100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4935

 

Introduced , by Rep. David A. Welter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 150/6

    Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that a person required to register as a sex offender shall notify his or her employer that he or she is subject to registration under the Act.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Sex Offender Registration Act is amended by
5changing Section 6 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 150/6)
7    Sec. 6. Duty to report; change of address, school, or
8employment; duty to inform. A person who has been adjudicated
9to be sexually dangerous or is a sexually violent person and is
10later released, or found to be no longer sexually dangerous or
11no longer a sexually violent person and discharged, or
12convicted of a violation of this Act after July 1, 2005, shall
13report in person to the law enforcement agency with whom he or
14she last registered no later than 90 days after the date of his
15or her last registration and every 90 days thereafter and at
16such other times at the request of the law enforcement agency
17not to exceed 4 times a year. Such sexually dangerous or
18sexually violent person must report all new or changed e-mail
19addresses, all new or changed instant messaging identities, all
20new or changed chat room identities, and all other new or
21changed Internet communications identities that the sexually
22dangerous or sexually violent person uses or plans to use, all
23new or changed Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) registered or

 

 

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1used by the sexually dangerous or sexually violent person, and
2all new or changed blogs and other Internet sites maintained by
3the sexually dangerous or sexually violent person or to which
4the sexually dangerous or sexually violent person has uploaded
5any content or posted any messages or information. Any person
6who lacks a fixed residence must report weekly, in person, to
7the appropriate law enforcement agency where the sex offender
8is located. Any other person who is required to register under
9this Article shall report in person to the appropriate law
10enforcement agency with whom he or she last registered within
11one year from the date of last registration and every year
12thereafter and at such other times at the request of the law
13enforcement agency not to exceed 4 times a year. If any person
14required to register under this Article lacks a fixed residence
15or temporary domicile, he or she must notify, in person, the
16agency of jurisdiction of his or her last known address within
173 days after ceasing to have a fixed residence and if the
18offender leaves the last jurisdiction of residence, he or she,
19must within 3 days after leaving register in person with the
20new agency of jurisdiction. If any other person required to
21register under this Article changes his or her residence
22address, place of employment, telephone number, cellular
23telephone number, or school, he or she shall report in person,
24to the law enforcement agency with whom he or she last
25registered, his or her new address, change in employment,
26telephone number, cellular telephone number, or school, all new

 

 

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1or changed e-mail addresses, all new or changed instant
2messaging identities, all new or changed chat room identities,
3and all other new or changed Internet communications identities
4that the sex offender uses or plans to use, all new or changed
5Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) registered or used by the sex
6offender, and all new or changed blogs and other Internet sites
7maintained by the sex offender or to which the sex offender has
8uploaded any content or posted any messages or information, and
9register, in person, with the appropriate law enforcement
10agency within the time period specified in Section 3. If the
11sex offender is a child sex offender as defined in Section
1211-9.3 or 11-9.4 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
13Code of 2012, the sex offender shall within 3 days after
14beginning to reside in a household with a child under 18 years
15of age who is not his or her own child, provided that his or her
16own child is not the victim of the sex offense, report that
17information to the registering law enforcement agency. The law
18enforcement agency shall, within 3 days of the reporting in
19person by the person required to register under this Article,
20notify the Department of State Police of the new place of
21residence, change in employment, telephone number, cellular
22telephone number, or school.
23    If any person required to register under this Article
24intends to establish a residence or employment outside of the
25State of Illinois, at least 10 days before establishing that
26residence or employment, he or she shall report in person to

 

 

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1the law enforcement agency with which he or she last registered
2of his or her out-of-state intended residence or employment.
3The law enforcement agency with which such person last
4registered shall, within 3 days after the reporting in person
5of the person required to register under this Article of an
6address or employment change, notify the Department of State
7Police. The Department of State Police shall forward such
8information to the out-of-state law enforcement agency having
9jurisdiction in the form and manner prescribed by the
10Department of State Police.
11    A person required to register under this Article shall
12notify his or her employer that he or she is subject to
13registration under this Act.
14(Source: P.A. 96-1094, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1104, eff. 1-1-11;
1597-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)