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CRIMINAL OFFENSES
(720 ILCS 5/) Criminal Code of 2012.

720 ILCS 5/11-12

    (720 ILCS 5/11-12) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-12)
    (This Section was renumbered as Section 11-45 by P.A. 96-1551.)
    Sec. 11-12. (Renumbered).
(Source: P.A. 81-230. Renumbered by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/11-13

    (720 ILCS 5/11-13) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-13)
    Sec. 11-13. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 77-2638. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Subdiv. 15

 
    (720 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Subdiv. 15 heading)
SUBDIVISION 15. PROSTITUTION OFFENSES
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/11-14

    (720 ILCS 5/11-14) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-14)
    Sec. 11-14. Prostitution.
    (a) Any person who knowingly performs, offers or agrees to perform any act of sexual penetration as defined in Section 11-0.1 of this Code for anything of value, or any touching or fondling of the sex organs of one person by another person, for anything of value, for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification commits an act of prostitution.
    (b) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
    (c) (Blank).
    (c-5) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this Section that the accused engaged in or performed prostitution as a result of being a victim of involuntary servitude or trafficking in persons as defined in Section 10-9 of this Code.
    (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if it is determined, after a reasonable detention for investigative purposes, that a person suspected of or charged with a violation of this Section is a person under the age of 18, that person shall be immune from prosecution for a prostitution offense under this Section, and shall be subject to the temporary protective custody provisions of Sections 2-5 and 2-6 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2-6 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, a law enforcement officer who takes a person under 18 years of age into custody under this Section shall immediately report an allegation of a violation of Section 10-9 of this Code to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services State Central Register, which shall commence an initial investigation into child abuse or child neglect within 24 hours pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-164, eff. 1-1-14; 98-538, eff. 8-23-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-109, eff. 7-22-15.)

720 ILCS 5/11-14.1

    (720 ILCS 5/11-14.1)
    Sec. 11-14.1. Solicitation of a sexual act.
    (a) Any person who offers a person not his or her spouse any money, property, token, object, or article or anything of value for that person or any other person not his or her spouse to perform any act of sexual penetration as defined in Section 11-0.1 of this Code, or any touching or fondling of the sex organs of one person by another person for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification, commits solicitation of a sexual act.
    (b) Sentence. Solicitation of a sexual act is a Class A misdemeanor. Solicitation of a sexual act from a person who is under the age of 18 or who is a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability is a Class 4 felony. If the court imposes a fine under this subsection (b), it shall be collected and distributed to the Specialized Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking Fund in accordance with Section 5-9-1.21 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
    (b-5) (Blank).
    (c) This Section does not apply to a person engaged in prostitution who is under 18 years of age.
    (d) A person cannot be convicted under this Section if the practice of prostitution underlying the offense consists exclusively of the accused's own acts of prostitution under Section 11-14 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 102-939, eff. 1-1-23.)

720 ILCS 5/11-14.2

    (720 ILCS 5/11-14.2)
    Sec. 11-14.2. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 96-1464, eff. 8-20-10. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/11-14.3

    (720 ILCS 5/11-14.3)
    Sec. 11-14.3. Promoting prostitution.
    (a) Any person who knowingly performs any of the following acts commits promoting prostitution:
        (1) advances prostitution as defined in Section
    
11-0.1;
        (2) profits from prostitution by:
            (A) compelling a person to become a prostitute;
            (B) arranging or offering to arrange a situation
        
in which a person may practice prostitution; or
            (C) any means other than those described in
        
subparagraph (A) or (B), including from a person who patronizes a prostitute. This paragraph (C) does not apply to a person engaged in prostitution who is under 18 years of age. A person cannot be convicted of promoting prostitution under this paragraph (C) if the practice of prostitution underlying the offense consists exclusively of the accused's own acts of prostitution under Section 11-14 of this Code.
    (b) Sentence.
        (1) A violation of subdivision (a)(1) is a Class 4
    
felony, unless committed within 1,000 feet of real property comprising a school, in which case it is a Class 3 felony. A second or subsequent violation of subdivision (a)(1), or any combination of convictions under subdivision (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) and Section 11-14 (prostitution), 11-14.1 (solicitation of a sexual act), 11-14.4 (promoting juvenile prostitution), 11-15 (soliciting for a prostitute), 11-15.1 (soliciting for a juvenile prostitute), 11-16 (pandering), 11-17 (keeping a place of prostitution), 11-17.1 (keeping a place of juvenile prostitution), 11-18 (patronizing a prostitute), 11-18.1 (patronizing a juvenile prostitute), 11-19 (pimping), 11-19.1 (juvenile pimping or aggravated juvenile pimping), or 11-19.2 (exploitation of a child), is a Class 3 felony.
        (2) A violation of subdivision (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B)
    
is a Class 4 felony, unless committed within 1,000 feet of real property comprising a school, in which case it is a Class 3 felony.
        (3) A violation of subdivision (a)(2)(C) is a Class 4
    
felony, unless committed within 1,000 feet of real property comprising a school, in which case it is a Class 3 felony. A second or subsequent violation of subdivision (a)(2)(C), or any combination of convictions under subdivision (a)(2)(C) and subdivision (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or (a)(2)(B) of this Section (promoting prostitution), 11-14 (prostitution), 11-14.1 (solicitation of a sexual act), 11-14.4 (promoting juvenile prostitution), 11-15 (soliciting for a prostitute), 11-15.1 (soliciting for a juvenile prostitute), 11-16 (pandering), 11-17 (keeping a place of prostitution), 11-17.1 (keeping a place of juvenile prostitution), 11-18 (patronizing a prostitute), 11-18.1 (patronizing a juvenile prostitute), 11-19 (pimping), 11-19.1 (juvenile pimping or aggravated juvenile pimping), or 11-19.2 (exploitation of a child), is a Class 3 felony.
    If the court imposes a fine under this subsection (b), it shall be collected and distributed to the Specialized Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking Fund in accordance with Section 5-9-1.21 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
(Source: P.A. 98-1013, eff. 1-1-15.)

720 ILCS 5/11-14.4

    (720 ILCS 5/11-14.4)
    Sec. 11-14.4. Promoting juvenile prostitution.
    (a) Any person who knowingly performs any of the following acts commits promoting juvenile prostitution:
        (1) advances prostitution as defined in Section
    
11-0.1, where the minor engaged in prostitution, or any person engaged in prostitution in the place, is under 18 years of age or is a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability at the time of the offense;
        (2) profits from prostitution by any means where the
    
prostituted person is under 18 years of age or is a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability at the time of the offense;
        (3) profits from prostitution by any means where the
    
prostituted person is under 13 years of age at the time of the offense;
        (4) confines a child under the age of 18 or a person
    
with a severe or profound intellectual disability against his or her will by the infliction or threat of imminent infliction of great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement or by administering to the child or the person with a severe or profound intellectual disability, without his or her consent or by threat or deception and for other than medical purposes, any alcoholic intoxicant or a drug as defined in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or the Cannabis Control Act or methamphetamine as defined in the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act and:
            (A) compels the child or the person with a severe
        
or profound intellectual disability to engage in prostitution;
            (B) arranges a situation in which the child or
        
the person with a severe or profound intellectual disability may practice prostitution; or
            (C) profits from prostitution by the child or the
        
person with a severe or profound intellectual disability.
    (b) For purposes of this Section, administering drugs, as defined in subdivision (a)(4), or an alcoholic intoxicant to a child under the age of 13 or a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability shall be deemed to be without consent if the administering is done without the consent of the parents or legal guardian or if the administering is performed by the parents or legal guardian for other than medical purposes.
    (c) If the accused did not have a reasonable opportunity to observe the prostituted person, it is an affirmative defense to a charge of promoting juvenile prostitution, except for a charge under subdivision (a)(4), that the accused reasonably believed the person was of the age of 18 years or over or was not a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability at the time of the act giving rise to the charge.
    (d) Sentence. A violation of subdivision (a)(1) is a Class 1 felony, unless committed within 1,000 feet of real property comprising a school, in which case it is a Class X felony. A violation of subdivision (a)(2) is a Class 1 felony. A violation of subdivision (a)(3) is a Class X felony. A violation of subdivision (a)(4) is a Class X felony, for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more than 60 years. A second or subsequent violation of subdivision (a)(1), (a)(2), or (a)(3), or any combination of convictions under subdivision (a)(1), (a)(2), or (a)(3) and Sections 11-14 (prostitution), 11-14.1 (solicitation of a sexual act), 11-14.3 (promoting prostitution), 11-15 (soliciting for a prostitute), 11-15.1 (soliciting for a juvenile prostitute), 11-16 (pandering), 11-17 (keeping a place of prostitution), 11-17.1 (keeping a place of juvenile prostitution), 11-18 (patronizing a prostitute), 11-18.1 (patronizing a juvenile prostitute), 11-19 (pimping), 11-19.1 (juvenile pimping or aggravated juvenile pimping), or 11-19.2 (exploitation of a child) of this Code, is a Class X felony.
    (e) Forfeiture. Any person convicted of a violation of this Section that involves promoting juvenile prostitution by keeping a place of juvenile prostitution or convicted of a violation of subdivision (a)(4) is subject to the property forfeiture provisions set forth in Article 124B of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
    (f) For the purposes of this Section, "prostituted person" means any person who engages in, or agrees or offers to engage in, any act of sexual penetration as defined in Section 11-0.1 of this Code for any money, property, token, object, or article or anything of value, or any touching or fondling of the sex organs of one person by another person, for any money, property, token, object, or article or anything of value, for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)

720 ILCS 5/11-15

    (720 ILCS 5/11-15) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-15)
    Sec. 11-15. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 96-1464, eff. 8-20-10. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/11-15.1

    (720 ILCS 5/11-15.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-15.1)
    Sec. 11-15.1. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/11-16

    (720 ILCS 5/11-16) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-16)
    Sec. 11-16. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 91-696, eff. 4-13-00. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/11-17

    (720 ILCS 5/11-17) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-17)
    Sec. 11-17. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 96-1464, eff. 8-20-10. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/11-17.1

    (720 ILCS 5/11-17.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-17.1)
    Sec. 11-17.1. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/11-18

    (720 ILCS 5/11-18) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-18)
    Sec. 11-18. Patronizing a prostitute.
    (a) Any person who knowingly performs any of the following acts with a person not his or her spouse commits patronizing a prostitute:
        (1) Engages in an act of sexual penetration as
    
defined in Section 11-0.1 of this Code with a prostitute; or
        (2) Enters or remains in a place of prostitution with
    
intent to engage in an act of sexual penetration as defined in Section 11-0.1 of this Code; or
        (3) Engages in any touching or fondling with a
    
prostitute of the sex organs of one person by the other person, with the intent to achieve sexual arousal or gratification.
    (b) Sentence.
    Patronizing a prostitute is a Class 4 felony, unless committed within 1,000 feet of real property comprising a school, in which case it is a Class 3 felony. A person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this Section, or of any combination of such number of convictions under this Section and Sections 11-14 (prostitution), 11-14.1 (solicitation of a sexual act), 11-14.3 (promoting prostitution), 11-14.4 (promoting juvenile prostitution), 11-15 (soliciting for a prostitute), 11-15.1 (soliciting for a juvenile prostitute), 11-16 (pandering), 11-17 (keeping a place of prostitution), 11-17.1 (keeping a place of juvenile prostitution), 11-18.1 (patronizing a juvenile prostitute), 11-19 (pimping), 11-19.1 (juvenile pimping or aggravated juvenile pimping), or 11-19.2 (exploitation of a child) of this Code, is guilty of a Class 3 felony. If the court imposes a fine under this subsection (b), it shall be collected and distributed to the Specialized Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking Fund in accordance with Section 5-9-1.21 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
    (c) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 98-1013, eff. 1-1-15.)

720 ILCS 5/11-18.1

    (720 ILCS 5/11-18.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-18.1)
    Sec. 11-18.1. Patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution.
    (a) Any person who engages in an act of sexual penetration as defined in Section 11-0.1 of this Code with a person engaged in prostitution who is under 18 years of age or is a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability commits patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution.
    (a-5) Any person who engages in any touching or fondling, with a person engaged in prostitution who either is under 18 years of age or is a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability, of the sex organs of one person by the other person, with the intent to achieve sexual arousal or gratification, commits patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution.
    (b) It is an affirmative defense to the charge of patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution that the accused reasonably believed that the person was of the age of 18 years or over or was not a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability at the time of the act giving rise to the charge.
    (c) Sentence. A person who commits patronizing a juvenile prostitute is guilty of a Class 3 felony, unless committed within 1,000 feet of real property comprising a school, in which case it is a Class 2 felony. A person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this Section, or of any combination of such number of convictions under this Section and Sections 11-14 (prostitution), 11-14.1 (solicitation of a sexual act), 11-14.3 (promoting prostitution), 11-14.4 (promoting juvenile prostitution), 11-15 (soliciting for a prostitute), 11-15.1 (soliciting for a juvenile prostitute), 11-16 (pandering), 11-17 (keeping a place of prostitution), 11-17.1 (keeping a place of juvenile prostitution), 11-18 (patronizing a prostitute), 11-19 (pimping), 11-19.1 (juvenile pimping or aggravated juvenile pimping), or 11-19.2 (exploitation of a child) of this Code, is guilty of a Class 2 felony. The fact of such conviction is not an element of the offense and may not be disclosed to the jury during trial unless otherwise permitted by issues properly raised during such trial.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)

720 ILCS 5/11-19

    (720 ILCS 5/11-19) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-19)
    Sec. 11-19. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 96-1464, eff. 8-20-10. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/11-19.1

    (720 ILCS 5/11-19.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-19.1)
    Sec. 11-19.1. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/11-19.2

    (720 ILCS 5/11-19.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-19.2)
    Sec. 11-19.2. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/11-19.3

    (720 ILCS 5/11-19.3)
    Sec. 11-19.3. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Subdiv. 20

 
    (720 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Subdiv. 20 heading)
SUBDIVISION 20. PORNOGRAPHY OFFENSES
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/11-20

