---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-GROOMING-PENALTIES"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the statute concerning grooming, defines \"child\" as a person under 18 years of age. Provides that the penalty for grooming is a Class 3 (rather than a Class 4) felony if the child is 14 years of age or older or if the person believed by the offender to be a child purports to be 14 years of age or older. Provides that grooming is a Class 2 felony if the child is under 14 years of age or if the person believed by the offender to be a child purports to be under 14 years of age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 5290"
citation: "Illinois HB 5290 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-06"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faa5e2f7-c09c-4cdf-927b-82f7832c297b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5290&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=80042&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "fb51bb80ebdde4248c5df2dbb58e64da4a3f1c7cc335145308764d38064f8c22"
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 HB 5290 (98th) — CRIM CD-GROOMING-PENALTIES

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the statute concerning grooming, defines "child" as a person under 18 years of age. Provides that the penalty for grooming is a Class 3 (rather than a Class 4) felony if the child is 14 years of age or older or if the person believed by the offender to be a child purports to be 14 years of age or older. Provides that grooming is a Class 2 felony if the child is under 14 years of age or if the person believed by the offender to be a child purports to be under 14 years of age.

## 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=09800HB5290&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80042&DocNum=5290&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5290eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80042&DocNum=5290&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5290enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80042&DocNum=5290&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jack D. Franks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks `filing`
- **2014-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-07** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-13** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-13** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-13** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- **2014-03-25** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-25** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-26** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- **2014-03-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-26** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Judiciary; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-26** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-04** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-04-08** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2014-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-07** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-14** Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2014
- **2014-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2014
- **2014-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0919 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/faa5e2f7-c09c-4cdf-927b-82f7832c297b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).