97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB0263
 
Introduced 01/25/11, by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
730 ILCS 5/3-6-3.2 new

     Amends the Unified Code of Corrections.  Provides that the Department of State Police shall establish and maintain a Statewide First Degree Murderer Database for the purpose of identifying persons convicted of first degree murder, when the murder was committed before June 19, 1998, who have been released from a penal institution or other facility after the completion of their confinement and   making that information available to the public. Provides that the information in the Database shall be the names, residence addresses, places of employment, and schools attended by these offenders, and photographs of the offenders.  Provides that the Department of State Police shall require such first degree murderers to register with the Department for a period of 10 years following release.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended  by 
5adding Section 3-6-3.2 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-6-3.2 new)
7    Sec. 3-6-3.2. First degree murder committed before 
8truth-in-sentencing; Database. 
9    (a) The Department of State Police shall establish and 
10maintain a Statewide First Degree Murderer Database for the 
11purpose of identifying persons convicted of first degree 
12murder, when the murder was committed before June 19, 1998, who 
13have been released from a penal institution or other facility 
14after the completion of their confinement and   making that 
15information available to the public. The Database shall be 
16created from information obtained from the Department of 
17Corrections and submitted to the Department of State Police.  
18The information in the Database shall be the names, residence 
19addresses, places of employment, and schools attended by these 
20offenders, and photographs of the offenders.
21    (b) The Department of State Police must make the 
22information contained in the Statewide First Degree Murderer 
23Database accessible on the Internet by means of a hyperlink 
 
 
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1labeled "First Degree Murderer Information" on the 
2Department's World Wide Web home page. The Department must make 
3the information contained in the Statewide First Degree 
4Murderer Database searchable via a mapping system which 
5identifies first degree murderers described in subsection (a) 
6living within 5 miles of an identified address. The Department 
7of State Police must update that information as it deems 
8necessary.
    The Department of State Police may require that a 
9person who seeks access to the first degree murderer  
10information submit biographical information about himself or 
11herself before permitting access to the first degree murderer 
12information. The Department of State Police must promulgate 
13rules in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure 
14Act to implement this subsection (b) and those rules must 
15include procedures to ensure that the information in the 
16database is accurate.
17    (c)  The Department of State Police shall require a person 
18described in subsection (a) to register with the Department for 
19a period of 10 years following release.  The Department shall 
20establish the procedures for registration.