---
type: "Bill"
title: "GROOMING&TRAVELING MEET CHILD"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the statute concerning grooming, defines \"child\" as a person under 17 years of age. Changes the statute concerning traveling to meet a minor. Changes the offense to traveling to meet a child. Defines \"child\" as a person under 17 years of age. Amends the Sex Offender Management Board Act and the Sex Offender Registration Act to make conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 1321"
citation: "Illinois SB 1321 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c27a09d9-98cd-4540-9cd4-caa860608adc"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1321&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=103632&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "90d7c8841a8efe23e913d8cf76e5ab2c1752bb095a6564ba7b9e52773981c3ba"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 1321 (100th) — GROOMING&TRAVELING MEET CHILD

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the statute concerning grooming, defines "child" as a person under 17 years of age. Changes the statute concerning traveling to meet a minor. Changes the offense to traveling to meet a child. Defines "child" as a person under 17 years of age. Amends the Sex Offender Management Board Act and the Sex Offender Registration Act to make conforming changes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB1321&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=103632&DocNum=1321&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB1321eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=103632&DocNum=1321&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB1321enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=103632&DocNum=1321&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Connelly — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Connelly `filing`
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** To Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance
- **2017-03-14** Reported Back To Criminal Law; 003-000-000
- **2017-03-15** Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2017
- **2017-03-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 4, 2017
- **2017-04-28** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 `reading-3`
- **2017-05-04** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-05** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2017-05-05** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Peter Breen
- **2017-05-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-05-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-15** Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-19** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 26, 2017
- **2017-05-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-05-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-05-25** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-05-26** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2017
- **2017-05-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-25** Effective Date January 1, 2018
- **2017-08-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0428 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c27a09d9-98cd-4540-9cd4-caa860608adc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).