Bill Text: IL HB0637 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person convicted of a sex offense may not visit a nursing home. Provides that a first offense is a Class A misdemeanor and a second or subsequent offense is a Class 4 felony.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-24 - Tabled By Sponsor Rep. William B. Black [HB0637 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB0637-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB0637 Introduced 2/6/2009, by Rep. William B. Black SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/11-9.6 new
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person convicted of a sex offense may not visit a nursing home. Provides that a first offense is a Class A misdemeanor and a second or subsequent offense is a Class 4 felony.
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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 1961 is amended by adding
Section 11-9.6 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/11-9.6 new)
Sec. 11-9.6. Sex offender; nursing home visits prohibited.
(a) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:
"Nursing home" means a facility defined in Section
1-113 of the Nursing Home Care Act.
"Sex offense" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act.
(b) Offense. A person convicted of a sex offense may not
visit a nursing home.
(c) Sentence. A person convicted of a sex offense who
violates subsection (b) of this Section is guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a
second or subsequent offense.