    (720 ILCS 5/11-20) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-20)
    Sec. 11-20. Obscenity.
    (a) Elements of the Offense. A person commits obscenity when, with knowledge of the nature or content thereof, or recklessly failing to exercise reasonable inspection which would have disclosed the nature or content thereof, he or she:
        (1) Sells, delivers or provides, or offers or agrees
    
to sell, deliver or provide any obscene writing, picture, record or other representation or embodiment of the obscene; or
        (2) Presents or directs an obscene play, dance or
    
other performance or participates directly in that portion thereof which makes it obscene; or
        (3) Publishes, exhibits or otherwise makes available
    
anything obscene; or
        (4) Performs an obscene act or otherwise presents an
    
obscene exhibition of his or her body for gain; or
        (5) Creates, buys, procures or possesses obscene
    
matter or material with intent to disseminate it in violation of this Section, or of the penal laws or regulations of any other jurisdiction; or
        (6) Advertises or otherwise promotes the sale of
    
material represented or held out by him or her to be obscene, whether or not it is obscene.
    (b) Obscene Defined.
    Any material or performance is obscene if: (1) the average person, applying contemporary adult community standards, would find that, taken as a whole, it appeals to the prurient interest; and (2) the average person, applying contemporary adult community standards, would find that it depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, ultimate sexual acts or sadomasochistic sexual acts, whether normal or perverted, actual or simulated, or masturbation, excretory functions or lewd exhibition of the genitals; and (3) taken as a whole, it lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.
    (c) Interpretation of Evidence.
    Obscenity shall be judged with reference to ordinary adults, except that it shall be judged with reference to children or other specially susceptible audiences if it appears from the character of the material or the circumstances of its dissemination to be specially designed for or directed to such an audience.
    Where circumstances of production, presentation, sale, dissemination, distribution, or publicity indicate that material is being commercially exploited for the sake of its prurient appeal, such evidence is probative with respect to the nature of the matter and can justify the conclusion that the matter is lacking in serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.
    In any prosecution for an offense under this Section evidence shall be admissible to show:
        (1) The character of the audience for which the
    
material was designed or to which it was directed;
        (2) What the predominant appeal of the material would
    
be for ordinary adults or a special audience, and what effect, if any, it would probably have on the behavior of such people;
        (3) The artistic, literary, scientific, educational
    
or other merits of the material, or absence thereof;
        (4) The degree, if any, of public acceptance of the
    
material in this State;
        (5) Appeal to prurient interest, or absence thereof,
    
in advertising or other promotion of the material;
        (6) Purpose of the author, creator, publisher or
    
disseminator.
    (d) Sentence.
    Obscenity is a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent offense is a Class 4 felony.
    (e) Permissive Inference.
    The trier of fact may infer an intent to disseminate from the creation, purchase, procurement or possession of a mold, engraved plate or other embodiment of obscenity specially adapted for reproducing multiple copies, or the possession of more than 3 copies of obscene material.
    (f) Affirmative Defenses.
    It shall be an affirmative defense to obscenity that the dissemination:
        (1) Was not for gain and was made to personal
    
associates other than children under 18 years of age;
        (2) Was to institutions or individuals having
    
scientific or other special justification for possession of such material.
    (g) Forfeiture of property. A person who has been convicted previously of the offense of obscenity and who is convicted of a second or subsequent offense of obscenity is subject to the property forfeiture provisions set forth in Article 124B of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
(Source: P.A. 96-712, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/11-20.1

    (720 ILCS 5/11-20.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-20.1)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-825)
    Sec. 11-20.1. Child pornography.
    (a) A person commits child pornography who:
        (1) films, videotapes, photographs, or otherwise
    
depicts or portrays by means of any similar visual medium or reproduction or depicts by computer any child whom he or she knows or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 or any person with a severe or profound intellectual disability where such child or person with a severe or profound intellectual disability is:
            (i) actually or by simulation engaged in any act
        
of sexual penetration or sexual conduct with any person or animal; or
            (ii) actually or by simulation engaged in any act
        
of sexual penetration or sexual conduct involving the sex organs of the child or person with a severe or profound intellectual disability and the mouth, anus, or sex organs of another person or animal; or which involves the mouth, anus or sex organs of the child or person with a severe or profound intellectual disability and the sex organs of another person or animal; or
            (iii) actually or by simulation engaged in any
        
act of masturbation; or
            (iv) actually or by simulation portrayed as being
        
the object of, or otherwise engaged in, any act of lewd fondling, touching, or caressing involving another person or animal; or
            (v) actually or by simulation engaged in any act
        
of excretion or urination within a sexual context; or
            (vi) actually or by simulation portrayed or
        
depicted as bound, fettered, or subject to sadistic, masochistic, or sadomasochistic abuse in any sexual context; or
            (vii) depicted or portrayed in any pose, posture
        
or setting involving a lewd exhibition of the unclothed or transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if such person is female, a fully or partially developed breast of the child or other person; or
        (2) with the knowledge of the nature or content
    
thereof, reproduces, disseminates, offers to disseminate, exhibits or possesses with intent to disseminate any film, videotape, photograph or other similar visual reproduction or depiction by computer of any child or person with a severe or profound intellectual disability whom the person knows or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 or to be a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability, engaged in any activity described in subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this subsection; or
        (3) with knowledge of the subject matter or theme
    
thereof, produces any stage play, live performance, film, videotape or other similar visual portrayal or depiction by computer which includes a child whom the person knows or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 or a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability engaged in any activity described in subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this subsection; or
        (4) solicits, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or
    
coerces any child whom he or she knows or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 or a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability to appear in any stage play, live presentation, film, videotape, photograph or other similar visual reproduction or depiction by computer in which the child or person with a severe or profound intellectual disability is or will be depicted, actually or by simulation, in any act, pose or setting described in subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this subsection; or
        (5) is a parent, step-parent, legal guardian or other
    
person having care or custody of a child whom the person knows or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 or a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability and who knowingly permits, induces, promotes, or arranges for such child or person with a severe or profound intellectual disability to appear in any stage play, live performance, film, videotape, photograph or other similar visual presentation, portrayal or simulation or depiction by computer of any act or activity described in subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this subsection; or
        (6) with knowledge of the nature or content thereof,
    
possesses any film, videotape, photograph or other similar visual reproduction or depiction by computer of any child or person with a severe or profound intellectual disability whom the person knows or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 or to be a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability, engaged in any activity described in subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this subsection; or
        (7) solicits, or knowingly uses, persuades, induces,
    
entices, or coerces, a person to provide a child under the age of 18 or a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability to appear in any videotape, photograph, film, stage play, live presentation, or other similar visual reproduction or depiction by computer in which the child or person with a severe or profound intellectual disability will be depicted, actually or by simulation, in any act, pose, or setting described in subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this subsection.
    (a-5) The possession of each individual film, videotape, photograph, or other similar visual reproduction or depiction by computer in violation of this Section constitutes a single and separate violation. This subsection (a-5) does not apply to multiple copies of the same film, videotape, photograph, or other similar visual reproduction or depiction by computer that are identical to each other.
    (b)(1) It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge of child pornography that the defendant reasonably believed, under all of the circumstances, that the child was 18 years of age or older or that the person was not a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability but only where, prior to the act or acts giving rise to a prosecution under this Section, he or she took some affirmative action or made a bonafide inquiry designed to ascertain whether the child was 18 years of age or older or that the person was not a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability and his or her reliance upon the information so obtained was clearly reasonable.
    (1.5) Telecommunications carriers, commercial mobile service providers, and providers of information services, including, but not limited to, Internet service providers and hosting service providers, are not liable under this Section by virtue of the transmission, storage, or caching of electronic communications or messages of others or by virtue of the provision of other related telecommunications, commercial mobile services, or information services used by others in violation of this Section.
    (2) (Blank).
    (3) The charge of child pornography shall not apply to the performance of official duties by law enforcement or prosecuting officers or persons employed by law enforcement or prosecuting agencies, court personnel or attorneys, nor to bonafide treatment or professional education programs conducted by licensed physicians, psychologists or social workers. In any criminal proceeding, any property or material that constitutes child pornography shall remain in the care, custody, and control of either the State or the court. A motion to view the evidence shall comply with subsection (e-5) of this Section.
    (4) If the defendant possessed more than one of the same film, videotape or visual reproduction or depiction by computer in which child pornography is depicted, then the trier of fact may infer that the defendant possessed such materials with the intent to disseminate them.
    (5) The charge of child pornography does not apply to a person who does not voluntarily possess a film, videotape, or visual reproduction or depiction by computer in which child pornography is depicted. Possession is voluntary if the defendant knowingly procures or receives a film, videotape, or visual reproduction or depiction for a sufficient time to be able to terminate his or her possession.
    (6) Any violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (7) of subsection (a) that includes a child engaged in, solicited for, depicted in, or posed in any act of sexual penetration or bound, fettered, or subject to sadistic, masochistic, or sadomasochistic abuse in a sexual context shall be deemed a crime of violence.
    (c) If the violation does not involve a film, videotape, or other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph (1), (4), (5), or (7) of subsection (a) is a Class 1 felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $2,000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. If the violation involves a film, videotape, or other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph (1), (4), (5), or (7) of subsection (a) is a Class X felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $2,000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. If the violation does not involve a film, videotape, or other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) is a Class 1 felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1500 and a maximum fine of $100,000. If the violation involves a film, videotape, or other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) is a Class X felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1500 and a maximum fine of $100,000. If the violation does not involve a film, videotape, or other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) is a Class 1 felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. If the violation involves a film, videotape, or other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) is a Class X felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. If the violation does not involve a film, videotape, or other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph (6) of subsection (a) is a Class 3 felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. If the violation involves a film, videotape, or other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph (6) of subsection (a) is a Class 2 felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1000 and a maximum fine of $100,000.
    (c-5) Where the child depicted is under the age of 13, a violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (7) of subsection (a) is a Class X felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $2,000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. Where the child depicted is under the age of 13, a violation of paragraph (6) of subsection (a) is a Class 2 felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. Where the child depicted is under the age of 13, a person who commits a violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (7) of subsection (a) where the defendant has previously been convicted under the laws of this State or any other state of the offense of child pornography, aggravated child pornography, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, or any of the offenses formerly known as rape, deviate sexual assault, indecent liberties with a child, or aggravated indecent liberties with a child where the victim was under the age of 18 years or an offense that is substantially equivalent to those offenses, is guilty of a Class X felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 9 years with a mandatory minimum fine of $2,000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. Where the child depicted is under the age of 13, a person who commits a violation of paragraph (6) of subsection (a) where the defendant has previously been convicted under the laws of this State or any other state of the offense of child pornography, aggravated child pornography, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, or any of the offenses formerly known as rape, deviate sexual assault, indecent liberties with a child, or aggravated indecent liberties with a child where the victim was under the age of 18 years or an offense that is substantially equivalent to those offenses, is guilty of a Class 1 felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. The issue of whether the child depicted is under the age of 13 is an element of the offense to be resolved by the trier of fact.
    (d) If a person is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this Section within 10 years of a prior conviction, the court shall order a presentence psychiatric examination of the person. The examiner shall report to the court whether treatment of the person is necessary.
    (e) Any film, videotape, photograph or other similar visual reproduction or depiction by computer which includes a child under the age of 18 or a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability engaged in any activity described in subparagraphs (i) through (vii) or paragraph 1 of subsection (a), and any material or equipment used or intended for use in photographing, filming, printing, producing, reproducing, manufacturing, projecting, exhibiting, depiction by computer, or disseminating such material shall be seized and forfeited in the manner, method and procedure provided by Section 36-1 of this Code for the seizure and forfeiture of vessels, vehicles and aircraft.
    In addition, any person convicted under this Section is subject to the property forfeiture provisions set forth in Article 124B of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
    (e-5) Upon the conclusion of a case brought under this Section, the court shall seal all evidence depicting a victim or witness that is sexually explicit. The evidence may be unsealed and viewed, on a motion of the party seeking to unseal and view the evidence, only for good cause shown and in the discretion of the court. The motion must expressly set forth the purpose for viewing the material. The State's attorney and the victim, if possible, shall be provided reasonable notice of the hearing on the motion to unseal the evidence. Any person entitled to notice of a hearing under this subsection (e-5) may object to the motion.
    (f) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:
        (1) "Disseminate" means (i) to sell, distribute,
    
exchange or transfer possession, whether with or without consideration or (ii) to make a depiction by computer available for distribution or downloading through the facilities of any telecommunications network or through any other means of transferring computer programs or data to a computer.
        (2) "Produce" means to direct, promote, advertise,
    
publish, manufacture, issue, present or show.
        (3) "Reproduce" means to make a duplication or copy.
        (4) "Depict by computer" means to generate or create,
    
or cause to be created or generated, a computer program or data that, after being processed by a computer either alone or in conjunction with one or more computer programs, results in a visual depiction on a computer monitor, screen, or display.
        (5) "Depiction by computer" means a computer program
    
or data that, after being processed by a computer either alone or in conjunction with one or more computer programs, results in a visual depiction on a computer monitor, screen, or display.
        (6) "Computer", "computer program", and "data" have
    
the meanings ascribed to them in Section 17.05 of this Code.
        (7) For the purposes of this Section, "child
    
pornography" includes a film, videotape, photograph, or other similar visual medium or reproduction or depiction by computer that is, or appears to be, that of a person, either in part, or in total, under the age of 18 or a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability, regardless of the method by which the film, videotape, photograph, or other similar visual medium or reproduction or depiction by computer is created, adopted, or modified to appear as such. "Child pornography" also includes a film, videotape, photograph, or other similar visual medium or reproduction or depiction by computer that is advertised, promoted, presented, described, or distributed in such a manner that conveys the impression that the film, videotape, photograph, or other similar visual medium or reproduction or depiction by computer is of a person under the age of 18 or a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability.
    (g) Re-enactment; findings; purposes.
        (1) The General Assembly finds and declares that:
            (i) Section 50-5 of Public Act 88-680, effective
        
January 1, 1995, contained provisions amending the child pornography statute, Section 11-20.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961. Section 50-5 also contained other provisions.
            (ii) In addition, Public Act 88-680 was entitled
        
"AN ACT to create a Safe Neighborhoods Law". (A) Article 5 was entitled JUVENILE JUSTICE and amended the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. (B) Article 15 was entitled GANGS and amended various provisions of the Criminal Code of 1961 and the Unified Code of Corrections. (C) Article 20 was entitled ALCOHOL ABUSE and amended various provisions of the Illinois Vehicle Code. (D) Article 25 was entitled DRUG ABUSE and amended the Cannabis Control Act and the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. (E) Article 30 was entitled FIREARMS and amended the Criminal Code of 1961 and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. (F) Article 35 amended the Criminal Code of 1961, the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act, and the Unified Code of Corrections. (G) Article 40 amended the Criminal Code of 1961 to increase the penalty for compelling organization membership of persons. (H) Article 45 created the Secure Residential Youth Care Facility Licensing Act and amended the State Finance Act, the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the Unified Code of Corrections, and the Private Correctional Facility Moratorium Act. (I) Article 50 amended the WIC Vendor Management Act, the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the Criminal Code of 1961, the Wrongs to Children Act, and the Unified Code of Corrections.
            (iii) On September 22, 1998, the Third District
        
