Bill Text: IL HB4306 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In regards to the offenses of criminal sexual abuse and aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving victims under 17 years of age, provides that the following factors do not serve independently as a defense: (1) a statement by the victim that he or she is 17 years of age or over; (2) the presence of the victim on a social media platform that requires participants to be 17 years of age or over; or (3) attendance of the victim in an educational activity such as a high school trade program or community college class that would generally be attended only by someone 17 years of age or over.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4306 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4306-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4306 Introduced , by Rep. Paul Jacobs SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/11-1.70 was 720 ILCS 5/12-17
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In regards to the offenses of criminal sexual abuse and aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving victims under 17 years of age, provides that the following factors do not serve independently as a defense: (1) a statement by the victim that he or she is 17 years of age or over; (2) the presence of the victim on a social media platform that requires participants to be 17 years of age or over; or (3) attendance of the victim in an educational activity such as a high school trade program or community college class that would generally be attended only by someone 17 years of age or over.
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A BILL FOR
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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 2012 is amended by
changing Section 11-1.70 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/11-1.70) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-17)
Sec. 11-1.70. Defenses with respect to offenses described
in Sections 11-1.20 through 11-1.60; certain factors not an
independent defense to a reasonable belief that the victim was
17 years of age or over.
(a) It shall be a defense to any offense under Section
11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, or 11-1.60 of this Code
where force or threat of force is an element of the offense
that the victim consented.
(b) It shall be a defense under subsection (b) and
subsection (c) of Section 11-1.50 and subsection (d) of
Section 11-1.60 of this Code that the accused reasonably
believed the person to be 17 years of age or over. The
following factors do not serve independently as a defense:
(1) a statement by the victim that he or she is 17
years of age or over;
(2) the presence of the victim on a social media
platform that requires participants to be 17 years of age

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