720 ILCS 5/11-25 : RIGHTS AND REMEDIES — CRIMINAL OFFENSES — CRIMINAL CODE — CRIMINAL CODE OF 2012 — SPECIFIC OFFENSES — OFFENSES DIRECTED AGAINST THE PERSON — SEX OFFENSES — PORNOGRAPHY OFFENSES —25 - Grooming

(a) A person commits grooming when he or she knowingly uses a computer on-line service, Internet service, local bulletin board service, or any other device capable of electronic data storage or transmission, performs an act in person or by conduct through a third party, or uses written communication to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, or attempt to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, a child, a child's guardian, or another person believed by the person to be a child or a child's guardian, to commit any sex offense as defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act, to distribute photographs depicting the sex organs of the child, or to otherwise engage in any unlawful sexual conduct with a child or with another person believed by the person to be a child. As used in this Section, "child" means a person under 17 years of age.
(b) Sentence. Grooming is a Class 4 felony.

720 ILCS 5/11-25

Amended by P.A. 102-0676,§ 15, eff. 6/1/2022.
Amended by P.A. 100-0428,§ 10, eff. 1/1/2018.
Amended by P.A. 098-0919,§ 5, eff. 1/1/2015.
Added by P.A. 095-0901,§ 5, eff. 1/1/2009.
P.A. 102-0676,§ 1 provides: "This Act may be referred to as Faith's Law."
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