Bill Text: IL HB3799 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of failure to report the disappearance of a child to a law enforcement agency. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she, as a parent, guardian, or other person having physical custody or control of a child under 13 years of age, willfully or by culpable negligence fails to make contact with or otherwise verify the whereabouts and safety of that child for a period of 24 hours and to immediately report the child as missing to a law enforcement agency after this 24-hour period expires without contact. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3799 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB3799-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 10-10 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/10-10 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 10-10. Failure to report the disappearance of a child | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | to a law enforcement agency. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) A person commits the offense of failure to report the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | disappearance of a child to a law enforcement agency when he or
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11 | she, as a parent, guardian, or other person having physical | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | custody or control
of a child under 13 years of age, willfully | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | or by culpable negligence fails to make contact with or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | otherwise verify the whereabouts and safety of that child for a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | period of 24 hours and to immediately report the child as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | missing to a law enforcement agency after this 24-hour period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | expires without contact. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | (b) Sentence. Failure to report the disappearance of a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | child to a law enforcement agency is a Class 4 felony.
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