Appellate Court in People v. Dainty, 701 N.E. 2d 118, ruled that Public Act 88-680 violates the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution (Article IV, Section 8 (d)) and was unconstitutional in its entirety. As of the time this amendatory Act of 1999 was prepared, People v. Dainty was still subject to appeal.
            (iv) Child pornography is a vital concern to the
        
people of this State and the validity of future prosecutions under the child pornography statute of the Criminal Code of 1961 is in grave doubt.
        (2) It is the purpose of this amendatory Act of 1999
    
to prevent or minimize any problems relating to prosecutions for child pornography that may result from challenges to the constitutional validity of Public Act 88-680 by re-enacting the Section relating to child pornography that was included in Public Act 88-680.
        (3) This amendatory Act of 1999 re-enacts Section
    
11-20.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961, as it has been amended. This re-enactment is intended to remove any question as to the validity or content of that Section; it is not intended to supersede any other Public Act that amends the text of the Section as set forth in this amendatory Act of 1999. The material is shown as existing text (i.e., without underscoring) because, as of the time this amendatory Act of 1999 was prepared, People v. Dainty was subject to appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court.
        (4) The re-enactment by this amendatory Act of 1999
    
of Section 11-20.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to child pornography that was amended by Public Act 88-680 is not intended, and shall not be construed, to imply that Public Act 88-680 is invalid or to limit or impair any legal argument concerning whether those provisions were substantially re-enacted by other Public Acts.
(Source: P.A. 101-87, eff. 1-1-20; 102-567, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-825)
    Sec. 11-20.1. Child pornography.
    (a) A person commits child pornography who:
        (1) films, videotapes, photographs, or otherwise
    
depicts or portrays by means of any similar visual medium or reproduction or depicts by computer any child whom he or she knows or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 or any person with a severe or profound intellectual disability where such child or person with a severe or profound intellectual disability is:
            (i) actually or by simulation engaged in any act
        
of sexual penetration or sexual conduct with any person or animal; or
            (ii) actually or by simulation engaged in any act
        
of sexual penetration or sexual conduct involving the sex organs of the child or person with a severe or profound intellectual disability and the mouth, anus, or sex organs of another person or animal; or which involves the mouth, anus or sex organs of the child or person with a severe or profound intellectual disability and the sex organs of another person or animal; or
            (iii) actually or by simulation engaged in any
        
act of masturbation; or
            (iv) actually or by simulation portrayed as being
        
the object of, or otherwise engaged in, any act of lewd fondling, touching, or caressing involving another person or animal; or
            (v) actually or by simulation engaged in any act
        
of excretion or urination within a sexual context; or
            (vi) actually or by simulation portrayed or
        
depicted as bound, fettered, or subject to sadistic, masochistic, or sadomasochistic abuse in any sexual context; or
            (vii) depicted or portrayed in any pose, posture
        
or setting involving a lewd exhibition of the unclothed or transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if such person is female, a fully or partially developed breast of the child or other person; or
        (2) with the knowledge of the nature or content
    
thereof, reproduces, disseminates, offers to disseminate, exhibits or possesses with intent to disseminate any film, videotape, photograph or other similar visual reproduction or depiction by computer of any child or person with a severe or profound intellectual disability whom the person knows or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 or to be a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability, engaged in any activity described in subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this subsection; or
        (3) with knowledge of the subject matter or theme
    
thereof, produces any stage play, live performance, film, videotape or other similar visual portrayal or depiction by computer which includes a child whom the person knows or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 or a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability engaged in any activity described in subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this subsection; or
        (4) solicits, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or
    
coerces any child whom he or she knows or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 or a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability to appear in any stage play, live presentation, film, videotape, photograph or other similar visual reproduction or depiction by computer in which the child or person with a severe or profound intellectual disability is or will be depicted, actually or by simulation, in any act, pose or setting described in subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this subsection; or
        (5) is a parent, step-parent, legal guardian or other
    
person having care or custody of a child whom the person knows or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 or a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability and who knowingly permits, induces, promotes, or arranges for such child or person with a severe or profound intellectual disability to appear in any stage play, live performance, film, videotape, photograph or other similar visual presentation, portrayal or simulation or depiction by computer of any act or activity described in subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this subsection; or
        (6) with knowledge of the nature or content thereof,
    
possesses any film, videotape, photograph or other similar visual reproduction or depiction by computer of any child or person with a severe or profound intellectual disability whom the person knows or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 or to be a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability, engaged in any activity described in subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this subsection; or
        (7) solicits, or knowingly uses, persuades, induces,
    
entices, or coerces, a person to provide a child under the age of 18 or a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability to appear in any videotape, photograph, film, stage play, live presentation, or other similar visual reproduction or depiction by computer in which the child or person with a severe or profound intellectual disability will be depicted, actually or by simulation, in any act, pose, or setting described in subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this subsection.
    (a-5) The possession of each individual film, videotape, photograph, or other similar visual reproduction or depiction by computer in violation of this Section constitutes a single and separate violation. This subsection (a-5) does not apply to multiple copies of the same film, videotape, photograph, or other similar visual reproduction or depiction by computer that are identical to each other.
    (b)(1) It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge of child pornography that the defendant reasonably believed, under all of the circumstances, that the child was 18 years of age or older or that the person was not a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability but only where, prior to the act or acts giving rise to a prosecution under this Section, he or she took some affirmative action or made a bonafide inquiry designed to ascertain whether the child was 18 years of age or older or that the person was not a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability and his or her reliance upon the information so obtained was clearly reasonable.
    (1.5) Telecommunications carriers, commercial mobile service providers, and providers of information services, including, but not limited to, Internet service providers and hosting service providers, are not liable under this Section by virtue of the transmission, storage, or caching of electronic communications or messages of others or by virtue of the provision of other related telecommunications, commercial mobile services, or information services used by others in violation of this Section.
    (2) (Blank).
    (3) The charge of child pornography shall not apply to the performance of official duties by law enforcement or prosecuting officers or persons employed by law enforcement or prosecuting agencies, court personnel or attorneys, nor to bonafide treatment or professional education programs conducted by licensed physicians, psychologists or social workers. In any criminal proceeding, any property or material that constitutes child pornography shall remain in the care, custody, and control of either the State or the court. A motion to view the evidence shall comply with subsection (e-5) of this Section.
    (4) If the defendant possessed more than one of the same film, videotape or visual reproduction or depiction by computer in which child pornography is depicted, then the trier of fact may infer that the defendant possessed such materials with the intent to disseminate them.
    (5) The charge of child pornography does not apply to a person who does not voluntarily possess a film, videotape, or visual reproduction or depiction by computer in which child pornography is depicted. Possession is voluntary if the defendant knowingly procures or receives a film, videotape, or visual reproduction or depiction for a sufficient time to be able to terminate his or her possession.
    (6) Any violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (7) of subsection (a) that includes a child engaged in, solicited for, depicted in, or posed in any act of sexual penetration or bound, fettered, or subject to sadistic, masochistic, or sadomasochistic abuse in a sexual context shall be deemed a crime of violence.
    (c) If the violation does not involve a film, videotape, or other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph (1), (4), (5), or (7) of subsection (a) is a Class 1 felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $2,000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. If the violation involves a film, videotape, or other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph (1), (4), (5), or (7) of subsection (a) is a Class X felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $2,000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. If the violation does not involve a film, videotape, or other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) is a Class 1 felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1500 and a maximum fine of $100,000. If the violation involves a film, videotape, or other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) is a Class X felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1500 and a maximum fine of $100,000. If the violation does not involve a film, videotape, or other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) is a Class 1 felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. If the violation involves a film, videotape, or other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) is a Class X felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. If the violation does not involve a film, videotape, or other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph (6) of subsection (a) is a Class 3 felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. If the violation involves a film, videotape, or other moving depiction, a violation of paragraph (6) of subsection (a) is a Class 2 felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1000 and a maximum fine of $100,000.
    (c-5) Where the child depicted is under the age of 13, a violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (7) of subsection (a) is a Class X felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $2,000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. Where the child depicted is under the age of 13, a violation of paragraph (6) of subsection (a) is a Class 2 felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. Where the child depicted is under the age of 13, a person who commits a violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (7) of subsection (a) where the defendant has previously been convicted under the laws of this State or any other state of the offense of child pornography, aggravated child pornography, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, or any of the offenses formerly known as rape, deviate sexual assault, indecent liberties with a child, or aggravated indecent liberties with a child where the victim was under the age of 18 years or an offense that is substantially equivalent to those offenses, is guilty of a Class X felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 9 years with a mandatory minimum fine of $2,000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. Where the child depicted is under the age of 13, a person who commits a violation of paragraph (6) of subsection (a) where the defendant has previously been convicted under the laws of this State or any other state of the offense of child pornography, aggravated child pornography, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, or any of the offenses formerly known as rape, deviate sexual assault, indecent liberties with a child, or aggravated indecent liberties with a child where the victim was under the age of 18 years or an offense that is substantially equivalent to those offenses, is guilty of a Class 1 felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000 and a maximum fine of $100,000. The issue of whether the child depicted is under the age of 13 is an element of the offense to be resolved by the trier of fact.
    (d) If a person is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this Section within 10 years of a prior conviction, the court shall order a presentence psychiatric examination of the person. The examiner shall report to the court whether treatment of the person is necessary.
    (e) Any film, videotape, photograph or other similar visual reproduction or depiction by computer which includes a child under the age of 18 or a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability engaged in any activity described in subparagraphs (i) through (vii) or paragraph 1 of subsection (a), and any material or equipment used or intended for use in photographing, filming, printing, producing, reproducing, manufacturing, projecting, exhibiting, depiction by computer, or disseminating such material shall be seized and forfeited in the manner, method and procedure provided by Section 36-1 of this Code for the seizure and forfeiture of vessels, vehicles and aircraft.
    In addition, any person convicted under this Section is subject to the property forfeiture provisions set forth in Article 124B of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
    (e-5) Upon the conclusion of a case brought under this Section, the court shall seal all evidence depicting a victim or witness that is sexually explicit. The evidence may be unsealed and viewed, on a motion of the party seeking to unseal and view the evidence, only for good cause shown and in the discretion of the court. The motion must expressly set forth the purpose for viewing the material. The State's attorney and the victim, if possible, shall be provided reasonable notice of the hearing on the motion to unseal the evidence. Any person entitled to notice of a hearing under this subsection (e-5) may object to the motion.
    (f) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:
        (1) "Disseminate" means (i) to sell, distribute,
    
exchange or transfer possession, whether with or without consideration or (ii) to make a depiction by computer available for distribution or downloading through the facilities of any telecommunications network or through any other means of transferring computer programs or data to a computer.
        (2) "Produce" means to direct, promote, advertise,
    
publish, manufacture, issue, present or show.
        (3) "Reproduce" means to make a duplication or copy.
        (4) "Depict by computer" means to generate or create,
    
or cause to be created or generated, a computer program or data that, after being processed by a computer either alone or in conjunction with one or more computer programs, results in a visual depiction on a computer monitor, screen, or display.
        (5) "Depiction by computer" means a computer program
    
or data that, after being processed by a computer either alone or in conjunction with one or more computer programs, results in a visual depiction on a computer monitor, screen, or display.
        (6) "Computer", "computer program", and "data" have
    
the meanings ascribed to them in Section 17.05 of this Code.
        (7) For the purposes of this Section, "child
    
pornography" includes a film, videotape, photograph, or other similar visual medium or reproduction or depiction by computer that is, or appears to be, that of a person, either in part, or in total, under the age of 18 or a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability, regardless of the method by which the film, videotape, photograph, or other similar visual medium or reproduction or depiction by computer is created, adopted, or modified to appear as such. "Child pornography" also includes a film, videotape, photograph, or other similar visual medium or reproduction or depiction by computer that is advertised, promoted, presented, described, or distributed in such a manner that conveys the impression that the film, videotape, photograph, or other similar visual medium or reproduction or depiction by computer is of a person under the age of 18 or a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability. "Child pornography" includes the depiction of a part of an actual child under the age of 18 who, by manipulation, creation, or modification, appears to be engaged in any activity described in subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of subsection (a). "Child pornography" does not include images or materials in which the creator of the image or materials is the sole subject of the depiction.
    (g) Re-enactment; findings; purposes.
        (1) The General Assembly finds and declares that:
            (i) Section 50-5 of Public Act 88-680, effective
        
January 1, 1995, contained provisions amending the child pornography statute, Section 11-20.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961. Section 50-5 also contained other provisions.
            (ii) In addition, Public Act 88-680 was entitled
        
"AN ACT to create a Safe Neighborhoods Law". (A) Article 5 was entitled JUVENILE JUSTICE and amended the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. (B) Article 15 was entitled GANGS and amended various provisions of the Criminal Code of 1961 and the Unified Code of Corrections. (C) Article 20 was entitled ALCOHOL ABUSE and amended various provisions of the Illinois Vehicle Code. (D) Article 25 was entitled DRUG ABUSE and amended the Cannabis Control Act and the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. (E) Article 30 was entitled FIREARMS and amended the Criminal Code of 1961 and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. (F) Article 35 amended the Criminal Code of 1961, the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act, and the Unified Code of Corrections. (G) Article 40 amended the Criminal Code of 1961 to increase the penalty for compelling organization membership of persons. (H) Article 45 created the Secure Residential Youth Care Facility Licensing Act and amended the State Finance Act, the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the Unified Code of Corrections, and the Private Correctional Facility Moratorium Act. (I) Article 50 amended the WIC Vendor Management Act, the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the Criminal Code of 1961, the Wrongs to Children Act, and the Unified Code of Corrections.
            (iii) On September 22, 1998, the Third District
        
Appellate Court in People v. Dainty, 701 N.E. 2d 118, ruled that Public Act 88-680 violates the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution (Article IV, Section 8 (d)) and was unconstitutional in its entirety. As of the time this amendatory Act of 1999 was prepared, People v. Dainty was still subject to appeal.
            (iv) Child pornography is a vital concern to the
        
people of this State and the validity of future prosecutions under the child pornography statute of the Criminal Code of 1961 is in grave doubt.
        (2) It is the purpose of this amendatory Act of 1999
    
to prevent or minimize any problems relating to prosecutions for child pornography that may result from challenges to the constitutional validity of Public Act 88-680 by re-enacting the Section relating to child pornography that was included in Public Act 88-680.
        (3) This amendatory Act of 1999 re-enacts Section
    
11-20.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961, as it has been amended. This re-enactment is intended to remove any question as to the validity or content of that Section; it is not intended to supersede any other Public Act that amends the text of the Section as set forth in this amendatory Act of 1999. The material is shown as existing text (i.e., without underscoring) because, as of the time this amendatory Act of 1999 was prepared, People v. Dainty was subject to appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court.
        (4) The re-enactment by this amendatory Act of 1999
    
of Section 11-20.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to child pornography that was amended by Public Act 88-680 is not intended, and shall not be construed, to imply that Public Act 88-680 is invalid or to limit or impair any legal argument concerning whether those provisions were substantially re-enacted by other Public Acts.
(Source: P.A. 102-567, eff. 1-1-22; 103-825, eff. 1-1-25.)

