Bill Text: IL HB3801 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Engrossed

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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, knowingly or recklessly fails to immediately report the child as missing to a law enforcement agency after a 24-hour period expires in which he or she failed to make contact with or otherwise verify the whereabouts and safety of that child. Provides that a person does not commit the offense of failure to report the disappearance of a child to a law enforcement agency when the failure to report is due to an act of God, act of war, or inability of a law enforcement agency to receive a report of the disappearance of a child. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony. Provides that a parent, guardian, or other person having physical custody or control of a child under 18 years of age must report: (1) the child's death to a law enforcement agency within one hour after learning about the child's death or (2) the location of the child's corpse to a law enforcement agency within one hour after learning the location of the corpse. Provides that a person does not violate this provision when he or she fails to report due to an act of God, act of war, or inability of a law enforcement agency to receive a report of a child's death or the location of a child's corpse. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-10)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0917 [HB3801 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB3801-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding
Sections 10-10 and 10-11 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/10-10 new)
Sec. 10-10. Failure to report the disappearance of a child
to a law enforcement agency.
(a) A person commits failure to report the disappearance of
a child to a law enforcement agency when he or she, as a
parent, guardian, or other person having physical custody or
control of a child under 13 years of age, knowingly or
recklessly fails to immediately report the child as missing to
a law enforcement agency after a 48-hour period expires in
which he or she failed to make contact with or otherwise verify
the whereabouts and safety of that child.
(b) A person does not commit failure to report the
disappearance of a child to a law enforcement agency when the
failure to report is due to an act of God, act of war, or
inability of a law enforcement agency to receive a report of
the disappearance of a child.
(c) A person does not commit failure to report the
disappearance of a child to a law enforcement agency when the

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person calls 911 to report the disappearance of the child or
knows that the child is under the care of another parent,
family member, relative, friend, or baby sitter.
(d) Sentence. Failure to report the disappearance of a
child to a law enforcement agency is a Class 4 felony.
(720 ILCS 5/10-11 new)
Sec. 10-11. Death of a child or location of a child's
corpse.
(a) A parent, guardian, or other person having physical
custody or control of a child under 18 years of age must
report:
(1) the child's death to a law enforcement agency
within one hour after learning about the child's death; or
(2) the location of the child's corpse to a law
enforcement agency within one hour after learning the
location of the corpse.
(b) A person does not violate this Section when he or she
fails to report due to an act of God, act of war, or inability
of a law enforcement agency to receive a report of a child's
death or the location of a child's corpse.
(c) A person does not violate this Section when he or she
calls 911 to report the death of the child or if the death of
the child occurs in a hospital or if the child's body is in the
custody of a medical examiner or coroner, or if the death
occurs in the care of a physician.

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(d) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class 4
felony.