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IL HB6221

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/11/2010

Primary Sponsor

LaShawn Ford

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Origin

House of Representatives

96th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Creates a new criminal offense of paternity fraud under the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/17-30)
  • Defines paternity fraud as knowingly alleging that a person is the biological father of a child when the person making the allegation knows the allegation is false
  • Requires that the false allegation may result in the wrongly accused person being erroneously adjudicated as the father of the child
  • Classifies paternity fraud as a Class A misdemeanor
  • Introduced by Rep. LaShawn K. Ford on February 11, 2010

Legislative Description

CRIM CD-PATERNITY FRAUD

Last Action

Tabled By Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford

3/17/2010

Committee Referrals

Rules3/15/2010
Judiciary II - Criminal Law3/2/2010
Rules2/11/2010

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