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720 ILCS 5/11-24 (2026)

Child photography by sex offender

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(720 ILCS 5/11-24)
    Sec. 11-24. Child photography by sex offender.
    (a) In this Section:
    "Child" means a person under 18 years of age.
    "Child sex offender" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11-0.1 of this Code.
    (b) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly:
        (1) conduct or operate any type of business in
    
which he or she photographs, videotapes, or takes a digital image of a child; or
        (2) conduct or operate any type of business in
    
which he or she instructs or directs another person to photograph, videotape, or take a digital image of a child; or
        (3) photograph, videotape, or take a digital image of
    
a child, or instruct or direct another person to photograph, videotape, or take a digital image of a child without the consent of the parent or guardian.
    (c) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class 2 felony. A person who violates this Section at a playground, park facility, school, forest preserve, day care facility, or at a facility providing programs or services directed to persons under 17 years of age is guilty of a Class 1 felony.
(Source: P.A. 95-983, eff. 6-1-09; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)


 
    (720 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Subdiv. 25 heading)
SUBDIVISION 25. OTHER OFFENSES
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2012–2021 · leading case: People v. Rollins, 2021 IL App (2d) 181040 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021).
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People v. Rollins, 2021 IL App (2d) 181040 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 5× “He now appeals, arguing that section 11-24 of the Criminal Code of 2012 (Code) (720 ILCS 5/11-24 (West 2016))—the statute under which he was convicted—is unconstitutional on first amendment grounds (U.”
People v. Rollins, 2021 IL App (2d) 181040 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 5× “He now appeals, arguing that section 11-24 of the Criminal Code of 2012 (Code) (720 ILCS 5/11-24 (West 2016))—the statute under which he was convicted—is unconstitutional on first amendment grounds (U.”
Oliver v. Pierce, 2012 IL App (4th) 110005 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “The disciplinary report specified that the law Oliver was alleged to have violated was child photography by a sex offender (720 ILCS 5/11-24(c)(3) (West 2008)), which makes it unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly “photograph *** a child, or instruct or direct another…”
Oliver v. Pierce, 964 N.E.2d 666 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “The disciplinary report specified that the law Oliver was alleged to have violated was child photography by a sex offender (720 ILCS 5/11-24(c)(3) (West 2008)), which makes it unlawful for a child sex offender *668 to knowingly "photograph * * * a child, or instruct or direct…”
United States v. Mattingly, 704 F. App'x 604 (7th Cir. 2017). “See 720 ILCS 5/11-24 (b)(3); U.S.S.G. § 7B.1.”
— 720 ILCS 5/11-24(b)(3) — 2 cases
People v. Rollins, 2021 IL App (2d) 181040 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “He now appeals, arguing that section 11-24 of the Criminal Code of 2012 (Code) (720 ILCS 5/11-24 (West 2016))—the statute under which he was convicted—is unconstitutional on first amendment grounds (U.”
People v. Rollins, 2021 IL App (2d) 181040 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “He now appeals, arguing that section 11-24 of the Criminal Code of 2012 (Code) (720 ILCS 5/11-24 (West 2016))—the statute under which he was convicted—is unconstitutional on first amendment grounds (U.”
— 720 ILCS 5/11-24(c)(3) — 2 cases
Oliver v. Pierce, 2012 IL App (4th) 110005 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “The disciplinary report specified that the law Oliver was alleged to have violated was child photography by a sex offender (720 ILCS 5/11-24(c)(3) (West 2008)), which makes it unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly “photograph *** a child, or instruct or direct another…”
Oliver v. Pierce, 964 N.E.2d 666 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “The disciplinary report specified that the law Oliver was alleged to have violated was child photography by a sex offender (720 ILCS 5/11-24(c)(3) (West 2008)), which makes it unlawful for a child sex offender *668 to knowingly "photograph * * * a child, or instruct or direct…”
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