Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB0263

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of State Police shall establish and maintain a Statewide First Degree Murderer Database for the purpose of identifying persons convicted of first degree murder, when the murder was committed before June 19, 1998, who have been released from a penal institution or other facility after the completion of their confinement and making that information available to the public. Provides that the information in the Database shall be the names, residence addresses, places of employment, and schools attended by these offenders, and photographs of the offenders. Provides that the Department of State Police shall require such first degree murderers to register with the Department for a period of 10 years following release.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the bill applies to first degree murderers who were not released from a Department facility more than 10 years before the effective date of the amendatory Act (rather than those convicted of first degree when the murder was committed before June 19, 1998). Changes the registration procedures. Adds information to be added to the First Degree Murderer Database. Establishes penalties for non-compliance.

Provides that the amendatory Act may be cited as Andrea's Law.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that any first degree murder that is sexually motivated is a sex offense regardless of the age of the victim or the defendant. Provides for lifetime registration of such offenders. Exempts from such lifetime registration individuals released from incarceration more than 10 years prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act. Changes the name of the Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Fund to the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Fund. Provides for 10 year registration of a first degree murderer of an adult (a person 18 years of age or older at the time of the commission of the offense). Exempts from such registration individuals released from incarceration more than 10 years prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends various Acts to make conforming changes. Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as Andrea's Law. Effective January 1, 2012.

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