720 ILCS 5/11-20.1A

    (720 ILCS 5/11-20.1A)
    Sec. 11-20.1A. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 95-579, eff. 6-1-08. Repealed by P.A. 96-712, eff. 1-1-10.)

720 ILCS 5/11-20.1B

    (720 ILCS 5/11-20.1B)
    Sec. 11-20.1B. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13. Repealed by P.A. 97-995, eff. 1-1-13.)

720 ILCS 5/11-20.2

    (720 ILCS 5/11-20.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-20.2)
    Sec. 11-20.2. Duty of commercial film and photographic print processors or computer technicians to report sexual depiction of children.
    (a) Any commercial film and photographic print processor or computer technician who has knowledge of or observes, within the scope of his professional capacity or employment, any film, photograph, videotape, negative, slide, computer hard drive or any other magnetic or optical media which depicts a child whom the processor or computer technician knows or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 where such child is:
        (i) actually or by simulation engaged in any act of
    
sexual penetration or sexual conduct with any person or animal; or
        (ii) actually or by simulation engaged in any act of
    
sexual penetration or sexual conduct involving the sex organs of the child and the mouth, anus, or sex organs of another person or animal; or which involves the mouth, anus or sex organs of the child and the sex organs of another person or animal; or
        (iii) actually or by simulation engaged in any act of
    
masturbation; or
        (iv) actually or by simulation portrayed as being the
    
object of, or otherwise engaged in, any act of lewd fondling, touching, or caressing involving another person or animal; or
        (v) actually or by simulation engaged in any act of
    
excretion or urination within a sexual context; or
        (vi) actually or by simulation portrayed or depicted
    
as bound, fettered, or subject to sadistic, masochistic, or sadomasochistic abuse in any sexual context; or
        (vii) depicted or portrayed in any pose, posture or
    
setting involving a lewd exhibition of the unclothed or transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if such person is female, a fully or partially developed breast of the child or other person;
shall report or cause a report to be made pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) as soon as reasonably possible. Failure to make such report shall be a business offense with a fine of $1,000.
    (b) Commercial film and photographic film processors shall report or cause a report to be made to the local law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction in which the image or images described in subsection (a) are discovered.
    (c) Computer technicians shall report or cause the report to be made to the local law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction in which the image or images described in subsection (a) are discovered or to the Illinois Child Exploitation e-Tipline at reportchildporn@atg.state.il.us.
    (d) Reports required by this Act shall include the following information: (i) name, address, and telephone number of the person filing the report; (ii) the employer of the person filing the report, if any; (iii) the name, address and telephone number of the person whose property is the subject of the report, if known; (iv) the circumstances which led to the filing of the report, including a description of the reported content.
    (e) If a report is filed with the Cyber Tipline at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children or in accordance with the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 13032, the requirements of this Act will be deemed to have been met.
    (f) A computer technician or an employer caused to report child pornography under this Section is immune from any criminal, civil, or administrative liability in connection with making the report, except for willful or wanton misconduct.
    (g) For the purposes of this Section, a "computer technician" is a person who installs, maintains, troubleshoots, repairs or upgrades computer hardware, software, computer networks, peripheral equipment, electronic mail systems, or provides user assistance for any of the aforementioned tasks.
(Source: P.A. 95-983, eff. 6-1-09; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/11-20.3

    (720 ILCS 5/11-20.3)
    (This Section was renumbered as Section 11-20.1B by P.A. 96-1551.)
    Sec. 11-20.3. (Renumbered).
(Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12. Renumbered by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/11-20.4

    (720 ILCS 5/11-20.4)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 11-20.4. Obscene depiction of a purported child.
    (a) In this Section:
        "Obscene depiction" means a visual representation of
    
any kind, including an image, video, or computer-generated image or video, whether made, produced, or altered by electronic, mechanical, or other means, that:
            (i) the average person, applying contemporary
        
adult community standards, would find that, taken as a whole, it appeals to the prurient interest;
            (ii) the average person, applying contemporary
        
adult community standards, would find that it depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual acts or sadomasochistic sexual acts, whether normal or perverted, actual or simulated, or masturbation, excretory functions, or lewd exhibition of the unclothed or transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks or, if such person is a female, the fully or partially developed breast of the child or other person; and
            (iii) taken as a whole, it lacks serious
        
literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
        "Purported child" means a visual representation that
    
appears to depict a child under the age of 18 but may or may not depict an actual child under the age of 18.
    (b) A person commits obscene depiction of a purported child when, with knowledge of the nature or content thereof, the person:
        (1) receives, obtains, or accesses in any way with
    
the intent to view, any obscene depiction of a purported child; or
        (2) reproduces, disseminates, offers to disseminate,
    
exhibits, or possesses with intent to disseminate, any obscene depiction of a purported child.
    (c) A violation of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) is a Class 3 felony, and a second or subsequent offense is a Class 2 felony. A violation of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) is a Class 1 felony, and a second or subsequent offense is a Class X felony.
    (d) If the age of the purported child depicted is under the age of 13, a violation of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) is a Class 2 felony, and a second or subsequent offense is a Class 1 felony. If the age of the purported child depicted is under the age of 13, a violation of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) is a Class X felony, and a second or subsequent offense is a Class X felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 9 years.
    (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to impose liability upon the following entities solely as a result of content or information provided by another person:
        (1) an interactive computer service, as defined in 47
    
U.S.C. 230(f)(2);
        (2) a provider of public mobile services or private
    
radio services, as defined in Section 13-214 of the Public Utilities Act; or
        (3) a telecommunications network or broadband
    
provider.
    (f) A person convicted under this Section is subject to the forfeiture provisions in Article 124B of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
(Source: P.A. 103-825, eff. 1-1-25.)

720 ILCS 5/11-21

    (720 ILCS 5/11-21) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-21)
    Sec. 11-21. Harmful material.
    (a) As used in this Section:
        "Distribute" means to transfer possession of, whether
    
with or without consideration.
        "Harmful to minors" means that quality of any
    
description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sado-masochistic abuse, when, taken as a whole, it (i) predominately appeals to the prurient interest in sex of minors, (ii) is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community in the State as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors, and (iii) lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.
        "Knowingly" means having knowledge of the contents of
    
the subject matter, or recklessly failing to exercise reasonable inspection which would have disclosed the contents.
        "Material" means (i) any picture, photograph,
    
drawing, sculpture, film, video game, computer game, video or similar visual depiction, including any such representation or image which is stored electronically, or (ii) any book, magazine, printed matter however reproduced, or recorded audio of any sort.
        "Minor" means any person under the age of 18.
        "Nudity" means the showing of the human male or
    
female genitals, pubic area or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering, or the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion below the top of the nipple, or the depiction of covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.
        "Sado-masochistic abuse" means flagellation or
    
torture by or upon a person clad in undergarments, a mask or bizarre costume, or the condition of being fettered, bound or otherwise physically restrained on the part of one clothed for sexual gratification or stimulation.
        "Sexual conduct" means acts of masturbation, sexual
    
intercourse, or physical contact with a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks or, if such person be a female, breast.
        "Sexual excitement" means the condition of human male
    
or female genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal.
    (b) A person is guilty of distributing harmful material to a minor when he or she:
        (1) knowingly sells, lends, distributes, exhibits to,
    
depicts to, or gives away to a minor, knowing that the minor is under the age of 18 or failing to exercise reasonable care in ascertaining the person's true age:
            (A) any material which depicts nudity, sexual
        
conduct or sado-masochistic abuse, or which contains explicit and detailed verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual excitement, sexual conduct or sado-masochistic abuse, and which taken as a whole is harmful to minors;
            (B) a motion picture, show, or other presentation
        
which depicts nudity, sexual conduct or sado-masochistic abuse and is harmful to minors; or
            (C) an admission ticket or pass to premises where
        
there is exhibited or to be exhibited such a motion picture, show, or other presentation; or
        (2) admits a minor to premises where there is
    
exhibited or to be exhibited such a motion picture, show, or other presentation, knowing that the minor is a person under the age of 18 or failing to exercise reasonable care in ascertaining the person's true age.
    (c) In any prosecution arising under this Section, it is an affirmative defense:
        (1) that the minor as to whom the offense is alleged
    
to have been committed exhibited to the accused a draft card, driver's license, birth certificate or other official or apparently official document purporting to establish that the minor was 18 years of age or older, which was relied upon by the accused;
        (2) that the defendant was in a parental or
    
guardianship relationship with the minor or that the minor was accompanied by a parent or legal guardian;
        (3) that the defendant was a bona fide school,
    
museum, or public library, or was a person acting in the course of his or her employment as an employee or official of such organization or retail outlet affiliated with and serving the educational purpose of such organization;
        (4) that the act charged was committed in aid of
    
legitimate scientific or educational purposes; or
        (5) that an advertisement of harmful material as
    
defined in this Section culminated in the sale or distribution of such harmful material to a child under circumstances where there was no personal confrontation of the child by the defendant, his or her employees, or agents, as where the order or request for such harmful material was transmitted by mail, telephone, Internet or similar means of communication, and delivery of such harmful material to the child was by mail, freight, Internet or similar means of transport, which advertisement contained the following statement, or a substantially similar statement, and that the defendant required the purchaser to certify that he or she was not under the age of 18 and that the purchaser falsely stated that he or she was not under the age of 18: "NOTICE: It is unlawful for any person under the age of 18 to purchase the matter advertised. Any person under the age of 18 that falsely states that he or she is not under the age of 18 for the purpose of obtaining the material advertised is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor under the laws of the State."
    (d) The predominant appeal to prurient interest of the material shall be judged with reference to average children of the same general age of the child to whom such material was sold, lent, distributed or given, unless it appears from the nature of the matter or the circumstances of its dissemination or distribution that it is designed for specially susceptible groups, in which case the predominant appeal of the material shall be judged with reference to its intended or probable recipient group.
    (e) Distribution of harmful material in violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent offense is a Class 4 felony.
    (f) Any person under the age of 18 who falsely states, either orally or in writing, that he or she is not under the age of 18, or who presents or offers to any person any evidence of age and identity that is false or not actually his or her own with the intent of ordering, obtaining, viewing, or otherwise procuring or attempting to procure or view any harmful material is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
    (g) A person over the age of 18 who fails to exercise reasonable care in ascertaining the true age of a minor, knowingly distributes to, or sends, or causes to be sent, or exhibits to, or offers to distribute, or exhibits any harmful material to a person that he or she believes is a minor is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. If that person utilized a computer web camera, cellular telephone, or any other type of device to manufacture the harmful material, then each offense is a Class 4 felony.
    (h) Telecommunications carriers, commercial mobile service providers, and providers of information services, including, but not limited to, Internet service providers and hosting service providers, are not liable under this Section, except for willful and wanton misconduct, by virtue of the transmission, storage, or caching of electronic communications or messages of others or by virtue of the provision of other related telecommunications, commercial mobile services, or information services used by others in violation of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)

720 ILCS 5/11-22

    (720 ILCS 5/11-22) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-22)
    Sec. 11-22. Tie-in sales of obscene publications to distributors.
    Any person, firm or corporation, or any agent, officer or employee thereof, engaged in the business of distributing books, magazines, periodicals, comic books or other publications to retail dealers, who shall refuse to furnish to any retail dealer such quantity of books, magazines, periodicals, comic books or other publications as such retail dealer normally sells because the retail dealer refuses to sell, or offer for sale, any books, magazines, periodicals, comic books or other publications which are obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent is guilty of a petty offense. Each publication sold or delivered in violation of this Act shall constitute a separate petty offense.
(Source: P.A. 77-2638.)

