Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB5572

Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Sex Offenses and Sex Offender Registration Task Force to ensure that law enforcement and communities are able to identify and monitor high-risk sex offenders. The Task Force will hold public hearings to receive input from the public and give recommendations to the General Assembly to effectively classify sex offenders based on individual risk to public safety. Provides that the Task Force shall present its findings in a written report on or before January 1, 2018. Repeals the new provisions on January 1, 2019.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts language of the introduced bill with the following changes. Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act (rather than the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois). Provides that the Sex Offenses and Sex Offender Registration Task Force shall be an independent Task Force under the Illinois Criminal Information Authority (rather than the Department of State Police) for administrative purposes. Provides that the Executive Director of the Authority (rather the Director of State Police) shall appoint various members to the Task Force.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the language of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Appoints various members to the Sex Offenses and Sex Offender Registration Task Force, including the Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, 2 academics or researchers who have studied issues related to adult sex offending, a representative of a legal organization that works with adult sex offenders who focus on the collateral consequences of conviction and registration, 2 treatment providers who specialize in adult treatment, a treatment provider who specializes in working with victims of sex offenses, 2 representatives from community-based organizations that work with adults convicted of sex offenses on re-entry, a statewide organization that represents or coordinates services for victims of sex offenses, a representative of a statewide organization that represents or is comprised of individuals convicted as adults of a sex offense who are currently on a registry, a public defender, and an appellate defender. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority may consult, contract, work in junction with, and obtain any information from any individual, agency, association, or research institution deemed appropriate by the Authority. Provides the Task Force provision is repealed on January 1, 2019.

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