Subject Index Sex Offenders

On June 16, 2022, the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of a registered sex offender who attended a festival, holding sex offenders are prohibited from entering such areas.

On Oct.18, 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court found the statute against “revenge porn,” which criminalizes the nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images, to be constitutional. Charges under the law do not violate a person’s First Amendment rights.

On February 27, 2018, the Appellate Court of Illinois for the First District held that a person found not not guilty of a sex offense, even on the basis of unfitness, falls within the purview of the Sex Offender Registration Act ("SORA") and is required to register.

The Sex Offender Management Board adopted new regulations covering the evaluation and treatment of adult sex offenders.

Lawmakers have updated the Criminal Code of 1961 to add additional limitations to the activities of convicted child sex offenders in Illinois.

Illinois lawmakers have amended the Criminal Code of 1961 to protect victims of sex crimes and their family members from harassment (720 ILCS 5/12-7.4).

Illinois lawmakers have amended the Sex Offender Registration Act to introduce new retroactive registration requirements for sex offenders and sexual predators. 730 ILCS 150/2 et seq.

The Children and Family Services Act has been amended to prohibit the Department of Children and Family Services from employing sexually dangerous persons.

Illinois lawmakers have amended the School Code to require school districts to provide certain criminal record check results and Statewide Sex Offender Database check results that it obtained within the past year upon request. (105 ILCS 5/10-21.9, 5/34-18.5)

The Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois has been amended to establish health care worker licensure actions relating to sex crimes (20 ILCS 2105/2105-165 new).

The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by Illinois lawmakers to incorporate virtual presence into possible means of committing the sexual exploitation of children. 720 ILCS 5/11-9.1.

Under the newly amended Criminal Code of 1961, it is now a Class 4 felony for a person 18 years of age or older to commit public indecency or sexual exploitation of a child within 500 feet of elementary or secondary school grounds when children are present. (720 ILCS 5/11-9; 720 ILCS 5/11-9.1)

While sex offenders have previously been required to report accurate information about their place of residence and employment, Illinois lawmakers have added required elements of identification to the list. (730 ILCS 150/3).

Illinois lawmakers have acted to further monitor the movements and location of sex offenders in Illinois. (730 ILCS 150/3).

The Sex Offender Management Board adopted new sections regulating the treatment and rehabilitation of convicted juvenile sex offenders.  

Illinois lawmakers recently added new language to the Criminal Code of 1961 to prohibit convicted sex offenders from using social networking Web sites.

On August 14, 2008, the Sex Offender Community Notification Law was amended by adding Section 116 titled "Missing Sex Offender Database." 730 ILCS 152/116.

The Illinois General Assembly mandates that the Illinois State Police maintain a statewide Sex Offender Database (730 ILCS 152/115 (a)-(b)) and Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database ((730 ILCS 154/85 (a)-(b)).