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IL HB6221
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/11/2010
Primary Sponsor
LaShawn Ford
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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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