99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4271

 

Introduced , by Rep. Thomas Bennett

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 150/6
730 ILCS 150/6-5

    Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that a registered sex offender who loses his or her employment must report in person to the law enforcement agency with whom he or she last registered his or her loss of employment within 3 days of that loss of employment. Provides that an out-of-state employee must notify the agency having jurisdiction, in writing, of his or her loss of employment within 3 days of the loss.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Sex Offender Registration Act is amended by
5changing Sections 6 and 6-5 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 150/6)
7    Sec. 6. Duty to report; change of address, school, or
8employment or loss of employment; duty to inform. A person who
9has been adjudicated to be sexually dangerous or is a sexually
10violent person and is later released, or found to be no longer
11sexually dangerous or no longer a sexually violent person and
12discharged, or convicted of a violation of this Act after July
131, 2005, shall report in person to the law enforcement agency
14with whom he or she last registered no later than 90 days after
15the date of his or her last registration and every 90 days
16thereafter and at such other times at the request of the law
17enforcement agency not to exceed 4 times a year. Such sexually
18dangerous or sexually violent person must report all new or
19changed e-mail addresses, all new or changed instant messaging
20identities, all new or changed chat room identities, and all
21other new or changed Internet communications identities that
22the sexually dangerous or sexually violent person uses or plans
23to use, all new or changed Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)

 

 

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1registered or used by the sexually dangerous or sexually
2violent person, and all new or changed blogs and other Internet
3sites maintained by the sexually dangerous or sexually violent
4person or to which the sexually dangerous or sexually violent
5person has uploaded any content or posted any messages or
6information. Any person who lacks a fixed residence must report
7weekly, in person, to the appropriate law enforcement agency
8where the sex offender is located. Any other person who is
9required to register under this Article shall report in person
10to the appropriate law enforcement agency with whom he or she
11last registered within one year from the date of last
12registration and every year thereafter and at such other times
13at the request of the law enforcement agency not to exceed 4
14times a year. If any person required to register under this
15Article lacks a fixed residence or temporary domicile, he or
16she must notify, in person, the agency of jurisdiction of his
17or her last known address within 3 days after ceasing to have a
18fixed residence and if the offender leaves the last
19jurisdiction of residence, he or she, must within 3 days after
20leaving register in person with the new agency of jurisdiction.
21If any other person required to register under this Article
22changes his or her residence address, place of employment,
23telephone number, cellular telephone number, or school or loses
24his or her employment, he or she shall report in person, to the
25law enforcement agency with whom he or she last registered, his
26or her new address, change in employment, loss of employment,

 

 

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1telephone number, cellular telephone number, or school, all new
2or changed e-mail addresses, all new or changed instant
3messaging identities, all new or changed chat room identities,
4and all other new or changed Internet communications identities
5that the sex offender uses or plans to use, all new or changed
6Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) registered or used by the sex
7offender, and all new or changed blogs and other Internet sites
8maintained by the sex offender or to which the sex offender has
9uploaded any content or posted any messages or information, and
10register, in person, with the appropriate law enforcement
11agency within the time period specified in Section 3, or in the
12case of loss of employment within 3 days of the loss of
13employment. If the sex offender is a child sex offender as
14defined in Section 11-9.3 or 11-9.4 of the Criminal Code of
151961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, the sex offender shall
16within 3 days after beginning to reside in a household with a
17child under 18 years of age who is not his or her own child,
18provided that his or her own child is not the victim of the sex
19offense, report that information to the registering law
20enforcement agency. The law enforcement agency shall, within 3
21days of the reporting in person by the person required to
22register under this Article, notify the Department of State
23Police of the new place of residence, change in employment,
24telephone number, cellular telephone number, or school.
25    If any person required to register under this Article
26intends to establish a residence or employment outside of the

 

 

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1State of Illinois, at least 10 days before establishing that
2residence or employment, he or she shall report in person to
3the law enforcement agency with which he or she last registered
4of his or her out-of-state intended residence or employment.
5The law enforcement agency with which such person last
6registered shall, within 3 days after the reporting in person
7of the person required to register under this Article of an
8address or employment change, notify the Department of State
9Police. The Department of State Police shall forward such
10information to the out-of-state law enforcement agency having
11jurisdiction in the form and manner prescribed by the
12Department of State Police.
13(Source: P.A. 96-1094, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1104, eff. 1-1-11;
1497-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
15    (730 ILCS 150/6-5)
16    Sec. 6-5. Out-of-State employee or student; duty to report
17change. Every out-of-state student or out-of-state employee
18must notify the agency having jurisdiction of any change of
19employment, loss of employment, or change of educational
20status, in writing, within 3 days of the change or loss of
21employment. The law enforcement agency shall, within 3 days
22after receiving the notice, enter the appropriate changes into
23LEADS.
24(Source: P.A. 94-168, eff. 1-1-06; 95-640, eff. 6-1-08.)