95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4305

 

Introduced , by Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 150/6   from Ch. 38, par. 226

    Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that a sex offender, other than a person adjudged a sexually dangerous person or a sexually violent person, shall report in person to the appropriate law enforcement agency with whom he or she last registered within 180 days (rather than one year) from the date of last registration and every 180 days (rather than year) thereafter. Eliminates the 4 times a year limitation for which the sex offender must report in person to the law enforcement agency at its request.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning sex offenders.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Sex Offender Registration Act is amended by
5 changing Section 6 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 150/6)  (from Ch. 38, par. 226)
7     (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 95-640)
8     Sec. 6. Duty to report; change of address, school, or
9 employment; duty to inform. A person who has been adjudicated
10 to be sexually dangerous or is a sexually violent person and is
11 later released, or found to be no longer sexually dangerous or
12 no longer a sexually violent person and discharged, or
13 convicted of a violation of this Act after July 1, 2005, shall
14 report in person to the law enforcement agency with whom he or
15 she last registered no later than 90 days after the date of his
16 or her last registration and every 90 days thereafter and at
17 such other times at the request of the law enforcement agency
18 not to exceed 4 times a year. Such sexually dangerous or
19 sexually violent person must report all new or changed e-mail
20 addresses, all new or changed instant messaging identities, all
21 new or changed chat room identities, and all other new or
22 changed Internet communications identities that the sexually
23 dangerous or sexually violent person uses or plans to use, all

 

 

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1 new or changed Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) registered or
2 used by the sexually dangerous or sexually violent person, and
3 all new or changed blogs and other Internet sites maintained by
4 the sexually dangerous or sexually violent person or to which
5 the sexually dangerous or sexually violent person has uploaded
6 any content or posted any messages or information. Any person
7 who lacks a fixed residence must report weekly, in person, to
8 the appropriate law enforcement agency where the sex offender
9 is located. Any other person who is required to register under
10 this Article shall report in person to the appropriate law
11 enforcement agency with whom he or she last registered within
12 180 days one year from the date of last registration and every
13 180 days year thereafter and at such other times at the request
14 of the law enforcement agency not to exceed 4 times a year. If
15 any person required to register under this Article lacks a
16 fixed residence or temporary domicile, he or she must notify,
17 in person, the agency of jurisdiction of his or her last known
18 address within 3 days after ceasing to have a fixed residence
19 and if the offender leaves the last jurisdiction of residence,
20 he or she, must within 3 days after leaving register in person
21 with the new agency of jurisdiction. If any other person
22 required to register under this Article changes his or her
23 residence address, place of employment, or school, he or she
24 shall report in person to the law enforcement agency with whom
25 he or she last registered of his or her new address, change in
26 employment, or school, all new or changed e-mail addresses, all

 

 

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1 new or changed instant messaging identities, all new or changed
2 chat room identities, and all other new or changed Internet
3 communications identities that the sex offender uses or plans
4 to use, all new or changed Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)
5 registered or used by the sex offender, and all new or changed
6 blogs and other Internet sites maintained by the sex offender
7 or to which the sex offender has uploaded any content or posted
8 any messages or information, and register, in person, with the
9 appropriate law enforcement agency within the time period
10 specified in Section 3. The law enforcement agency shall,
11 within 3 days of the reporting in person by the person required
12 to register under this Article, notify the Department of State
13 Police of the new place of residence, change in employment, or
14 school.
15     If any person required to register under this Article
16 intends to establish a residence or employment outside of the
17 State of Illinois, at least 10 days before establishing that
18 residence or employment, he or she shall report in person to
19 the law enforcement agency with which he or she last registered
20 of his or her out-of-state intended residence or employment.
21 The law enforcement agency with which such person last
22 registered shall, within 3 days after the reporting in person
23 of the person required to register under this Article of an
24 address or employment change, notify the Department of State
25 Police. The Department of State Police shall forward such
26 information to the out-of-state law enforcement agency having

 

 

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1 jurisdiction in the form and manner prescribed by the
2 Department of State Police.
3 (Source: P.A. 94-166, eff. 1-1-06; 94-168, eff. 1-1-06; 95-229,
4 eff. 8-16-07; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-640, eff. 6-1-08;
5 revised 11-19-07.)