SB3242 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB104 19434 RLC 32882 b

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3242

Introduced 2/2/2026, by Sen. Sue Rezin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/12C-75 new

Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Securing Against Future Exploitation of Kids in Digital Spaces (SAFEKIDS) Act. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a sex offender who is required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act who has committed a criminal offense against a victim who is under 18 years of age shall not create or have control of an account on a social media platform unless the account displays his or her full legal name. Provides that a person who violates this provision is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Provides that the provision applies retroactively. Defines terms.

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 1. This Act may be referred to as the Securing Against Future Exploitation of Kids in Digital Spaces (SAFEKIDS) Act.

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding Section 12C-75 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/12C-75 new)

Sec. 12C-75. Registered sex offenders who committed criminal offenses against minors; social media accounts; full legal name.

(a) In this Section:

"Social media platform" means a website or application that is open to the public, allows a user to create an account, and enables users to do all of the following:

(1) interact socially with other users within the confines of the website or application;

(2) construct a public or semi-public profile for the purpose of signing into and using the website or application;

(3) populate a list of other users with whom an individual shares or has the ability to share a social connection within the website or application; and

(4) create or post content viewable by others, including on message boards, chat rooms, video channels, direct or private messages, chats, or a landing page or main feed that presents the user with content generated by other users.

"Social media platform" does not include:

(A) a broadband Internet access service as defined by the Federal Communications Commission;

(B) an email service;

(C) a search engine service;

(D) a cloud storage or cloud computing service;

(E) an online service, application, or website in which interaction between users is limited to reviewing products offered for sale by electronic commerce or commenting on reviews posted by other users; or

(F) an online service, application, or website:

(i) that consists primarily of information or content that is not user-generated but is preselected by the provider; and

(ii) for which any chat, comments, or interactive functionality is incidental to, directly related to, or dependent upon the provision of the content described in subparagraph (i).

(b) A sex offender who is required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act who has committed a criminal offense against a victim who is under 18 years of age shall not create or have control of an account on a social media platform unless the account displays his or her full legal name.

(c) This Section applies retroactively.

(d) Sentence. Any person who violates subsection (b) is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense.