Criminal Justice (Juvenile Justice)

Amends the Statute on Statutes. Adds definitions of "prostitution", "prostitute", and "prostituted person" that apply throughout the statutes. Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Permits a person to seek to vacate and expunge Class A misdemeanor prostitution violations. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Repeals the criminal offense of prostitution. Provides a fine schedule based upon net income of a person convicted of solicitation of a sexual act, promoting prostitution, promoting juvenile prostitution, patronizing a prostitute, or patronizing a juvenile prostitute. Eliminates enhanced penalties for previous convictions of prostitution. Eliminates a prostitution conviction as a disqualifying offense for obtaining certain occupations. Amends various Acts to make conforming changes.

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that any minor 15 years of age or older arrested or taken into custody under the Act for aggravated vehicular hijacking shall be detained in an authorized detention facility until a detention or shelter care hearing is held to determine if there is probable cause to believe that the minor is a delinquent minor and: (1) secure custody is a matter of immediate and urgent necessity for the protection of the minor or of the person or property of another; (2) the minor is likely to flee the jurisdiction of the court; or (3) the minor was taken into custody under a warrant. Provides that if the court makes that determination, the minor shall continue to be held until the disposition of an adjudicatory hearing under the Delinquent Minors Article of the Act.

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Juvenile Justice for its FY26 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Juvenile Justice for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, as follows: General Funds $153,851,600; Other State Funds $13,000,000; Total $166,851,600.

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that a minor found to be guilty may be committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice if the minor is at least 14 (rather than 13) years and under 20 years of age, provided that the commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice shall be made only if the minor was found guilty of a felony offense or first degree murder. Provides that when a minor of the age of at least 14 (rather than 13) years is adjudged delinquent for the offense of first degree murder, the court shall declare the minor a ward of the court and order the minor committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice until the minor's 21st birthday, without the possibility of aftercare release, furlough, or nonemergency authorized absence for a period of 5 years from the date the minor was committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that on or after July 1, 2026 and before July 1, 2027, any minor 12 years of age or older arrested pursuant to the Act if there is probable cause to believe that the minor is a delinquent minor and that secure custody is a matter of immediate and urgent necessity, in light of a serious threat to the physical safety of a person or persons in the community or in order to secure the presence of the minor at the next hearing, as evidenced by a demonstrable record of willful failure to appear at a scheduled court hearing within the past 12 months, may be kept or detained in an authorized detention facility. Provides that on or after July 1, 2027, minors age 12 years of age and under 13 years of age and charged with first degree murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault, aggravated battery in which a firearm was used in the offense, or aggravated vehicular hijacking, may be kept or detained in an authorized detention facility. Provides that no minor under 13 (rather than under 12) years of age shall be detained in a county jail or a municipal lockup for more than 6 hours. Provides that instead of detention, minors under the age of 13 who are in conflict with the law may be held accountable through a petition under the Minors Requiring Authoritative Intervention Article of the Act, or may be held accountable through a community mediation program.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 concerning the offense of contributing to the criminal delinquency of a minor. Changes the definition of "delinquent minor" to be consistent with the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the penalty for contributing to the criminal delinquency of a minor, if the offense committed is vehicular hijacking, is a Class X felony for which the person shall be sentenced to not less than 12 years imprisonment and not more than 60 years imprisonment. Provides that if the offense committed is aggravated vehicular hijacking, the penalty for contributing to the criminal delinquency of a minor is a Class X felony for which the person shall be sentenced to not less than 30 years imprisonment and not more than 60 years imprisonment.

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Repeals a provision excluding certain minors accused of committing specified crimes from the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. Effective immediately.

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Precludes the court from ordering the automatic expungement of the juvenile court and law enforcement records of a delinquent minor based on an attempt to commit a disqualified offense.

Amends the Delinquent Minors Article of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Adds a Part concerning Fitness to Stand Trial. Specifies the unfitness standard for a minor. Sets forth procedures to raise the issue of the unfitness of a minor. Specifies the burden of proof and a presumption. Provides requirements for a fitness evaluation and hearing to determine the fitness of a minor. Provides the requirements for the services to attain fitness, the period to obtain fitness, initial and subsequent progress reports, periodic hearings, and in-court assistance to render a minor fit. Specifies time credit and sentencing guidelines for a minor who attains fitness. Provides for the legal disposition of a minor if fitness cannot be attained. Contains other provisions. Contains a severability provision. Effective July 1, 2025.

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Repeals a provision excluding certain minors accused of committing specified crimes from the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. Effective immediately.