Senate Sponsors: PARKER-JACOBS-BOWLES-BERMAN. House Sponsors: SCHOENBERG-SCOTT-GASH-REITZ-FRANKS Short description: CD CORR-AGGRAVATION-DAY CARE Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that it is an aggravating factor in sentencing that a defendant committed, regard- less of the time of day or time of year, in a day care center, on the real property of a day care center, or on a public way within 1,000 feet of a day care center: the offense of kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping, child abduction, soliciting for a juvenile prostitute, keeping a place of juvenile prostitution, patronizing a juvenile prostitute, juvenile pimping, exploitation of a child, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, heinous battery, aggravated battery with a firearm, aggravated battery of a child, intimidation, compelling organization membership of persons, criminal sexual assault, aggrava- ted criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, armed robbery, or armed violence. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Provides that the aggravating factors in sentencing include the commission of the specified offenses on the real property of a day care center or on a public way within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising a day care center regardless of the time of day or time of year. Deletes provision that requires the day care center to display a sign in plain view stating that the property is a State certified and licensed day care center. Requires that the sign need only state that the property is a day care center. FISCAL NOTE (Dept. of Corrections) The fiscal and corrections impact is minimal. CORRECTIONAL NOTE (Dept. of Corrections) Same as DOC fiscal note. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0268 Last action date: 99-07-23 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status