HB3492 EngrossedLRB104 02938 RLC 21902 b HB3492 Engrossed LRB104 02938 RLC 21902 b HB3492 Engrossed LRB104 02938 RLC 21902 b 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 HB3492 Engrossed LRB104 02938 RLC 21902 b HB3492 Engrossed- 2 -LRB104 02938 RLC 21902 b HB3492 Engrossed - 2 - LRB104 02938 RLC 21902 b HB3492 Engrossed - 2 - LRB104 02938 RLC 21902 b 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 may include the fingerprints and shall must 15 include a current photograph of the person, which shall to be 16 updated annually. If the sex offender is a child sex offender 17 as defined in Section 11-9.3 or 11-9.4 of the Criminal Code of 18 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, he or she shall sign a 19 statement that he or she understands that according to 20 Illinois law as a child sex offender he or she may not reside 21 within 500 feet of a school, park, or playground. The offender 22 may also not reside within 500 feet of a facility providing 23 services directed exclusively toward persons under 18 years of 24 age unless the sex offender meets specified exemptions. The 25 registration information must include whether the person is a HB3492 Engrossed - 2 - LRB104 02938 RLC 21902 b HB3492 Engrossed- 3 -LRB104 02938 RLC 21902 b HB3492 Engrossed - 3 - LRB104 02938 RLC 21902 b HB3492 Engrossed - 3 - LRB104 02938 RLC 21902 b 1 sex offender as defined in this Act the Sex Offender Community 2 Notification Law. Within 3 days, the registering law 3 enforcement agency shall forward any required information to 4 the Illinois State Police. The registering law enforcement 5 agency shall enter the information into the Illinois State 6 Police Sex Offender database Law Enforcement Agencies Data 7 System (LEADS) as provided in Sections 6 and 7 of the 8 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 HB3492 Engrossed - 3 - LRB104 02938 RLC 21902 b HB3492 Engrossed- 4 -LRB104 02938 RLC 21902 b HB3492 Engrossed - 4 - LRB104 02938 RLC 21902 b HB3492 Engrossed - 4 - LRB104 02938 RLC 21902 b 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.) 14 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 15 1, 2026. HB3492 Engrossed - 4 - LRB104 02938 RLC 21902 b