House Sponsors: O'BRIEN-FOWLER-NOVAK-KENNER-MITCHELL,BILL, LOPEZ, FLOWERS, BROSNAHAN, HANNIG, ACEVEDO, FRANKS, DAVIS,STEVE, HOFFMAN, O'CONNOR, RIGHTER AND WINKEL. Senate Sponsors: KARPIEL-O'MALLEY-SHAW Short description: SEX OFFENDER-PUBLISH PHOTO Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Requires sex offender registration information to include a photograph of the sex offender. Amends the Sex Offender and Child Murderer Community Notification Law. Permits municipal police departments and county sheriffs to publish photographs of sex offenders in newspapers or magazines and to disseminate those photographs on the Internet or on television. Permits the Department of State Police to make photographs of sex offenders accessible on the Internet. FISCAL NOTE (Illinois State Police) It would cost the State Police $50,000 to initiate the program. FISCAL NOTE (Department of Corrections) Corrections population and fiscal impacts would be minimal. CORRECTIONAL NOTE (Department of Corrections) Same as DOC fiscal note. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Provides that the publication of photographs of sex offenders by sheriffs and municipal police departments is limited to sex offenders whose victims were 13 years of age or younger. Provides that photo- graphs of sex offenders shall be added to the Statewide Sex Offender Database, if available. Provides that the Department of State Police must update the sex offender information on the Department's World Wide Web site as it deems necessary. Provides that the Department may require a person who seeks access to the sex offender information to submit biographical information about himself or herself before permitting access to the sex offender information. Provides that the Department may limit sex offender information to information about sex offenders who reside within a specified geographical area in proximity to the address of the person seeking that information. Adds a July 1, 2000 effective date. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0224 Last action date: 99-07-22 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status