HB0637 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

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.