Bill Text: IL HB4350 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Creates the Child Abuse Notice Act. Requires certain businesses and establishments, including, but not limited to, day care centers, elementary and secondary schools, bus stations, and general acute care hospital emergency rooms, to post in a conspicuous place a notice developed by the Department of Children and Family Services that is aimed toward children under 18 and provides information on what constitutes physical and sexual abuse and how to report such abuse. Requires the notice to be at least 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size, written in a 16-point font, unless the notice is provided by electronic means. Requires the Department, in consultation with an accredited Children's Advocacy Center, to develop a model notice no later than 6 months after the effective date of the Act. Requires the Department to make the model notice available for download on the Department's Internet website and provide the notice upon request to eligible business, schools, and other establishments. Provides that the notice shall be printed in English, Spanish, and in one other language that is the most widely spoken language in the county where the establishment is located and for which translation is mandated by the federal Voting Rights Act, as applicable. Imposes certain penalties on those businesses and other establishments that are subject to the Act that fail to comply with the Act's requirements. Exempts school districts and personnel from the penalty provision.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 17-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-24 - Assigned to Judiciary [HB4350 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4350-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning children.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Child
Abuse Notice Act.
Section 5. Posted notice required. Each of the following
businesses and other establishments shall, upon the
availability of the model notice described in Section 10, post
a notice that complies with the requirements of this Act in a
conspicuous place in all restrooms open to the public, or in
another conspicuous location in clear view of the public and
employees where similar notices are customarily posted:
(1) Hotels and motels.
(2) Entertainment facilities or sporting facilities
providing services or opportunities to those under the age
of 18.
(3) Tattoo and body piercing establishments.
(4) Primary airports, as defined in Section 47102(16)
of Title 49 of the United States Code.
(5) Intercity passenger rail or light rail stations.
(6) Bus stations.
(7) Truck stops. As used in this Act, "truck stop"
means a privately-owned and operated facility that

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provides food, fuel, shower, or other sanitary facilities,
and lawful overnight truck parking.
(8) Emergency rooms within general acute care
hospitals, in which case the notice may be posted by
electronic means.
(9) Urgent care centers, in which case the notice may
be posted by electronic means.
Section 10. Form of posted notice.
(a) The notice required under this Act shall be at least 8
1/2 inches by 11 inches in size, written in a 16-point font,
except that when the notice is provided by electronic means
the size of the notice and font shall not be required to comply
with these specifications.
(b) No later than 6 months after the effective date of this
Act, the Department of Children and Family Services, in
consultation with an accredited Children's Advocacy Center,
shall develop a model notice aimed toward children under 18
that provides information on what constitutes physical and
sexual abuse and how to report such abuse. The Department of
Children and Family Services shall make the model notice
available for download on the Department's Internet website.
Upon request, the Department shall furnish copies of the model
notice without charge to a business, establishment, or school
identified in Section 5.
(c) The notice shall be printed in English, Spanish, and

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in one other language that is the most widely spoken language
in the county where the establishment is located and for which
translation is mandated by the federal Voting Rights Act, as
applicable. This Section does not require a business or other
establishment in a county where a language other than English
or Spanish is the most widely spoken language to print the
notice in more than one language in addition to English and
Spanish.
Section 15. Penalties.
(a) A business or establishment identified in subsection
(a) of Section 5 that fails to comply with the requirements of
this Act within 30 days of receipt of a notice described in
subsection (b) is guilty of a petty offense, and subject to a
fine of up to $500 for each violation.
(b) The governmental entity regulating a business or
establishment and local law enforcement agency having
jurisdiction shall, in the course of regulating a business or
establishment or carrying out law enforcement duties, monitor
and enforce compliance with this Act. Upon discovering a
violation, the governmental entity or local law enforcement
agency having jurisdiction shall provide the business or
establishment with reasonable notice of noncompliance that
informs the business or establishment that it is subject to a
fine if it does not correct the violation within 30 days from
the date the notice is sent to the business or establishment.

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