HB5534 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB104 17524 JRC 30951 b

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5534

Introduced 2/13/2026, by Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2610/47 new

Amends the Illinois State Police Act. Creates a registry of persistent domestic violence offenders within the Illinois State Police. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall maintain the registry based upon information supplied to the Illinois State Police by court clerks and information available to the Illinois State Police from the Department of Corrections and local law enforcement agencies. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall make the registry available for public inquiry on the Internet. Provides that the registry must consist of the persistent domestic violence offender's name, date of birth, conviction date, county of convictions, and a current photograph of the persistent domestic violence offender. Provides that, if a person is convicted of an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim and the person convicted has at least one prior conviction for an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim, then the court shall, upon proof of any prior convictions committed against a domestic abuse victim, order the person to register as a persistent domestic violence offender. Provides that a defendant who is required to register must be assessed a registration fee in the amount of $150. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall remove from the registry the name and other identifying information of a persistent domestic violence offender after a specified number of years following the defendant's most recent conviction.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 5. The Illinois State Police Act is amended by adding Section 47 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2610/47 new)

Sec. 47. Persistent domestic violence offender registry.

(a) Definitions. As used in this Section:

"Conviction" has the meaning given to that term in Section 2-5 of the Criminal Code of 2012.

"Domestic abuse victim" means any family or household member who is a victim of abuse as defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.

"Persistent domestic violence offender" means a person who:

(1) has been convicted in this State of an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim; and

(2) has at least one prior conviction for an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim.

"Prior conviction" means a conviction for an offense occurring prior to the commission of the offense for which the defendant is being sentenced.

(b) There is created within the Illinois State Police a registry of persistent domestic violence offenders.

(c) The Illinois State Police shall maintain the registry created under subsection (b) based upon information supplied to the Illinois State Police by court clerks under subsections (d) and (e) and information available to the Illinois State Police from the Department of Corrections and local law enforcement agencies. The Illinois State Police shall make the registry available for public inquiry on the Internet.

(d) The registry must consist of the persistent domestic violence offender's name, date of birth, conviction date, county of convictions, and a current photograph of the persistent domestic violence offender. The court clerk shall provide the Illinois State Police with a copy of the persistent domestic violence offender's driver license, if it is available after reasonable inquiry, or other State or federal identification, and other identifying data the Illinois State Police determines is necessary to properly identify the persistent domestic violence offender and exclude innocent persons. However, the registry available for public inquiry must not include the persistent domestic violence offender's address, social security number, driver license number, or any other State or federal identification number.

(e)(1) If a person is convicted of an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim and the person convicted has at least one prior conviction for an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim, then the court shall, upon proof of any prior convictions committed against a domestic abuse victim, order the person to register as a persistent domestic violence offender under this Section.

(2) If a court orders a defendant to register under this Section, then the court clerk shall forward to the Illinois State Police a certified copy of the qualifying conviction and the date of birth of the defendant. The court clerk shall forward the information to the Illinois State Police within 7 days of the date of the conviction.

(f) Notwithstanding any other law and in addition to any other punishment that may be imposed for a conviction of the offense, a defendant required to register under this Section must be assessed a registration fee in the amount of $150, which must be paid to the clerk of the court imposing the sentence, who shall:

(1) retain $50 of the fee for the administration of this Section, which must be reserved for the purposes authorized by this Section at the end of each fiscal year; and

(2) remit $100 of the fee to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for the purpose of administering grants to fund family violence prevention and intervention services. These funds shall not revert to the General Revenue Fund at the end of the fiscal year and must be carried forward for the purposes authorized by this paragraph.

(g) The Illinois State Police shall remove from the registry the name and other identifying information of a persistent domestic violence offender required to register under this Section:

(1) 5 years after the date of the most recent conviction for an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim if the defendant has one prior conviction for an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim;

(2) 7 years after the date of the most recent conviction for an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim if the defendant has 2 prior convictions for an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim;

(3) 10 years after the date of the most recent conviction for an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim if the defendant has 3 prior convictions for an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim; and

(4) 20 years after the date of the most recent conviction for an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim if the defendant has 4 or more prior convictions for an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim.

(h) This Section applies only to persons convicted of an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim that occurred on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly; however, a prior conviction is not required to occur on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.