Bill Text: IL HB4852 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall notify, in writing, the victim of the offense committed by the sex offender or sexual predator and the law enforcement agencies and State's Attorneys' offices of the county of conviction and the county where the sex offender or sexual predator expects to reside not less than 30 days before the sex offender or sexual predator's release.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4852 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4852-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4852 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
730 ILCS 150/4 from Ch. 38, par. 224
Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall notify, in writing, the victim of the offense committed by the sex offender or sexual predator and the law enforcement agencies and State's Attorneys' offices of the county of conviction and the county where the sex offender or sexual predator expects to reside not less than 30 days before the sex offender or sexual predator's release.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Sex Offender Registration Act is amended by
changing Section 4 as follows:
(730 ILCS 150/4) (from Ch. 38, par. 224)
Sec. 4. Discharge of sex offender, as defined in Section 2
of this Act, or sexual predator from Department of Corrections
facility or other penal institution; duties of official in
charge. Any sex offender, as defined in Section 2 of this Act,
or sexual predator, as defined by this Article, who is
discharged, paroled or released from a Department of
Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice facility, a
facility where such person was placed by the Department of
Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice or another penal
institution, and whose liability for registration has not
terminated under Section 7 shall, prior to discharge, parole
or release from the facility or institution, be informed of
his or her duty to register in person within 3 days of release
by the facility or institution in which he or she was confined.
The facility or institution shall also inform any person who
must register that if he or she establishes a residence
outside of the State of Illinois, is employed outside of the

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State of Illinois, or attends school outside of the State of
Illinois, he or she must register in the new state within 3
days after establishing the residence, beginning employment,
or beginning school.
The facility shall require the person to read and sign
such form as may be required by the Illinois State Police
stating that the duty to register and the procedure for
registration has been explained to him or her and that he or
she understands the duty to register and the procedure for
registration. The facility shall further advise the person in
writing that the failure to register or other violation of
this Article shall result in revocation of parole, aftercare
release, mandatory supervised release or conditional release.
The facility shall obtain information about where the person
expects to reside, work, and attend school upon his or her
discharge, parole or release and shall report the information
to the Illinois State Police. The facility shall give one copy
of the form to the person and shall send one copy to each of
the law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction where the
person expects to reside, work, and attend school upon his or
her discharge, parole or release and retain one copy for the
files. Electronic data files which includes all notification
form information and photographs of sex offenders being
released from an Illinois Department of Corrections or
Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice facility will be
shared on a regular basis as determined between the Illinois

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