720 ILCS 5/11-23

    (720 ILCS 5/11-23)
    Sec. 11-23. Posting of identifying or graphic information on a pornographic Internet site or possessing graphic information with pornographic material.
    (a) A person at least 17 years of age who knowingly discloses on an adult obscenity or child pornography Internet site the name, address, telephone number, or e-mail address of a person under 17 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense or of a person at least 17 years of age without the consent of the person at least 17 years of age is guilty of posting of identifying information on a pornographic Internet site.
    (a-5) Any person who knowingly places, posts, reproduces, or maintains on an adult obscenity or child pornography Internet site a photograph, video, or digital image of a person under 18 years of age that is not child pornography under Section 11-20.1, without the knowledge and consent of the person under 18 years of age, is guilty of posting of graphic information on a pornographic Internet site. This provision applies even if the person under 18 years of age is fully or properly clothed in the photograph, video, or digital image.
    (a-10) Any person who knowingly places, posts, reproduces, or maintains on an adult obscenity or child pornography Internet site, or possesses with obscene or child pornographic material a photograph, video, or digital image of a person under 18 years of age in which the child is posed in a suggestive manner with the focus or concentration of the image on the child's clothed genitals, clothed pubic area, clothed buttocks area, or if the child is female, the breast exposed through transparent clothing, and the photograph, video, or digital image is not child pornography under Section 11-20.1, is guilty of posting of graphic information on a pornographic Internet site or possessing graphic information with pornographic material.
    (b) Sentence. A person who violates subsection (a) of this Section is guilty of a Class 4 felony if the victim is at least 17 years of age at the time of the offense and a Class 3 felony if the victim is under 17 years of age at the time of the offense. A person who violates subsection (a-5) of this Section is guilty of a Class 4 felony. A person who violates subsection (a-10) of this Section is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
    (c) Definitions. For purposes of this Section:
        (1) "Adult obscenity or child pornography Internet
    
site" means a site on the Internet that contains material that is obscene as defined in Section 11-20 of this Code or that is child pornography as defined in Section 11-20.1 of this Code.
        (2) "Internet" has the meaning set forth in Section
    
16-0.1 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)

720 ILCS 5/11-23.5

    (720 ILCS 5/11-23.5)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-825)
    Sec. 11-23.5. Non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images.
    (a) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:
        "Computer", "computer program", and "data" have the
    
meanings ascribed to them in Section 17-0.5 of this Code.
        "Image" includes a photograph, film, videotape,
    
digital recording, or other depiction or portrayal of an object, including a human body.
        "Intimate parts" means the fully unclothed, partially
    
unclothed or transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, anus, or if the person is female, a partially or fully exposed nipple, including exposure through transparent clothing.
        "Sexual act" means sexual penetration, masturbation,
    
or sexual activity.
        "Sexual activity" means any:
            (1) knowing touching or fondling by the victim or
        
another person or animal, either directly or through clothing, of the sex organs, anus, or breast of the victim or another person or animal for the purpose of sexual gratification or arousal; or
            (2) any transfer or transmission of semen upon
        
any part of the clothed or unclothed body of the victim, for the purpose of sexual gratification or arousal of the victim or another; or
            (3) an act of urination within a sexual context;
        
or
            (4) any bondage, fetter, or sadism masochism; or
            (5) sadomasochism abuse in any sexual context.
    (b) A person commits non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images when he or she:
        (1) intentionally disseminates an image of another
    
person:
            (A) who is at least 18 years of age; and
            (B) who is identifiable from the image itself or
        
information displayed in connection with the image; and
            (C) who is engaged in a sexual act or whose
        
intimate parts are exposed, in whole or in part; and
        (2) obtains the image under circumstances in which a
    
reasonable person would know or understand that the image was to remain private; and
        (3) knows or should have known that the person in the
    
image has not consented to the dissemination.
    (c) The following activities are exempt from the provisions of this Section:
        (1) The intentional dissemination of an image of
    
another identifiable person who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed when the dissemination is made for the purpose of a criminal investigation that is otherwise lawful.
        (2) The intentional dissemination of an image of
    
another identifiable person who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed when the dissemination is for the purpose of, or in connection with, the reporting of unlawful conduct.
        (3) The intentional dissemination of an image of
    
another identifiable person who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed when the images involve voluntary exposure in public or commercial settings.
        (4) The intentional dissemination of an image of
    
another identifiable person who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed when the dissemination serves a lawful public purpose.
    (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to impose liability upon the following entities solely as a result of content or information provided by another person:
        (1) an interactive computer service, as defined in 47
    
U.S.C. 230(f)(2);
        (2) a provider of public mobile services or private
    
radio services, as defined in Section 13-214 of the Public Utilities Act; or
        (3) a telecommunications network or broadband
    
provider.
    (e) A person convicted under this Section is subject to the forfeiture provisions in Article 124B of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
    (f) Sentence. Non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images is a Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 98-1138, eff. 6-1-15.)
 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-825)
    Sec. 11-23.5. Non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images.
    (a) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:
        "Computer", "computer program", and "data" have the
    
meanings ascribed to them in Section 17-0.5 of this Code.
        "Image" includes a photograph, film, videotape,
    
digital recording, or other depiction or portrayal of an object, including a human body.
        "Intimate parts" means the fully unclothed, partially
    
unclothed or transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, anus, or if the person is female, a partially or fully exposed nipple, including exposure through transparent clothing.
        "Personal identifying information" has the meaning
    
ascribed to the term in Section 16-0.1.
        "Sexual act" means sexual penetration, masturbation,
    
or sexual activity.
        "Sexual activity" means any:
            (1) knowing touching or fondling by the victim or
        
another person or animal, either directly or through clothing, of the sex organs, anus, or breast of the victim or another person or animal for the purpose of sexual gratification or arousal; or
            (2) any transfer or transmission of semen upon
        
any part of the clothed or unclothed body of the victim, for the purpose of sexual gratification or arousal of the victim or another; or
            (3) an act of urination within a sexual context;
        
or
            (4) any bondage, fetter, or sadism masochism; or
            (5) sadomasochism abuse in any sexual context.
    (b) A person commits non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images when he or she:
        (1) intentionally disseminates an image of another
    
person:
            (A) (blank); and
            (B) who is identifiable from the image itself, or
        
whose personal identifying information is displayed or disseminated in connection with the image, or whose identity is known to the person who disseminated the image; and
            (C) who is engaged in a sexual act or whose
        
intimate parts are exposed, in whole or in part; and
        (2) obtains the image under circumstances in which a
    
reasonable person would know or understand that the image was to remain private; and
        (3) knows or should have known that the person in the
    
image has not consented to the dissemination.
    (c) The following activities are exempt from the provisions of this Section:
        (1) The intentional dissemination of an image of
    
another identifiable person who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed when the dissemination is made for the purpose of a criminal investigation that is otherwise lawful.
        (2) The intentional dissemination of an image of
    
another identifiable person who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed when the dissemination is for the purpose of, or in connection with, the reporting of unlawful conduct.
        (3) The intentional dissemination of an image of
    
another identifiable person who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed when the images involve voluntary exposure in public or commercial settings.
        (4) The intentional dissemination of an image of
    
another identifiable person who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed when the dissemination serves a lawful public purpose.
    (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to impose liability upon the following entities solely as a result of content or information provided by another person:
        (1) an interactive computer service, as defined in 47
    
U.S.C. 230(f)(2);
        (2) a provider of public mobile services or private
    
radio services, as defined in Section 13-214 of the Public Utilities Act; or
        (3) a telecommunications network or broadband
    
provider.
    (e) A person convicted under this Section is subject to the forfeiture provisions in Article 124B of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
    (f) Sentence. Non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images is a Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 103-825, eff. 1-1-25.)

720 ILCS 5/11-23.7

    (720 ILCS 5/11-23.7)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 11-23.7. Non-consensual dissemination of sexually explicit digitized depictions.
    (a) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:
    "Intimate parts" means the fully unclothed, partially unclothed or transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, anus, or if the person is female, a partially or fully exposed nipple, including exposure through transparent clothing.
    "Personal identifying information" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 16-0.1.
    "Sexual activity" means:
        (1) any knowing touching or fondling of the victim or
    
another person or animal, either directly or through clothing, of the sex organs, anus, or breast of the victim or another person or animal for the purpose of sexual gratification or arousal;
        (2) any transfer or transmission of semen upon any
    
part of the clothed or unclothed body of the victim, for the purpose of sexual gratification or arousal of the victim or another;
        (3) an act of urination within a sexual context;
        (4) any bondage, fetter, or sadism masochism; or
        (5) sadomasochism abuse in any sexual context.
    "Sexually explicit digitized depiction" means any image, photograph, film, video, digital recording, or other depiction or portrayal that has been created, altered, or otherwise modified to realistically depict either:
        (1) the intimate parts of another human being as the
    
intimate parts of the depicted individual or computer-generated intimate parts as the intimate parts of the depicted individual; or
        (2) the depicted individual engaging in sexual
    
activity in which the depicted individual did not engage.
    (b) A person commits non-consensual dissemination of sexually explicit digitized depictions when the person:
        (1) intentionally disseminates a sexually explicit
    
digitized depiction of another person who is identifiable from the image itself, or whose personal identifying information is displayed or disseminated in connection with the image, or whose identify is known to the person who disseminates the image; and
        (2) knows or should have known that the person in the
    
image has not consented to the dissemination.
    (c) The following activities are exempt from the provisions of this Section:
        (1) The intentional dissemination of an image of
    
another identifiable person who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed when the dissemination is made for the purpose of a criminal investigation that is otherwise lawful.
        (2) The intentional dissemination of an image of
    
another identifiable person who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed when the dissemination is for the purpose of, or in connection with, the reporting of unlawful conduct.
        (3) The intentional dissemination of an image of
    
another identifiable person who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed when the images involve voluntary exposure in public or commercial settings.
        (4) The intentional dissemination of an image of
    
another identifiable person who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed when the dissemination serves a lawful public purpose.
    (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to impose liability upon the following entities solely as a result of content or information provided by another person:
        (1) an interactive computer service, as defined in 47
    
U.S.C. 230(f)(2);
        (2) a provider of public mobile services or private
    
radio services, as defined in Section 13-214 of the Public Utilities Act; or
        (3) a telecommunications network or broadband
    
provider.
    (e) A person convicted under this Section is subject to the forfeiture provisions in Article 124B of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
    (f) Sentence. Non-consensual dissemination of sexually explicit digitized depictions is a Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 103-825, eff. 1-1-25.)

720 ILCS 5/11-24

    (720 ILCS 5/11-24)
    Sec. 11-24. Child photography by sex offender.
    (a) In this Section:
    "Child" means a person under 18 years of age.
    "Child sex offender" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11-0.1 of this Code.
    (b) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly:
        (1) conduct or operate any type of business in
    
which he or she photographs, videotapes, or takes a digital image of a child; or
        (2) conduct or operate any type of business in
    
which he or she instructs or directs another person to photograph, videotape, or take a digital image of a child; or
        (3) photograph, videotape, or take a digital image of
    
a child, or instruct or direct another person to photograph, videotape, or take a digital image of a child without the consent of the parent or guardian.
    (c) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class 2 felony. A person who violates this Section at a playground, park facility, school, forest preserve, day care facility, or at a facility providing programs or services directed to persons under 17 years of age is guilty of a Class 1 felony.
(Source: P.A. 95-983, eff. 6-1-09; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Subdiv. 25

 
    (720 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Subdiv. 25 heading)
SUBDIVISION 25. OTHER OFFENSES
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/11-25

    (720 ILCS 5/11-25)
    Sec. 11-25. Grooming.
    (a) A person commits grooming when he or she knowingly uses a computer on-line service, Internet service, local bulletin board service, or any other device capable of electronic data storage or transmission, performs an act in person or by conduct through a third party, or uses written communication to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, or attempt to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, a child, a child's guardian, or another person believed by the person to be a child or a child's guardian, to commit any sex offense as defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act, to distribute photographs depicting the sex organs of the child, or to otherwise engage in any unlawful sexual conduct with a child or with another person believed by the person to be a child. As used in this Section, "child" means a person under 17 years of age.
    (b) Sentence. Grooming is a Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 102-676, eff. 6-1-22.)

720 ILCS 5/11-26

    (720 ILCS 5/11-26)
    Sec. 11-26. Traveling to meet a child.
    (a) A person commits traveling to meet a child when he or she travels any distance either within this State, to this State, or from this State by any means, attempts to do so, or causes another to do so or attempt to do so for the purpose of engaging in any sex offense as defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act, or to otherwise engage in other unlawful sexual conduct with a child or with another person believed by the person to be a child after using a computer on-line service, Internet service, local bulletin board service, or any other device capable of electronic data storage or transmission to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, or to attempt to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, a child or a child's guardian, or another person believed by the person to be a child or a child's guardian, for such purpose. As used in this Section, "child" means a person under 17 years of age.
    (b) Sentence. Traveling to meet a child is a Class 3 felony.
(Source: P.A. 100-428, eff. 1-1-18.)

720 ILCS 5/11-30

    (720 ILCS 5/11-30) (was 720 ILCS 5/11-9)
    Sec. 11-30. Public indecency.
    (a) Any person of the age of 17 years and upwards who performs any of the following acts in a public place commits a public indecency:
        (1) An act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct; or
        (2) A lewd exposure of the body done with intent to
    
arouse or to satisfy the sexual desire of the person.
    Breast-feeding of infants is not an act of public indecency.
    (b) "Public place" for purposes of this Section means any place where the conduct may reasonably be expected to be viewed by others.
    (c) Sentence.
    Public indecency is a Class A misdemeanor. A person convicted of a third or subsequent violation for public indecency is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Public indecency is a Class 4 felony if committed by a person 18 years of age or older who is on or within 500 feet of elementary or secondary school grounds when children are present on the grounds.
(Source: P.A. 96-1098, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/11-35

    (720 ILCS 5/11-35) (was 720 ILCS 5/11-7)
    Sec. 11-35. Adultery.
    (a) A person commits adultery when he or she has sexual intercourse with another not his or her spouse, if the behavior is open and notorious, and:
        (1) the person is married and knows the other person
    
involved in such intercourse is not his spouse; or
        (2) the person is not married and knows that the
    
other person involved in such intercourse is married.
    A person shall be exempt from prosecution under this Section if his liability is based solely on evidence he has given in order to comply with the requirements of Section 4-1.7 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
    (b) Sentence.
    Adultery is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)

720 ILCS 5/11-40

    (720 ILCS 5/11-40) (was 720 ILCS 5/11-8)
    Sec. 11-40. Fornication.
    (a) A person commits fornication when he or she knowingly has sexual intercourse with another not his or her spouse if the behavior is open and notorious.
    A person shall be exempt from prosecution under this Section if his liability is based solely on evidence he has given in order to comply with the requirements of Section 4-1.7 of "The Illinois Public Aid Code", approved April 11, 1967, as amended.
    (b) Sentence.
    Fornication is a Class B misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/11-45

    (720 ILCS 5/11-45) (was 720 ILCS 5/11-12)
    Sec. 11-45. Bigamy and Marrying a bigamist.
    (a) Bigamy. A person commits bigamy when that person has a husband or wife and subsequently knowingly marries another.
    (a-5) Marrying a bigamist. An unmarried person commits marrying a bigamist when that person knowingly marries another under circumstances known to him or her which would render the other person guilty of bigamy under the laws of this State.
    (b) It shall be an affirmative defense to bigamy and marrying a bigamist that:
        (1) The prior marriage was dissolved or declared
    
invalid; or
        (2) The accused reasonably believed the prior spouse
    
to be dead; or
        (3) The prior spouse had been continually absent for
    
a period of 5 years during which time the accused did not know the prior spouse to be alive; or
        (4) The accused reasonably believed that he or she or
    
the person he or she marries was legally eligible to be married.
    (c) Sentence.
    Bigamy is a Class 4 felony. Marrying a bigamist is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/Art. 12

 
    (720 ILCS 5/Art. 12 heading)
ARTICLE 12. BODILY HARM

720 ILCS 5/Art. 12, Subdiv. 1

 
    (720 ILCS 5/Art. 12, Subdiv. 1 heading)
SUBDIVISION 1. DEFINITIONS
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/12-0.1

