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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes it unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly be present in or loiter on a public way within 500 feet of any publicly accessible privately owned building with playground or recreation facilities or on real property comprising any publicly accessible privately owned building with playground or recreation facilities. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes amendatory changes to subsection that makes it unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly loiter on a public way within 500 feet of a publicly accessible privately owned building with playground or recreation facility or real property comprising a publicly accessible privately owned building with playground or recreation facility while persons under the age of 18 are present in the building or on the grounds and to approach, contact, or communicate with a child under 18 years of age, unless the offender is a parent or guardian of a person under 18 years of age present in the building or on the grounds.
House Floor Amendment No. 4 Changes new language to provide that it is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly be present in a playground or recreation area within any publicly accessible privately owned building (rather than a publicly accessible privately owned building with playground or recreation facilities).
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