Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB2607

Deletes all. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that if a parolee or releasee fails to comply with the Sex Offender Registration Act, if applicable, the supervising parole officer shall request the Department of Corrections to issue an arrest warrant for the parolee or releasee. Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that a sex offender or sexual predator must furnish the law enforcement agency where he or she registers with a current photograph to be updated annually. Provides that the supervising parole or probation officer shall, within 15 days of sentencing to probation or release from an Illinois Department of Corrections facility, contact the law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the sex offender or sexual predator designated as his or her intended residence and verify compliance with the requirements of the Act. Provides that revocation proceedings shall be immediately commenced against a sex offender or sexual predator on probation, parole, or mandatory supervised release who fails to comply with the requirements of the Act. Provides that a violation of the Act is a Class 3 felony rather than a Class 4 felony. Amends the Sex Offender and Child Murderer Community Notification Law. Provides that the Department of State Police must provide on its Web page hyperlinks to the sex offender Web sites of Missouri, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Iowa. Provides that the Department of State Police must highlight additions to its registry for a period of 90 days.

Deletes all. Reinserts the provisions of Senate Amendment No. 2. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. In the amendatory provisions to the Sex Offender Registration Act, eliminates provision that initial and updated registration information must highlighted on the Department of State Police Sex Offender Database for a period of 90 days. Provides that address verification of sex offenders must be made at least once per year (rather than once per calendar year). In the amendatory provisions to the Sex Offender and Child Murderer Community Notification Law, eliminates provision that the Department of State Police must provide on its Web page hyperlinks to the sex offender Web sites of Missouri, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Iowa and must highlight additions to its registry for a period of 90 days. Eliminates provision that the Department of State Police may limit access to the sex offender information to information about sex offenders who reside within a specified geographic area in proximity to the address of the person seeking the information. Provides that the Department of State Police, Sex Offender Registration Unit, must develop and conduct training to educate all of those entities involved in the Sex Offender Registration Program. Effective immediately.

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