    (720 ILCS 5/12-0.1)
    Sec. 12-0.1. Definitions. In this Article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
    "Bona fide labor dispute" means any controversy concerning wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, or benefits, including health and welfare, sick leave, insurance, and pension or retirement provisions, the making or maintaining of collective bargaining agreements, and the terms to be included in those agreements.
    "Coach" means a person recognized as a coach by the sanctioning authority that conducts an athletic contest.
    "Correctional institution employee" means a person employed by a penal institution.
    "Emergency medical services personnel" has the meaning specified in Section 3.5 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act and shall include all ambulance crew members, including drivers or pilots.
    "Family or household members" include spouses, former spouses, parents, children, stepchildren, and other persons related by blood or by present or prior marriage, persons who share or formerly shared a common dwelling, persons who have or allegedly have a child in common, persons who share or allegedly share a blood relationship through a child, persons who have or have had a dating or engagement relationship, persons with disabilities and their personal assistants, and caregivers as defined in Section 12-4.4a of this Code. For purposes of this Article, neither a casual acquaintanceship nor ordinary fraternization between 2 individuals in business or social contexts shall be deemed to constitute a dating relationship.
    "In the presence of a child" means in the physical presence of a child or knowing or having reason to know that a child is present and may see or hear an act constituting an offense.
    "Park district employee" means a supervisor, director, instructor, or other person employed by a park district.
    "Person with a physical disability" means a person who suffers from a permanent and disabling physical characteristic, resulting from disease, injury, functional disorder, or congenital condition.
    "Private security officer" means a registered employee of a private security contractor agency under the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004.
    "Probation officer" means a person as defined in the Probation and Probation Officers Act.
    "Sports official" means a person at an athletic contest who enforces the rules of the contest, such as an umpire or referee.
    "Sports venue" means a publicly or privately owned sports or entertainment arena, stadium, community or convention hall, special event center, or amusement facility, or a special event center in a public park, during the 12 hours before or after the sanctioned sporting event.
    "Streetgang", "streetgang member", and "criminal street gang" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
    "Transit employee" means a driver, operator, or employee of any transportation facility or system engaged in the business of transporting the public for hire.
    "Transit passenger" means a passenger of any transportation facility or system engaged in the business of transporting the public for hire, including a passenger using any area designated by a transportation facility or system as a vehicle boarding, departure, or transfer location.
    "Utility worker" means any of the following:
        (1) A person employed by a public utility as defined
    
in Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act.
        (2) An employee of a municipally owned utility.
        (3) An employee of a cable television company.
        (4) An employee of an electric cooperative as defined
    
in Section 3-119 of the Public Utilities Act.
        (5) An independent contractor or an employee of an
    
independent contractor working on behalf of a cable television company, public utility, municipally owned utility, or electric cooperative.
        (6) An employee of a telecommunications carrier as
    
defined in Section 13-202 of the Public Utilities Act, or an independent contractor or an employee of an independent contractor working on behalf of a telecommunications carrier.
        (7) An employee of a telephone or telecommunications
    
cooperative as defined in Section 13-212 of the Public Utilities Act, or an independent contractor or an employee of an independent contractor working on behalf of a telephone or telecommunications cooperative.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-816, eff. 8-15-16.)

720 ILCS 5/Art. 12, Subdiv. 5

 
    (720 ILCS 5/Art. 12, Subdiv. 5 heading)
SUBDIVISION 5. ASSAULT AND BATTERY
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/12-1

    (720 ILCS 5/12-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-1)
    Sec. 12-1. Assault.
    (a) A person commits an assault when, without lawful authority, he or she knowingly engages in conduct which places another in reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery.
    (b) Sentence. Assault is a Class C misdemeanor.
    (c) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed, a court shall order any person convicted of assault to perform community service for not less than 30 and not more than 120 hours, if community service is available in the jurisdiction and is funded and approved by the county board of the county where the offense was committed. In addition, whenever any person is placed on supervision for an alleged offense under this Section, the supervision shall be conditioned upon the performance of the community service.
    This subsection does not apply when the court imposes a sentence of incarceration.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/12-2

    (720 ILCS 5/12-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-2)
    Sec. 12-2. Aggravated assault.
    (a) Offense based on location of conduct. A person commits aggravated assault when he or she commits an assault against an individual who is on or about a public way, public property, a public place of accommodation or amusement, or a sports venue, or in a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place used for religious worship.
    (b) Offense based on status of victim. A person commits aggravated assault when, in committing an assault, he or she knows the individual assaulted to be any of the following:
        (1) A person with a physical disability or a person
    
60 years of age or older and the assault is without legal justification.
        (2) A teacher or school employee upon school grounds
    
or grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a building used for school purposes.
        (3) A park district employee upon park grounds or
    
grounds adjacent to a park or in any part of a building used for park purposes.
        (4) A community policing volunteer, private security
    
officer, or utility worker:
            (i) performing his or her official duties;
            (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or
        
her official duties; or
            (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
        
or her official duties.
        (4.1) A peace officer, fireman, emergency management
    
worker, or emergency medical services personnel:
            (i) performing his or her official duties;
            (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or
        
her official duties; or
            (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
        
or her official duties.
        (5) A correctional officer or probation officer:
            (i) performing his or her official duties;
            (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or
        
her official duties; or
            (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing
        
his or her official duties.
        (6) A correctional institution employee, a county
    
juvenile detention center employee who provides direct and continuous supervision of residents of a juvenile detention center, including a county juvenile detention center employee who supervises recreational activity for residents of a juvenile detention center, or a Department of Human Services employee, Department of Human Services officer, or employee of a subcontractor of the Department of Human Services supervising or controlling sexually dangerous persons or sexually violent persons:
            (i) performing his or her official duties;
            (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or
        
her official duties; or
            (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
        
or her official duties.
        (7) An employee of the State of Illinois, a municipal
    
corporation therein, or a political subdivision thereof, performing his or her official duties.
        (8) A transit employee performing his or her official
    
duties, or a transit passenger.
        (9) A sports official or coach actively participating
    
in any level of athletic competition within a sports venue, on an indoor playing field or outdoor playing field, or within the immediate vicinity of such a facility or field.
        (10) A person authorized to serve process under
    
Section 2-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure or a special process server appointed by the circuit court, while that individual is in the performance of his or her duties as a process server.
    (c) Offense based on use of firearm, device, or motor vehicle. A person commits aggravated assault when, in committing an assault, he or she does any of the following:
        (1) Uses a deadly weapon, an air rifle as defined in
    
Section 24.8-0.1 of this Act, or any device manufactured and designed to be substantially similar in appearance to a firearm, other than by discharging a firearm.
        (2) Discharges a firearm, other than from a motor
    
vehicle.
        (3) Discharges a firearm from a motor vehicle.
        (4) Wears a hood, robe, or mask to conceal his or her
    
identity.
        (5) Knowingly and without lawful justification shines
    
or flashes a laser gun sight or other laser device attached to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so that the laser beam strikes near or in the immediate vicinity of any person.
        (6) Uses a firearm, other than by discharging the
    
firearm, against a peace officer, community policing volunteer, fireman, private security officer, emergency management worker, emergency medical services personnel, employee of a police department, employee of a sheriff's department, or traffic control municipal employee:
            (i) performing his or her official duties;
            (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or
        
her official duties; or
            (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
        
or her official duties.
        (7) Without justification operates a motor vehicle in
    
a manner which places a person, other than a person listed in subdivision (b)(4), in reasonable apprehension of being struck by the moving motor vehicle.
        (8) Without justification operates a motor vehicle in
    
a manner which places a person listed in subdivision (b)(4), in reasonable apprehension of being struck by the moving motor vehicle.
        (9) Knowingly video or audio records the offense
    
with the intent to disseminate the recording.
    (d) Sentence. Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (a), (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(7), (b)(8), (b)(9), (c)(1), (c)(4), or (c)(9) is a Class A misdemeanor, except that aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (b)(4) and (b)(7) is a Class 4 felony if a Category I, Category II, or Category III weapon is used in the commission of the assault. Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (b)(4.1), (b)(5), (b)(6), (b)(10), (c)(2), (c)(5), (c)(6), or (c)(7) is a Class 4 felony. Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (c)(3) or (c)(8) is a Class 3 felony.
    (e) For the purposes of this Section, "Category I weapon", "Category II weapon", and "Category III weapon" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in Section 33A-1 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 101-223, eff. 1-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)

720 ILCS 5/12-2.5

    (720 ILCS 5/12-2.5)
    (This Section was renumbered as Section 12-5.02 by P.A. 96-1551.)
    Sec. 12-2.5. (Renumbered).
(Source: P.A. 88-467. Renumbered by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/12-2.6

    (720 ILCS 5/12-2.6)
    (This Section was renumbered as Section 12-5.3 by P.A. 96-1551.)
    Sec. 12-2.6. (Renumbered).
(Source: P.A. 94-743, eff. 5-8-06. Renumbered by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/12-3

    (720 ILCS 5/12-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-3)
    Sec. 12-3. Battery.
    (a) A person commits battery if he or she knowingly without legal justification by any means (1) causes bodily harm to an individual or (2) makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with an individual.
    (b) Sentence.
    Battery is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/12-3.05

    (720 ILCS 5/12-3.05) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-4)
    Sec. 12-3.05. Aggravated battery.
    (a) Offense based on injury. A person commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by the discharge of a firearm, he or she knowingly does any of the following:
        (1) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability
    
or disfigurement.
        (2) Causes severe and permanent disability, great
    
bodily harm, or disfigurement by means of a caustic or flammable substance, a poisonous gas, a deadly biological or chemical contaminant or agent, a radioactive substance, or a bomb or explosive compound.
        (3) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability
    
or disfigurement to an individual whom the person knows to be a peace officer, community policing volunteer, fireman, private security officer, correctional institution employee, or Department of Human Services employee supervising or controlling sexually dangerous persons or sexually violent persons:
            (i) performing his or her official duties;
            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or
        
her official duties; or
            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
        
or her official duties.
        (4) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability
    
or disfigurement to an individual 60 years of age or older.
        (5) Strangles another individual.
    (b) Offense based on injury to a child or person with an intellectual disability. A person who is at least 18 years of age commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he or she knowingly and without legal justification by any means:
        (1) causes great bodily harm or permanent disability
    
or disfigurement to any child under the age of 13 years, or to any person with a severe or profound intellectual disability; or
        (2) causes bodily harm or disability or disfigurement
    
to any child under the age of 13 years or to any person with a severe or profound intellectual disability.
    (c) Offense based on location of conduct. A person commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by the discharge of a firearm, he or she is or the person battered is on or about a public way, public property, a public place of accommodation or amusement, a sports venue, or a domestic violence shelter, or in a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place used for religious worship.
    (d) Offense based on status of victim. A person commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by discharge of a firearm, he or she knows the individual battered to be any of the following:
        (1) A person 60 years of age or older.
        (2) A person who is pregnant or has a physical
    
disability.
        (3) A teacher or school employee upon school grounds
    
or grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a building used for school purposes.
        (4) A peace officer, community policing volunteer,
    
fireman, private security officer, correctional institution employee, or Department of Human Services employee supervising or controlling sexually dangerous persons or sexually violent persons:
            (i) performing his or her official duties;
            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or
        
her official duties; or
            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
        
or her official duties.
        (5) A judge, emergency management worker, emergency
    
medical services personnel, or utility worker:
            (i) performing his or her official duties;
            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or
        
her official duties; or
            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
        
or her official duties.
        (6) An officer or employee of the State of Illinois,
    
a unit of local government, or a school district, while performing his or her official duties.
        (7) A transit employee performing his or her official
    
duties, or a transit passenger.
        (8) A taxi driver on duty.
        (9) A merchant who detains the person for an alleged
    
commission of retail theft under Section 16-26 of this Code and the person without legal justification by any means causes bodily harm to the merchant.
        (10) A person authorized to serve process under
    
Section 2-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure or a special process server appointed by the circuit court while that individual is in the performance of his or her duties as a process server.
        (11) A nurse while in the performance of his or her
    
duties as a nurse.
        (12) A merchant: (i) while performing his or her
    
duties, including, but not limited to, relaying directions for healthcare or safety from his or her supervisor or employer or relaying health or safety guidelines, recommendations, regulations, or rules from a federal, State, or local public health agency; and (ii) during a disaster declared by the Governor, or a state of emergency declared by the mayor of the municipality in which the merchant is located, due to a public health emergency and for a period of 6 months after such declaration.
    (e) Offense based on use of a firearm. A person commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he or she knowingly does any of the following:
        (1) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or
    
a firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury to another person.
        (2) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or
    
a firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or she knows to be a peace officer, community policing volunteer, person summoned by a police officer, fireman, private security officer, correctional institution employee, or emergency management worker:
            (i) performing his or her official duties;
            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or
        
her official duties; or
            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
        
or her official duties.
        (3) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or
    
a firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or she knows to be emergency medical services personnel:
            (i) performing his or her official duties;
            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or
        
her official duties; or
            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
        
or her official duties.
        (4) Discharges a firearm and causes any injury to a
    
person he or she knows to be a teacher, a student in a school, or a school employee, and the teacher, student, or employee is upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a building used for school purposes.
        (5) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
    
with a silencer, and causes any injury to another person.
        (6) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
    
with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or she knows to be a peace officer, community policing volunteer, person summoned by a police officer, fireman, private security officer, correctional institution employee or emergency management worker:
            (i) performing his or her official duties;
            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or
        
her official duties; or
            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
        
or her official duties.
        (7) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
    
with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or she knows to be emergency medical services personnel:
            (i) performing his or her official duties;
            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or
        
her official duties; or
            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
        
or her official duties.
        (8) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
    
with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or she knows to be a teacher, or a student in a school, or a school employee, and the teacher, student, or employee is upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a building used for school purposes.
    (f) Offense based on use of a weapon or device. A person commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he or she does any of the following:
        (1) Uses a deadly weapon other than by discharge of a
    
firearm, or uses an air rifle as defined in Section 24.8-0.1 of this Code.
        (2) Wears a hood, robe, or mask to conceal his or her
    
identity.
        (3) Knowingly and without lawful justification shines
    
or flashes a laser gunsight or other laser device attached to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so that the laser beam strikes upon or against the person of another.
        (4) Knowingly video or audio records the offense with
    
the intent to disseminate the recording.
    (g) Offense based on certain conduct. A person commits aggravated battery when, other than by discharge of a firearm, he or she does any of the following:
        (1) Violates Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled
    
