Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB1042

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1042

Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. John M. Cabello

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 150/8-6 new

Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that a person shall be required to wear an approved electronic monitoring device for the first 5 years of the person's period of registration if the person is: (1) a sex offender convicted of an offense that would qualify the person as a sexual predator; or (2) required to register as a sex offender and: (A) was convicted of criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, or ritualized abuse of a child, when the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense; and (B) used force or the threat of force in the commission of the offense. Provides that if the person fails to register or violates laws that regulate sex offenders, the person shall be required to wear the approved electronic monitoring device for an additional 3 years. Provides that the Illinois State Police and the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall monitor the person required to wear an approved electronic monitoring device to ensure compliance with this provision.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Sex Offender Registration Act is amended by adding Section 8-6 as follows:

(730 ILCS 150/8-6 new)

Sec. 8-6. Electronic monitoring of sexual predators and certain other offenders.

(a) In this Section, "approved electronic monitoring device" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5-8A-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections.

(b) A person shall be required to wear an approved electronic monitoring device for the first 5 years of the person's period of registration if the person is:

(1) a sex offender convicted of an offense that would qualify the person as a sexual predator; or

(2) required to register as a sex offender and:

(A) was convicted of criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, or ritualized abuse of a child, when the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense; and

(B) used force or the threat of force in the commission of the offense.

(c) If the person fails to register or violates laws that regulate sex offenders, the person shall be required to wear the approved electronic monitoring device for an additional 3 years.

(d) The Illinois State Police and the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall monitor the person required to wear an approved electronic monitoring device to ensure compliance with this Section.