HB5198 Summary

• Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 to define "site posted as a pick-up or discharge stop" for school transportation as a location with a visible sign containing text or graphics sufficient to indicate a student transport stop to a reasonable person.

• Makes it unlawful for child sex offenders to knowingly be present within 100 feet of such posted school bus stops when persons under age 18 are present.

• Establishes that violations of this provision constitute a Class 4 felony.

• Applies the new definition to existing restrictions on child sex offenders being present in school buildings, on school property, and in school transportation conveyances.