Substances Act by unlawfully delivering a controlled substance to another and any user experiences great bodily harm or permanent disability as a result of the injection, inhalation, or ingestion of any amount of the controlled substance.
        (2) Knowingly administers to an individual or causes
    
him or her to take, without his or her consent or by threat or deception, and for other than medical purposes, any intoxicating, poisonous, stupefying, narcotic, anesthetic, or controlled substance, or gives to another person any food containing any substance or object intended to cause physical injury if eaten.
        (3) Knowingly causes or attempts to cause a
    
correctional institution employee or Department of Human Services employee to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, or feces by throwing, tossing, or expelling the fluid or material, and the person is an inmate of a penal institution or is a sexually dangerous person or sexually violent person in the custody of the Department of Human Services.
    (h) Sentence. Unless otherwise provided, aggravated battery is a Class 3 felony.
    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(4), (d)(4), or (g)(3) is a Class 2 felony.
    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(3) or (g)(1) is a Class 1 felony.
    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(1) is a Class 1 felony when the aggravated battery was intentional and involved the infliction of torture, as defined in paragraph (10) of subsection (b-5) of Section 5-8-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections, as the infliction of or subjection to extreme physical pain, motivated by an intent to increase or prolong the pain, suffering, or agony of the victim.
    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(1) is a Class 2 felony when the person causes great bodily harm or permanent disability to an individual whom the person knows to be a member of a congregation engaged in prayer or other religious activities at a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place used for religious worship.
    Aggravated battery under subdivision (a)(5) is a Class 1 felony if:
        (A) the person used or attempted to use a dangerous
    
instrument while committing the offense;
        (B) the person caused great bodily harm or permanent
    
disability or disfigurement to the other person while committing the offense; or
        (C) the person has been previously convicted of a
    
violation of subdivision (a)(5) under the laws of this State or laws similar to subdivision (a)(5) of any other state.
    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(1) is a Class X felony.
    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(2) is a Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 6 years and a maximum of 45 years.
    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(5) is a Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 12 years and a maximum of 45 years.
    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(2), (e)(3), or (e)(4) is a Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 15 years and a maximum of 60 years.
    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(6), (e)(7), or (e)(8) is a Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 20 years and a maximum of 60 years.
    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (b)(1) is a Class X felony, except that:
        (1) if the person committed the offense while armed
    
with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
        (2) if, during the commission of the offense, the
    
person personally discharged a firearm, 20 years shall be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
        (3) if, during the commission of the offense, the
    
person personally discharged a firearm that proximately caused great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent disfigurement, or death to another person, 25 years or up to a term of natural life shall be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court.
    (i) Definitions. In this Section:
    "Building or other structure used to provide shelter" has the meaning ascribed to "shelter" in Section 1 of the Domestic Violence Shelters Act.
    "Domestic violence" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
    "Domestic violence shelter" means any building or other structure used to provide shelter or other services to victims or to the dependent children of victims of domestic violence pursuant to the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or the Domestic Violence Shelters Act, or any place within 500 feet of such a building or other structure in the case of a person who is going to or from such a building or other structure.
    "Firearm" has the meaning provided under Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, and does not include an air rifle as defined by Section 24.8-0.1 of this Code.
    "Machine gun" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 24-1 of this Code.
    "Merchant" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 16-0.1 of this Code.
    "Strangle" means intentionally impeding the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of an individual by applying pressure on the throat or neck of that individual or by blocking the nose or mouth of that individual.
(Source: P.A. 103-51, eff. 1-1-24.)

720 ILCS 5/12-3.1

    (720 ILCS 5/12-3.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-3.1)
    Sec. 12-3.1. Battery of an unborn child; aggravated battery of an unborn child.
    (a) A person commits battery of an unborn child if he or she knowingly without legal justification and by any means causes bodily harm to an unborn child.
    (a-5) A person commits aggravated battery of an unborn child when, in committing a battery of an unborn child, he or she knowingly causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to an unborn child.
    (b) For purposes of this Section, (1) "unborn child" shall mean any individual of the human species from the implantation of an embryo until birth, and (2) "person" shall not include the pregnant individual whose unborn child is harmed.
    (c) Sentence. Battery of an unborn child is a Class A misdemeanor. Aggravated battery of an unborn child is a Class 2 felony.
    (d) This Section shall not apply to acts which cause bodily harm to an unborn child if those acts were committed during any abortion, as defined in Section 1-10 of the Reproductive Health Act, to which the pregnant individual has consented. This Section shall not apply to acts which were committed pursuant to usual and customary standards of medical practice during diagnostic testing or therapeutic treatment.
(Source: P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19.)

720 ILCS 5/12-3.2

    (720 ILCS 5/12-3.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-3.2)
    Sec. 12-3.2. Domestic battery.
    (a) A person commits domestic battery if he or she knowingly without legal justification by any means:
        (1) causes bodily harm to any family or household
    
member;
        (2) makes physical contact of an insulting or
    
provoking nature with any family or household member.
    (b) Sentence. Domestic battery is a Class A misdemeanor. Domestic battery is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any prior conviction under this Code for violation of an order of protection (Section 12-3.4 or 12-30), or any prior conviction under the law of another jurisdiction for an offense which is substantially similar. Domestic battery is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any prior conviction under this Code for first degree murder (Section 9-1), attempt to commit first degree murder (Section 8-4), aggravated domestic battery (Section 12-3.3), aggravated battery (Section 12-3.05 or 12-4), heinous battery (Section 12-4.1), aggravated battery with a firearm (Section 12-4.2), aggravated battery with a machine gun or a firearm equipped with a silencer (Section 12-4.2-5), aggravated battery of a child (Section 12-4.3), aggravated battery of an unborn child (subsection (a-5) of Section 12-3.1, or Section 12-4.4), aggravated battery of a senior citizen (Section 12-4.6), stalking (Section 12-7.3), aggravated stalking (Section 12-7.4), criminal sexual assault (Section 11-1.20 or 12-13), aggravated criminal sexual assault (Section 11-1.30 or 12-14), kidnapping (Section 10-1), aggravated kidnapping (Section 10-2), predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (Section 11-1.40 or 12-14.1), aggravated criminal sexual abuse (Section 11-1.60 or 12-16), unlawful restraint (Section 10-3), aggravated unlawful restraint (Section 10-3.1), aggravated arson (Section 20-1.1), or aggravated discharge of a firearm (Section 24-1.2), or any prior conviction under the law of another jurisdiction for any offense that is substantially similar to the offenses listed in this Section, when any of these offenses have been committed against a family or household member. Domestic battery is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has one or 2 prior convictions under this Code for domestic battery (Section 12-3.2), or one or 2 prior convictions under the law of another jurisdiction for any offense which is substantially similar. Domestic battery is a Class 3 felony if the defendant had 3 prior convictions under this Code for domestic battery (Section 12-3.2), or 3 prior convictions under the law of another jurisdiction for any offense which is substantially similar. Domestic battery is a Class 2 felony if the defendant had 4 or more prior convictions under this Code for domestic battery (Section 12-3.2), or 4 or more prior convictions under the law of another jurisdiction for any offense which is substantially similar. In addition to any other sentencing alternatives, for any second or subsequent conviction of violating this Section, the offender shall be mandatorily sentenced to a minimum of 72 consecutive hours of imprisonment. The imprisonment shall not be subject to suspension, nor shall the person be eligible for probation in order to reduce the sentence.
    (c) Domestic battery committed in the presence of a child. In addition to any other sentencing alternatives, a defendant who commits, in the presence of a child, a felony domestic battery (enhanced under subsection (b)), aggravated domestic battery (Section 12-3.3), aggravated battery (Section 12-3.05 or 12-4), unlawful restraint (Section 10-3), or aggravated unlawful restraint (Section 10-3.1) against a family or household member shall be required to serve a mandatory minimum imprisonment of 10 days or perform 300 hours of community service, or both. The defendant shall further be liable for the cost of any counseling required for the child at the discretion of the court in accordance with subsection (b) of Section 5-5-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections. For purposes of this Section, "child" means a person under 18 years of age who is the defendant's or victim's child or step-child or who is a minor child residing within or visiting the household of the defendant or victim.
    (d) Upon conviction of domestic battery, the court shall advise the defendant orally or in writing, substantially as follows: "An individual convicted of domestic battery may be subject to federal criminal penalties for possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving any firearm or ammunition in violation of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8) and (9))." A notation shall be made in the court file that the admonition was given.
(Source: P.A. 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13; 98-187, eff. 1-1-14; 98-994, eff. 1-1-15.)

720 ILCS 5/12-3.3

    (720 ILCS 5/12-3.3)
    Sec. 12-3.3. Aggravated domestic battery.
    (a) A person who, in committing a domestic battery, knowingly causes great bodily harm, or permanent disability or disfigurement commits aggravated domestic battery.
    (a-5) A person who, in committing a domestic battery, strangles another individual commits aggravated domestic battery. For the purposes of this subsection (a-5), "strangle" means intentionally impeding the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of an individual by applying pressure on the throat or neck of that individual or by blocking the nose or mouth of that individual.
    (b) Sentence. Aggravated domestic battery is a Class 2 felony. Any order of probation or conditional discharge entered following a conviction for an offense under this Section must include, in addition to any other condition of probation or conditional discharge, a condition that the offender serve a mandatory term of imprisonment of not less than 60 consecutive days. A person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this Section must be sentenced to a mandatory term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 7 years or an extended term of imprisonment of not less than 7 years and not more than 14 years.
    (c) Upon conviction of aggravated domestic battery, the court shall advise the defendant orally or in writing, substantially as follows: "An individual convicted of aggravated domestic battery may be subject to federal criminal penalties for possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving any firearm or ammunition in violation of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8) and (9))." A notation shall be made in the court file that the admonition was given.
(Source: P.A. 96-287, eff. 8-11-09; 96-363, eff. 8-13-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/12-3.4

    (720 ILCS 5/12-3.4) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-30)
    Sec. 12-3.4. Violation of an order of protection.
    (a) A person commits violation of an order of protection if:
        (1) He or she knowingly commits an act which was
    
prohibited by a court or fails to commit an act which was ordered by a court in violation of:
            (i) a remedy in a valid order of protection
        
authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (14), or (14.5) of subsection (b) of Section 214 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986,
            (ii) a remedy, which is substantially similar to
        
the remedies authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (14) or (14.5) of subsection (b) of Section 214 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, in a valid order of protection, which is authorized under the laws of another state, tribe or United States territory,
            (iii) any other remedy when the act constitutes a
        
crime against the protected parties as the term protected parties is defined in Section 112A-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963; and
        (2) Such violation occurs after the offender has been
    
served notice of the contents of the order, pursuant to the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or any substantially similar statute of another state, tribe or United States territory, or otherwise has acquired actual knowledge of the contents of the order.
    An order of protection issued by a state, tribal or territorial court related to domestic or family violence shall be deemed valid if the issuing court had jurisdiction over the parties and matter under the law of the state, tribe or territory. There shall be a presumption of validity where an order is certified and appears authentic on its face. For purposes of this Section, an "order of protection" may have been issued in a criminal or civil proceeding.
    (a-5) Failure to provide reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard shall be an affirmative defense to any charge or process filed seeking enforcement of a foreign order of protection.
    (b) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to diminish the inherent authority of the courts to enforce their lawful orders through civil or criminal contempt proceedings.
    (c) The limitations placed on law enforcement liability by Section 305 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 apply to actions taken under this Section.
    (d) Violation of an order of protection is a Class A misdemeanor. Violation of an order of protection is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any prior conviction under this Code for domestic battery (Section 12-3.2) or violation of an order of protection (Section 12-3.4 or 12-30) or any prior conviction under the law of another jurisdiction for an offense that could be charged in this State as a domestic battery or violation of an order of protection. Violation of an order of protection is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any prior conviction under this Code for first degree murder (Section 9-1), attempt to commit first degree murder (Section 8-4), aggravated domestic battery (Section 12-3.3), aggravated battery (Section 12-3.05 or 12-4), heinous battery (Section 12-4.1), aggravated battery with a firearm (Section 12-4.2), aggravated battery with a machine gun or a firearm equipped with a silencer (Section 12-4.2-5), aggravated battery of a child (Section 12-4.3), aggravated battery of an unborn child (subsection (a-5) of Section 12-3.1, or Section 12-4.4), aggravated battery of a senior citizen (Section 12-4.6), stalking (Section 12-7.3), aggravated stalking (Section 12-7.4), criminal sexual assault (Section 11-1.20 or 12-13), aggravated criminal sexual assault (Section 11-1.30 or 12-14), kidnapping (Section 10-1), aggravated kidnapping (Section 10-2), predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (Section 11-1.40 or 12-14.1), aggravated criminal sexual abuse (Section 11-1.60 or 12-16), unlawful restraint (Section 10-3), aggravated unlawful restraint (Section 10-3.1), aggravated arson (Section 20-1.1), aggravated discharge of a firearm (Section 24-1.2), or a violation of any former law of this State that is substantially similar to any listed offense, or any prior conviction under the law of another jurisdiction for an offense that could be charged in this State as one of the offenses listed in this Section, when any of these offenses have been committed against a family or household member as defined in Section 112A-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. The court shall impose a minimum penalty of 24 hours imprisonment for defendant's second or subsequent violation of any order of protection; unless the court explicitly finds that an increased penalty or such period of imprisonment would be manifestly unjust. In addition to any other penalties, the court may order the defendant to pay a fine as authorized under Section 5-9-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections or to make restitution to the victim under Section 5-5-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
    (e) (Blank).
    (f) A defendant who directed the actions of a third party to violate this Section, under the principles of accountability set forth in Article 5 of this Code, is guilty of violating this Section as if the same had been personally done by the defendant, without regard to the mental state of the third party acting at the direction of the defendant.
(Source: P.A. 100-987, eff. 7-1-19.)

