Public Act 0919 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB5290 Enrolled LRB098 17830 RLC 52954 b

Public Act 098-0919

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 changing Section 11-25 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/11-25)

Sec. 11-25. Grooming.

(a) A person commits the offense of grooming when he or she knowingly uses a computer on-line service, Internet service, local bulletin board service, or any other device capable of electronic data storage or transmission to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, or attempt to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, a child, a child's guardian, or another person believed by the person to be a child or a child's guardian, to commit any sex offense as defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act, to distribute photographs depicting the sex organs of the child, or to otherwise engage in any unlawful sexual conduct with a child or with another person believed by the person to be a child.

(b) Sentence. Grooming is a Class 4 felony.

(Source: P.A. 95-901, eff. 1-1-09.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2015