104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB3492 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 150/5-10730 ILCS 150/8 from Ch. 38, par. 228730 ILCS 150/11 Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall send (rather than mail) a quarterly nonforwardable verification letter or an electronic verification letter to each registered person who has been adjudicated to be sexually dangerous or is a sexually violent person and is later released, or found to be no longer sexually dangerous or no longer a sexually violent person and discharged, beginning 90 days from the date of his or her last registration. Provides that to any other person registered under the Act, the Illinois State Police shall send (rather than mail) an annual nonforwardable verification letter or an electronic verification letter, beginning one year from the date of his or her last registration. Provides that a person required to register under the Act who is sent (rather than mailed) a verification letter or an electronic verification letter shall complete, sign, and return the enclosed verification form to the Illinois State Police postmarked or time and date stamped within 10 days after the mailing date or time and date stamp of the letter. Provides that the person who is to receive the verification letter shall notify the Illinois State Police as to which method of notification the registered person receives. Provides that registration shall consist of a statement in writing signed by the person giving the information that is required by the Illinois State Police, which shall (rather than may) include the fingerprints and shall include a current photograph of the person, which shall be updated annually. Provides that moneys in the Offender Registration Fund shall be allocated pursuant to the Act and the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act, respectively. Effective January 1, 2026. LRB104 02938 RLC 21902 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB3492 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 150/5-10730 ILCS 150/8 from Ch. 38, par. 228730 ILCS 150/11 730 ILCS 150/5-10 730 ILCS 150/8 from Ch. 38, par. 228 730 ILCS 150/11 Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall send (rather than mail) a quarterly nonforwardable verification letter or an electronic verification letter to each registered person who has been adjudicated to be sexually dangerous or is a sexually violent person and is later released, or found to be no longer sexually dangerous or no longer a sexually violent person and discharged, beginning 90 days from the date of his or her last registration. Provides that to any other person registered under the Act, the Illinois State Police shall send (rather than mail) an annual nonforwardable verification letter or an electronic verification letter, beginning one year from the date of his or her last registration. Provides that a person required to register under the Act who is sent (rather than mailed) a verification letter or an electronic verification letter shall complete, sign, and return the enclosed verification form to the Illinois State Police postmarked or time and date stamped within 10 days after the mailing date or time and date stamp of the letter. Provides that the person who is to receive the verification letter shall notify the Illinois State Police as to which method of notification the registered person receives. Provides that registration shall consist of a statement in writing signed by the person giving the information that is required by the Illinois State Police, which shall (rather than may) include the fingerprints and shall include a current photograph of the person, which shall be updated annually. Provides that moneys in the Offender Registration Fund shall be allocated pursuant to the Act and the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act, respectively. Effective January 1, 2026. LRB104 02938 RLC 21902 b LRB104 02938 RLC 21902 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB3492 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
730 ILCS 150/5-10730 ILCS 150/8 from Ch. 38, par. 228730 ILCS 150/11 730 ILCS 150/5-10 730 ILCS 150/8 from Ch. 38, par. 228 730 ILCS 150/11
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730 ILCS 150/11
Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall send (rather than mail) a quarterly nonforwardable verification letter or an electronic verification letter to each registered person who has been adjudicated to be sexually dangerous or is a sexually violent person and is later released, or found to be no longer sexually dangerous or no longer a sexually violent person and discharged, beginning 90 days from the date of his or her last registration. Provides that to any other person registered under the Act, the Illinois State Police shall send (rather than mail) an annual nonforwardable verification letter or an electronic verification letter, beginning one year from the date of his or her last registration. Provides that a person required to register under the Act who is sent (rather than mailed) a verification letter or an electronic verification letter shall complete, sign, and return the enclosed verification form to the Illinois State Police postmarked or time and date stamped within 10 days after the mailing date or time and date stamp of the letter. Provides that the person who is to receive the verification letter shall notify the Illinois State Police as to which method of notification the registered person receives. Provides that registration shall consist of a statement in writing signed by the person giving the information that is required by the Illinois State Police, which shall (rather than may) include the fingerprints and shall include a current photograph of the person, which shall be updated annually. Provides that moneys in the Offender Registration Fund shall be allocated pursuant to the Act and the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act, respectively. Effective January 1, 2026.