720 ILCS 5/12-3.5

    (720 ILCS 5/12-3.5) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-6.3)
    Sec. 12-3.5. Interfering with the reporting of domestic violence.
    (a) A person commits interfering with the reporting of domestic violence when, after having committed an act of domestic violence, he or she knowingly prevents or attempts to prevent the victim of or a witness to the act of domestic violence from calling a 9-1-1 emergency telephone system, obtaining medical assistance, or making a report to any law enforcement official.
    (b) For the purposes of this Section:
    "Domestic violence" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 112A-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
    (c) Sentence. Interfering with the reporting of domestic violence is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/12-3.6

    (720 ILCS 5/12-3.6) (was 720 ILCS 5/45-1 and 5/45-2)
    Sec. 12-3.6. Disclosing location of domestic violence victim.
    (a) As used in this Section:
    "Domestic violence" means attempting to cause or causing abuse of a family or household member or high-risk adult with disabilities, or attempting to cause or causing neglect or exploitation of a high-risk adult with disabilities which threatens the adult's health and safety.
    "Family or household member" means a spouse, person living as a spouse, parent, or other adult person related by consanguinity or affinity, who is residing or has resided with the person committing domestic violence. "Family or household member" includes a high-risk adult with disabilities who resides with or receives care from any person who has the responsibility for a high-risk adult as a result of a family relationship or who has assumed responsibility for all or a portion of the care of an adult with disabilities voluntarily, by express or implied contract, or by court order.
    "High-risk adult with disabilities" means a person aged 18 or over whose physical or mental disability impairs his or her ability to seek or obtain protection from abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
    "Abuse", "exploitation", and "neglect" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
    (b) A person commits disclosure of location of domestic violence victim when he or she publishes, disseminates or otherwise discloses the location of any domestic violence victim, without that person's authorization, knowing the disclosure will result in, or has the substantial likelihood of resulting in, the threat of bodily harm.
    (c) Nothing in this Section shall apply to confidential communications between an attorney and his or her client.
    (d) Sentence. Disclosure of location of domestic violence victim is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/12-3.8

    (720 ILCS 5/12-3.8)
    Sec. 12-3.8. Violation of a civil no contact order.
    (a) A person commits violation of a civil no contact order if:
        (1) he or she knowingly commits an act which was
    
prohibited by a court or fails to commit an act which was ordered in violation of:
            (A) a remedy of a valid civil no contact order
        
authorized under Section 213 of the Civil No Contact Order Act or Section 112A-14.5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963; or
            (B) a remedy, which is substantially similar to
        
the remedies authorized under Section 213 of the Civil No Contact Order Act or Section 112A-14.5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, or in a valid civil no contact order, which is authorized under the laws of another state, tribe, or United States territory; and
        (2) the violation occurs after the offender has been
    
served notice of the contents of the order under the Civil No Contact Order Act, Article 112A of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, or any substantially similar statute of another state, tribe, or United States territory, or otherwise has acquired actual knowledge of the contents of the order.
    A civil no contact order issued by a state, tribal, or territorial court shall be deemed valid if the issuing court had jurisdiction over the parties and matter under the law of the state, tribe, or territory. There shall be a presumption of validity when an order is certified and appears authentic on its face.
    (a-3) For purposes of this Section, a "civil no contact order" may have been issued in a criminal or civil proceeding.
    (a-5) Failure to provide reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard shall be an affirmative defense to any charge or process filed seeking enforcement of a foreign civil no contact order.
    (b) Prosecution for a violation of a civil no contact order shall not bar a concurrent prosecution for any other crime, including any crime that may have been committed at the time of the violation of the civil no contact order.
    (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to diminish the inherent authority of the courts to enforce their lawful orders through civil or criminal contempt proceedings.
    (d) A defendant who directed the actions of a third party to violate this Section, under the principles of accountability set forth in Article 5 of this Code, is guilty of violating this Section as if the same had been personally done by the defendant, without regard to the mental state of the third party acting at the direction of the defendant.
    (e) Sentence. A violation of a civil no contact order is a Class A misdemeanor for a first violation, and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent violation.
(Source: P.A. 100-199, eff. 1-1-18.)

720 ILCS 5/12-3.9

    (720 ILCS 5/12-3.9)
    Sec. 12-3.9. Violation of a stalking no contact order.
    (a) A person commits violation of a stalking no contact order if:
        (1) he or she knowingly commits an act which was
    
prohibited by a court or fails to commit an act which was ordered by a court in violation of:
            (A) a remedy in a valid stalking no contact order
        
of protection authorized under Section 80 of the Stalking No Contact Order Act or Section 112A-14.7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963; or
            (B) a remedy, which is substantially similar to
        
the remedies authorized under Section 80 of the Stalking No Contact Order Act or Section 112A-14.7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, or in a valid stalking no contact order, which is authorized under the laws of another state, tribe, or United States territory; and
        (2) the violation occurs after the offender has been
    
served notice of the contents of the order, under the Stalking No Contact Order Act, Article 112A of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, or any substantially similar statute of another state, tribe, or United States territory, or otherwise has acquired actual knowledge of the contents of the order.
    A stalking no contact order issued by a state, tribal, or territorial court shall be deemed valid if the issuing court had jurisdiction over the parties and matter under the law of the state, tribe, or territory. There shall be a presumption of validity when an order is certified and appears authentic on its face.
    (a-3) For purposes of this Section, a "stalking no contact order" may have been issued in a criminal or civil proceeding.
    (a-5) Failure to provide reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard shall be an affirmative defense to any charge or process filed seeking enforcement of a foreign stalking no contact order.
    (b) Prosecution for a violation of a stalking no contact order shall not bar a concurrent prosecution for any other crime, including any crime that may have been committed at the time of the violation of the civil no contact order.
    (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to diminish the inherent authority of the courts to enforce their lawful orders through civil or criminal contempt proceedings.
    (d) A defendant who directed the actions of a third party to violate this Section, under the principles of accountability set forth in Article 5 of this Code, is guilty of violating this Section as if the same had been personally done by the defendant, without regard to the mental state of the third party acting at the direction of the defendant.
    (e) Sentence. A violation of a stalking no contact order is a Class A misdemeanor for a first violation, and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent violation.
(Source: P.A. 100-199, eff. 1-1-18.)

720 ILCS 5/12-4

    (720 ILCS 5/12-4)
    (This Section was renumbered as Section 12-3.05 by P.A. 96-1551.)
    Sec. 12-4. (Renumbered).
(Source: P.A. 97-467, eff. 1-1-12. Renumbered by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/12-4.1

    (720 ILCS 5/12-4.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.1)
    Sec. 12-4.1. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 91-121, eff. 7-15-99. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/12-4.2

    (720 ILCS 5/12-4.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.2)
    Sec. 12-4.2. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/12-4.2-5

    (720 ILCS 5/12-4.2-5)
    Sec. 12-4.2-5. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/12-4.3

    (720 ILCS 5/12-4.3) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.3)
    Sec. 12-4.3. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/12-4.4

    (720 ILCS 5/12-4.4) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.4)
    Sec. 12-4.4. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 84-1414. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/Art. 12, Subdiv. 10

 
    (720 ILCS 5/Art. 12, Subdiv. 10 heading)
SUBDIVISION 10. ENDANGERMENT
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/12-4.4a

    (720 ILCS 5/12-4.4a)
    Sec. 12-4.4a. Abuse or criminal neglect of a long term care facility resident; criminal abuse or neglect of an elderly person or person with a disability.
    (a) Abuse or criminal neglect of a long term care facility resident.
        (1) A person or an owner or licensee commits abuse of
    
a long term care facility resident when he or she knowingly causes any physical or mental injury to, or commits any sexual offense in this Code against, a resident.
        (2) A person or an owner or licensee commits criminal
    
neglect of a long term care facility resident when he or she recklessly:
            (A) performs acts that cause a resident's life to
        
be endangered, health to be injured, or pre-existing physical or mental condition to deteriorate, or that create the substantial likelihood that a resident's life will be endangered, health will be injured, or pre-existing physical or mental condition will deteriorate;
            (B) fails to perform acts that he or she knows or
        
reasonably should know are necessary to maintain or preserve the life or health of a resident, and that failure causes the resident's life to be endangered, health to be injured, or pre-existing physical or mental condition to deteriorate, or that create the substantial likelihood that a resident's life will be endangered, health will be injured, or pre-existing physical or mental condition will deteriorate; or
            (C) abandons a resident.
        (3) A person or an owner or licensee commits neglect
    
of a long term care facility resident when he or she negligently fails to provide adequate medical care, personal care, or maintenance to the resident which results in physical or mental injury or deterioration of the resident's physical or mental condition. An owner or licensee is guilty under this subdivision (a)(3), however, only if the owner or licensee failed to exercise reasonable care in the hiring, training, supervising, or providing of staff or other related routine administrative responsibilities.
    (b) Criminal abuse or neglect of an elderly person or person with a disability.
        (1) A caregiver commits criminal abuse or neglect of
    
an elderly person or person with a disability when he or she knowingly does any of the following:
            (A) performs acts that cause the person's life to
        
be endangered, health to be injured, or pre-existing physical or mental condition to deteriorate;
            (B) fails to perform acts that he or she knows or
        
reasonably should know are necessary to maintain or preserve the life or health of the person, and that failure causes the person's life to be endangered, health to be injured, or pre-existing physical or mental condition to deteriorate;
            (C) abandons the person;
            (D) physically abuses, harasses, intimidates, or
        
interferes with the personal liberty of the person; or
            (E) exposes the person to willful deprivation.
        (2) It is not a defense to criminal abuse or neglect
    
of an elderly person or person with a disability that the caregiver reasonably believed that the victim was not an elderly person or person with a disability.
    (c) Offense not applicable.
        (1) Nothing in this Section applies to a physician
    
licensed to practice medicine in all its branches or a duly licensed nurse providing care within the scope of his or her professional judgment and within the accepted standards of care within the community.
        (2) Nothing in this Section imposes criminal
    
liability on a caregiver who made a good faith effort to provide for the health and personal care of an elderly person or person with a disability, but through no fault of his or her own was unable to provide such care.
        (3) Nothing in this Section applies to the medical
    
supervision, regulation, or control of the remedial care or treatment of residents in a long term care facility conducted for those who rely upon treatment by prayer or spiritual means in accordance with the creed or tenets of any well-recognized church or religious denomination as described in Section 3-803 of the Nursing Home Care Act, Section 1-102 of the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, Section 3-803 of the ID/DD Community Care Act, or Section 3-803 of the MC/DD Act.
        (4) Nothing in this Section prohibits a caregiver
    
from providing treatment to an elderly person or person with a disability by spiritual means through prayer alone and care consistent therewith in lieu of medical care and treatment in accordance with the tenets and practices of any church or religious denomination of which the elderly person or person with a disability is a member.
        (5) Nothing in this Section limits the remedies
    
available to the victim under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
    (d) Sentence.
        (1) Long term care facility. Abuse of a long term
    
care facility resident is a Class 3 felony. Criminal neglect of a long term care facility resident is a Class 4 felony, unless it results in the resident's death in which case it is a Class 3 felony. Neglect of a long term care facility resident is a petty offense.
        (2) Caregiver. Criminal abuse or neglect of an
    
elderly person or person with a disability is a Class 3 felony, unless it results in the person's death in which case it is a Class 2 felony, and if imprisonment is imposed it shall be for a minimum term of 3 years and a maximum term of 14 years.
    (e) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:
    "Abandon" means to desert or knowingly forsake a resident or an elderly person or person with a disability under circumstances in which a reasonable person would continue to provide care and custody.
    "Caregiver" means a person who has a duty to provide for an elderly person or person with a disability's health and personal care, at the elderly person or person with a disability's place of residence, including, but not limited to, food and nutrition, shelter, hygiene, prescribed medication, and medical care and treatment, and includes any of the following:
        (1) A parent, spouse, adult child, or other relative
    
by blood or marriage who resides with or resides in the same building with or regularly visits the elderly person or person with a disability, knows or reasonably should know of such person's physical or mental impairment, and knows or reasonably should know that such person is unable to adequately provide for his or her own health and personal care.
        (2) A person who is employed by the elderly person or
    
person with a disability or by another to reside with or regularly visit the elderly person or person with a disability and provide for such person's health and personal care.
        (3) A person who has agreed for consideration to
    
reside with or regularly visit the elderly person or person with a disability and provide for such person's health and personal care.
        (4) A person who has been appointed by a private or
    
public agency or by a court of competent jurisdiction to provide for the elderly person or person with a disability's health and personal care.
    "Caregiver" does not include a long-term care facility licensed or certified under the Nursing Home Care Act or a facility licensed or certified under the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, or any administrative, medical, or other personnel of such a facility, or a health care provider who is licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 and renders care in the ordinary course of his or her profession.
    "Elderly person" means a person 60 years of age or older who is incapable of adequately providing for his or her own health and personal care.
    "Licensee" means the individual or entity licensed to operate a facility under the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act.
    "Long term care facility" means a private home, institution, building, residence, or other place, whether operated for profit or not, or a county home for the infirm and chronically ill operated pursuant to Division 5-21 or 5-22 of the Counties Code, or any similar institution operated by the State of Illinois or a political subdivision thereof, which provides, through its ownership or management, personal care, sheltered care, or nursing for 3 or more persons not related to the owner by blood or marriage. The term also includes skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities as defined in Titles XVIII and XIX of the federal Social Security Act and assisted living establishments and shared housing establishments licensed under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act.
    "Owner" means the owner of a long term care facility as provided in the Nursing Home Care Act, the owner of a facility as provided under the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the owner of a facility as provided in the ID/DD Community Care Act, the owner of a facility as provided in the MC/DD Act, or the owner of an assisted living or shared housing establishment as provided in the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act.
    "Person with a disability" means a person who suffers from a permanent physical or mental impairment, resulting from disease, injury, functional disorder, or congenital condition, which renders the person incapable of adequately providing for his or her own health and personal care.
    "Resident" means a person residing in a long term care facility.
    "Willful deprivation" has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (15) of Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
(Source: P.A. 103-293, eff. 1-1-24.)

720 ILCS 5/12-4.5

    (720 ILCS 5/12-4.5) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.5)
    Sec. 12-4.5. Tampering with food, drugs or cosmetics.
    (a) A person who knowingly puts any substance capable of causing death or great bodily harm to a human being into any food, drug or cosmetic offered for sale or consumption commits tampering with food, drugs or cosmetics.
    (b) Sentence. Tampering with food, drugs or cosmetics is a Class 2 felony.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/12-4.6

    (720 ILCS 5/12-4.6) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.6)
    Sec. 12-4.6. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 85-1177. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/12-4.7

    (720 ILCS 5/12-4.7) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.7)
    Sec. 12-4.7. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 92-256, eff. 1-1-02. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/12-4.8

    (720 ILCS 5/12-4.8)
    Sec. 12-4.8. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 89-234, eff. 1-1-96. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/12-4.9

    (720 ILCS 5/12-4.9)
    (This Section was renumbered as Section 12C-45 by P.A. 97-1109.)
    Sec. 12-4.9. (Renumbered).
(Source: P.A. 89-632, eff. 1-1-97. Renumbered by P.A. 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13.)

720 ILCS 5/12-4.10

    (720 ILCS 5/12-4.10)
    Sec. 12-4.10. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07. Repealed by P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05.)

720 ILCS 5/12-4.11

    (720 ILCS 5/12-4.11)
    Sec. 12-4.11. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 93-340, eff. 7-24-03. Repealed by P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05.)

720 ILCS 5/12-4.12

    (720 ILCS 5/12-4.12)
    Sec. 12-4.12. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07. Repealed by P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05.)