Bill Text: IL HB4860 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a public officer or public employee commits failure to report a sex offense when he or she knows or has reason to know that a sex offense has been committed and knowingly fails to report to a law enforcement agency or peace officer the commission of that offense and the name, address, and description of the alleged offender, if known. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor for a first violation and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent violation.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4860 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4860-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB4860 Introduced , by Rep. Michael T. Marron SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/31-5.5 new
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a public officer or public employee commits failure to report a sex offense when he or she knows or has reason to know that a sex offense has been committed and knowingly fails to report to a law enforcement agency or peace officer the commission of that offense and the name, address, and description of the alleged offender, if known. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor for a first violation and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent violation.
LRB101 17530 RLC 69149 b
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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 adding
Section 31-5.5 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/31-5.5 new)
Sec. 31-5.5. Failure to report a sex offense.
(a) In this Section, "sex offense" means any offense listed
in Article 11 of this Code.
(b) A public officer or public employee commits failure to
report a sex offense when he or she knows or has reason to know
that a sex offense has been committed and knowingly fails to
report to a law enforcement agency or peace officer the
commission of that offense and the name, address, and
description of the alleged offender, if known.
(c) Sentence. Failure to report a sex offense is a Class A
misdemeanor for a first violation and a Class 4 felony for a
second or subsequent violation.