Illinois Senate Bill 1597

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-19 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Includes, in the minimum curriculum for police training schools, training in investigating domestic minor sex trafficking. Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that a child shall be considered abused regardless of the perpetrator of the abuse if the child is a human trafficking victim. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides for immediate expungement of juvenile court and law enforcement records of minors who are human trafficking victims involved in prostitution. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Deletes a provision that provides that commercial sexual activity and sexually-explicit performances are forms of activities that are "services" under the human trafficking statute. Provides that involuntary sexual servitude of a minor includes purchasing sexual services of the minor whether from the trafficker or minor. Provides that it is not a defense to involuntary sexual servitude of a minor that the accused reasonably believed the trafficking victim to be 18 years of age or over. Eliminates other mistake of age defenses concerning grooming and patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution. Provides that a person who is a victim of involuntary sexual servitude of a minor is deemed a crime victim and is eligible for protections afforded to crime victims. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 to permit a motion to vacate an adjudication of delinquency of a human trafficking victim who engaged in prostitution. Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Makes violations concerning trafficking in persons, involuntary servitude, and related offenses registrable offenses under the Act. Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act to provide that a trafficking victim who is under 18 years of age is not subject to the filing requirements of the Act and is not subject to the eligibility requirements of the Act.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Sen. Jason Plummer [R]

Sen. Erica Harriss [R]

Sen. Chapin Rose [R]

Sen. Sally Turner [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-19	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2024-04-12	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
2024-04-05	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 19, 2024
2024-03-15	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 5, 2024
2024-02-07	Senate	To Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance
2024-01-10	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
2024-01-10	Senate	Re-assigned to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety
2023-05-10	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
2023-05-10	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Erica Harriss
2023-03-31	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-03-30	Senate	To Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance
2023-03-28	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 31, 2023
2023-03-28	Senate	Assigned to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety
2023-02-08	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-02-08	Senate	First Reading
2023-02-08	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jason Plummer

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
325	5	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
50	705	7	Amended Code	Citation Text
705	405	5-915	Amended Code	Citation Text
720	5	10-9	Amended Code	Citation Text
720	5	11-18.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
720	5	11-20.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
720	5	11-25	Amended Code	Citation Text
720	5	11-27	New Code	See Bill Text
725	5	116-2.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
730	150	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
740	45	6.1	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1597&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1597.htm