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Bill	CHILD PORNOGRAPHY-PENALTIES	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a prosecution for child pornography that involves filming, videotaping, photographing, or otherwise depicting by computer a child under 18 years of age or a severely or profoundly mentally retarded person engaging in certain sexual acts may be commenced at any time. Provides that child pornography or aggravated child pornography that does not involve mere possession shall be deemed crimes of violence. Amends the Bill of Rights for Children. Provides that the right of a parent or legal guardian of a child victim upon his or her request, at the time of the sentencing or the disposition hearing, to address the court regarding the impact which the defendant's criminal conduct or the juvenile's delinquent conduct has had upon the child applies in cases of indecent solicitation of a child, child pornography, and aggravated child pornography. Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that the offenses of child pornography and aggravated child pornography are violent crimes. Amends the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act. Provides that a "sexually violent offense" includes child pornography and aggravated child pornography. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the commission of the offense of child pornography or aggravated child pornography is an aggravating factor in sentencing.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 2670	Illinois HB 2670 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2009-02-20	2009-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/c8a4f9b8-d731-47cd-b7ec-e1312a99b8c9	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2670&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=45406&SessionID=76&GA=96	7bb690e08c08fbd6dd29e8bcf8a77d32681dc25b76839e2b79caa17d14ca9e08	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2670 (96th) — CHILD PORNOGRAPHY-PENALTIES

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a prosecution for child pornography that involves filming, videotaping, photographing, or otherwise depicting by computer a child under 18 years of age or a severely or profoundly mentally retarded person engaging in certain sexual acts may be commenced at any time. Provides that child pornography or aggravated child pornography that does not involve mere possession shall be deemed crimes of violence. Amends the Bill of Rights for Children. Provides that the right of a parent or legal guardian of a child victim upon his or her request, at the time of the sentencing or the disposition hearing, to address the court regarding the impact which the defendant's criminal conduct or the juvenile's delinquent conduct has had upon the child applies in cases of indecent solicitation of a child, child pornography, and aggravated child pornography. Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that the offenses of child pornography and aggravated child pornography are violent crimes. Amends the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act. Provides that a "sexually violent offense" includes child pornography and aggravated child pornography. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the commission of the offense of child pornography or aggravated child pornography is an aggravating factor in sentencing.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 113–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• A. J. Wilhelmi — cosponsor (person)
• Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Fortner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-20 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner filing
• 2009-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-20 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2009-02-25 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2009-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2009-03-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-23 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2009-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Randall M. Hultgren
• 2009-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-15 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Postponed - Criminal Law
• 2009-04-27 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
• 2009-04-30 To Criminal Law Subcommittee on Enhancements and Redundancy
• 2009-05-07 Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-001 committee-passage
• 2009-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2009
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
• 2009-05-14 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2009-05-14 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-14 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-11 Effective Date January 1, 2010
• 2009-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0292 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8a4f9b8-d731-47cd-b7ec-e1312a99b8c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).