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Summary
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who is convicted of obscene depiction of a purported child is ineligible to receive a school bus driver permit. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that "child pornography" includes the depiction of a part of an actual child under 18 who by manipulation, creation, or modification, appears to be engaged in sexual activity. Creates the offenses of obscene depiction of a purported child and non-consensual dissemination of sexually explicit digitized depictions. Defines offenses and provides criminal penalties for violations. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides for the forfeiture to the State: (1) of any profits or proceeds and any property the person has acquired or maintained in violation of those offenses; (2) any interest in, securities of, claim against, or property or contractual right of any kind affording a source of influence over any enterprise that the person has established, operated, controlled, or conducted in violation of those offenses; and (3) any computer that contains an obscene depiction of a purported child. Amends the Bill of Rights for Children. Provides that under certain conditions, the parent or legal guardian of a child who is the victim of obscene depiction of a purported child may make a victim's impact statement on the impact which the defendant's criminal conduct or the juvenile's delinquent conduct has had upon the child. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a period of probation, a term of periodic imprisonment, or conditional discharge shall not be imposed for specified violations of the offense of obscene depiction of a purported child. Provides for enhanced penalties for specified violations of obscene depiction of a purported child. Provides that the court shall impose a consecutive sentence when the defendant is convicted of specified violations of the offense of obscene depiction of a purported child. Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act to provide that a person convicted of obscene depiction of a purported child must register as a sex offender.
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Aug 2024
Introduced Apr 19, 2024
Signed Aug 9, 2024
Floor votes · House Apr 18, 2024
How they voted
112–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 117
Apr 18, 2024
D
Democratic77
93% Yea
R
Republican40
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
100
Key actions
11
Committee
8
Amendments
6
Aug 9, 2024
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
lower
Apr 19, 2024
Committee
Referred to Assignments
lower
Apr 19, 2024
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
lower
Apr 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000
lower
Apr 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted
lower
Apr 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
lower
Apr 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000
lower
Apr 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000
lower
Apr 10, 2024
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 10, 2024
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
lower
Apr 4, 2024
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 4, 2024
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
lower
Apr 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 013-000-000
lower
Apr 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Criminal Committee; by Voice Vote
lower
Mar 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
lower
Mar 18, 2024
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 18, 2024
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
lower
2 primary · 94 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jen Gong-Gershowitz
DDemocratic
P
Mary Edly-Allen
DDemocratic
Co
Abdelnasser Rashid
DDemocratic
Co
Adriane Johnson
DDemocratic
Co
Amy Grant
RRepublican
Co
Andrew Chesney
RRepublican
Co
Ann Williams
DDemocratic
Co
Anne Stava
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Cunningham
DDemocratic
Co
Bob Morgan
DDemocratic
Co
Bob Rita
DDemocratic
Co
Brad Fritts
RRepublican
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