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1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Sex Offender Registration Act is amended by
5 changing Sections 5-10, 8, and 11 as follows:
6 (730 ILCS 150/5-10)
7 Sec. 5-10. Verification Nonforwardable verification
8 letters. The Illinois State Police shall send mail a quarterly
9 nonforwardable verification letter or an electronic
10 verification letter to each registered person who has been
11 adjudicated to be sexually dangerous or is a sexually violent
12 person and is later released, or found to be no longer sexually
13 dangerous or no longer a sexually violent person and
14 discharged, beginning 90 days from the date of his or her last
15 registration. The person who is to receive the verification
16 letter shall notify the Illinois State Police as to which
17 method of notification the registered person receives. To any
18 other person registered under this Article, the Illinois State
19 Police shall send mail an annual nonforwardable verification
20 letter or an electronic verification letter, beginning one
21 year from the date of his or her last registration. A person
22 required to register under this Article who is sent mailed a
23 verification letter or an electronic verification letter shall
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB3492 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
730 ILCS 150/5-10730 ILCS 150/8 from Ch. 38, par. 228730 ILCS 150/11 730 ILCS 150/5-10 730 ILCS 150/8 from Ch. 38, par. 228 730 ILCS 150/11
730 ILCS 150/5-10
730 ILCS 150/8 from Ch. 38, par. 228
730 ILCS 150/11
Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall send (rather than mail) a quarterly nonforwardable verification letter or an electronic verification letter to each registered person who has been adjudicated to be sexually dangerous or is a sexually violent person and is later released, or found to be no longer sexually dangerous or no longer a sexually violent person and discharged, beginning 90 days from the date of his or her last registration. Provides that to any other person registered under the Act, the Illinois State Police shall send (rather than mail) an annual nonforwardable verification letter or an electronic verification letter, beginning one year from the date of his or her last registration. Provides that a person required to register under the Act who is sent (rather than mailed) a verification letter or an electronic verification letter shall complete, sign, and return the enclosed verification form to the Illinois State Police postmarked or time and date stamped within 10 days after the mailing date or time and date stamp of the letter. Provides that the person who is to receive the verification letter shall notify the Illinois State Police as to which method of notification the registered person receives. Provides that registration shall consist of a statement in writing signed by the person giving the information that is required by the Illinois State Police, which shall (rather than may) include the fingerprints and shall include a current photograph of the person, which shall be updated annually. Provides that moneys in the Offender Registration Fund shall be allocated pursuant to the Act and the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act, respectively. Effective January 1, 2026.
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1 complete, sign, and return the enclosed verification form to
2 the Illinois State Police postmarked or time and date stamped
3 within 10 days after the mailing date or time and date stamp of
4 the letter. A person's failure to return the verification form
5 to the Illinois State Police within 10 days after the mailing
6 date of the letter shall be considered a violation of this
7 Article.
8 (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
9 (730 ILCS 150/8) (from Ch. 38, par. 228)
10 Sec. 8. Registration and DNA submission requirements.
11 (a) Registration. Registration as required by this Article
12 shall consist of a statement in writing signed by the person
13 giving the information that is required by the Illinois State
14 Police, which shall may include the fingerprints and shall
15 must include a current photograph of the person, which shall
16 to be updated annually. If the sex offender is a child sex
17 offender as defined in Section 11-9.3 or 11-9.4 of the
18 Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, he or she
19 shall sign a statement that he or she understands that
20 according to Illinois law as a child sex offender he or she may
21 not reside within 500 feet of a school, park, or playground.
22 The offender may also not reside within 500 feet of a facility
23 providing services directed exclusively toward persons under
24 18 years of age unless the sex offender meets specified
25 exemptions. The registration information must include whether
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1 the person is a sex offender as defined in this Act the Sex
2 Offender Community Notification Law. Within 3 days, the
3 registering law enforcement agency shall forward any required
4 information to the Illinois State Police. The registering law
5 enforcement agency shall enter the information into the
6 Illinois State Police Sex Offender database Law Enforcement
7 Agencies Data System (LEADS) as provided in Sections 6 and 7 of
8 the Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery Act of 1984.
9 (b) DNA submission. Every person registering as a sex
10 offender pursuant to this Act, regardless of the date of
11 conviction or the date of initial registration who is required
12 to submit specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue for DNA
13 analysis as required by subsection (a) of Section 5-4-3 of the
14 Unified Code of Corrections shall submit the specimens as
15 required by that Section. Registered sex offenders who have
16 previously submitted a DNA specimen which has been uploaded to
17 the Illinois DNA database shall not be required to submit an
18 additional specimen pursuant to this Section.
19 (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
20 (730 ILCS 150/11)
21 Sec. 11. Offender Registration Fund. There is created the
22 Offender Registration Fund (formerly known as the Sex Offender
23 Registration Fund). Moneys in the Fund shall be used to cover
24 costs incurred by the criminal justice system to administer
25 this Article and the Murderer and Violent Offender Against
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1 Youth Registration Act, and for purposes as authorized under
2 this Section. Moneys in the Fund shall be allocated pursuant
3 to Section 3 of this Act and Section 10 of the Murderer and
4 Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act, respectively.
5 The Illinois State Police shall establish and promulgate rules
6 and procedures regarding the administration of this Fund.
7 Fifty percent of the moneys in the Fund shall be allocated by
8 the Department for sheriffs' offices and police departments.
9 The remaining moneys in the Fund received under Public Act
10 101-571 shall be allocated to the Illinois State Police for
11 education and administration of the Act.
12 (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23;
13 103-616, eff. 7-1-24.)
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