---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-INDECENCY-CHILD"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that public indecency and sexual exploitation of a child are Class 4 felonies 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 2589"
citation: "Illinois SB 2589 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-21"
last_action: "2010-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6677abb3-ff46-4d02-8731-78de7f0ad0f6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2589&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=49453&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "07b348fa8729106b5f1bf1af4d56c52a4138f3003de3dc18a3ad966ce362fef2"
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 2589 (96th) — CRIM CD-INDECENCY-CHILD

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that public indecency and sexual exploitation of a child are Class 4 felonies 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.

## 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=09600SB2589&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49453&DocNum=2589&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2589eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49453&DocNum=2589&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2589enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49453&DocNum=2589&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Luechtefeld — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-21** Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Luechtefeld `filing`
- **2010-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-10** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-17** Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-001 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2010
- **2010-02-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-02-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2010
- **2010-03-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2010-03-09** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2010-03-09** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-17** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2010-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-22** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 005-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-19** Effective Date January 1, 2011
- **2010-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1098 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6677abb3-ff46-4d02-8731-78de7f0ad0f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).