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720 ILCS 5/11-6.6 (2026)

Solicitation to meet a child

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(720 ILCS 5/11-6.6)
    Sec. 11-6.6. Solicitation to meet a child.
    (a) A person of the age of 18 or more years commits the offense of solicitation to meet a child if the person while using a computer, cellular telephone, or any other device, with the intent to meet a child or one whom he or she believes to be a child, solicits, entices, induces, or arranges with the child to meet at a location without the knowledge of the child's parent or guardian and the meeting with the child is arranged for a purpose other than a lawful purpose under Illinois law.
    (b) Sentence. Solicitation to meet a child is a Class A misdemeanor. Solicitation to meet a child is a Class 4 felony when the solicitor believes he or she is 5 or more years older than the child.
    (c) For purposes of this Section, "child" means any person under 17 years of age; and "computer" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 17-0.5 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 101-87, eff. 1-1-20.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2020–2025 · leading case: People v. Opas, 2025 IL App (1st) 250208 (Ill. App. Ct. 2025).
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People v. Opas, 2025 IL App (1st) 250208 (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). · cites it 2× “”)), (6) unlawful possession of a shortened rifle (720 ILCS 5/24-1(a)(7)(ii), (b) (West 2022) (Class 3 felony)), (7) violation of the Sex Offender Registration Act (730 ILCS 150/6 (West 2022)), (8) indecent solicitation of a minor (720 ILCS 5/11-6.6(a), (b) (West 2022) (Class 4…”
People v. Newell, 2025 IL App (2d) 250315-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “BACKGROUND 2025 IL App (2d) 250315-U ¶4 On February 26, 2025, defendant was charged with the following offenses: travelling to meet a minor (720 ILCS 5/11-26(a)) (West 2024), indecent solicitation of a child (720 ILCS 5/11- 6(a)) (West 2024), solicitation to meet a child (720…”
People v. Hendershott, 2020 IL App (1st) 180731-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “Defendant was also charged with individual counts of indecent solicitation of a child (720 ILCS 5/11-6(a) (West 2014), traveling to meet a child (720 ILCS 5/11-26 (West 2014)), solicitation to meet a child (720 ILCS 5/11-6.6(a) (West 2014), harmful material (720 ILCS 5/11-21(g)…”
— 720 ILCS 5/11-6.6(a) — 3 cases
People v. Opas, 2025 IL App (1st) 250208 (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “”)), (6) unlawful possession of a shortened rifle (720 ILCS 5/24-1(a)(7)(ii), (b) (West 2022) (Class 3 felony)), (7) violation of the Sex Offender Registration Act (730 ILCS 150/6 (West 2022)), (8) indecent solicitation of a minor (720 ILCS 5/11-6.6(a), (b) (West 2022) (Class 4…”
People v. Newell, 2025 IL App (2d) 250315-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “BACKGROUND 2025 IL App (2d) 250315-U ¶4 On February 26, 2025, defendant was charged with the following offenses: travelling to meet a minor (720 ILCS 5/11-26(a)) (West 2024), indecent solicitation of a child (720 ILCS 5/11- 6(a)) (West 2024), solicitation to meet a child (720…”
People v. Hendershott, 2020 IL App (1st) 180731-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “Defendant was also charged with individual counts of indecent solicitation of a child (720 ILCS 5/11-6(a) (West 2014), traveling to meet a child (720 ILCS 5/11-26 (West 2014)), solicitation to meet a child (720 ILCS 5/11-6.6(a) (West 2014), harmful material (720 ILCS 5/11-21(g)…”
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