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Bill	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.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 5290	Illinois HB 5290 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2014-02-06	2014-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/faa5e2f7-c09c-4cdf-927b-82f7832c297b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5290&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=80042&SessionID=85&GA=98	fb51bb80ebdde4248c5df2dbb58e64da4a3f1c7cc335145308764d38064f8c22	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/faa5e2f7-c09c-4cdf-927b-82f7832c297b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).