Bill Text: IL HB0637 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
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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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 11-9.6 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/11-9.6 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 11-9.6. Sex offender; nursing home visits prohibited. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | "Nursing home" means a facility defined in Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 1-113 of the Nursing Home Care Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | "Sex offense" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | (b) Offense. A person convicted of a sex offense may not | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | visit a nursing home. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | (c) Sentence. A person convicted of a sex offense who | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | violates subsection (b) of this Section is guilty of a Class A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | second or subsequent offense.
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