Class A misdemeanor). Prohibits a child sex offender from conducting or operating any type of business in which he or she photographs, videotapes, or takes a digital image of a child or sells or offers for sale those photographs or images or instructs others to take those photographs or images; or entices, arranges, or transports a child to pose for such photographs or images. Provides that a violation is a Class 2 felony. Effective immediately. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status