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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5563
Introduced 2/13/2026, by Rep. Nicole La Ha
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2610/47 new
Amends the Illinois State Police Act. Creates a registry of persistent domestic violence offenders within the Illinois State Police. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall maintain the registry based upon information supplied to the Illinois State Police by court clerks and information available to the Illinois State Police from the Department of Corrections and local law enforcement agencies. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall make the registry available for public inquiry on the Internet. Provides that the registry must consist of the persistent domestic violence offender's name, date of birth, conviction date, county of convictions, and a current photograph of the persistent domestic violence offender. Provides that, if a person is convicted of an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim and the person convicted has at least one prior conviction for an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim, then the court shall, upon proof of any prior convictions committed against a domestic abuse victim, order the person to register as a persistent domestic violence offender. Provides that a defendant who is required to register must be assessed a registration fee in the amount of $150. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall remove from the registry the name and other identifying information of a persistent domestic violence offender after a specified number of years following the defendant's most recent conviction. Effective January 1, 2027.
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A BILL FOR
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 5. The Illinois State Police Act is amended by
5adding Section 47 as follows:
6    (20 ILCS 2610/47 new)
7    Sec. 47. Persistent domestic violence offender registry.
8    (a) Definitions. As used in this Section:
9    "Conviction" has the meaning given to that term in Section 
102-5 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
11    "Domestic abuse victim" means any family or household 
12member who is a victim of abuse as defined in Section 103 of 
13the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
14    "Persistent domestic violence offender" means a person 
15who:
16        (1) has been convicted in this State of an offense 
17    committed against a domestic abuse victim; and
18        (2) has at least one prior conviction for an offense 
19    committed against a domestic abuse victim.
20    "Prior conviction" means a conviction for an offense 
21occurring prior to the commission of the offense for which the 
22defendant is being sentenced.
23    (b) There is created within the Illinois State Police a 
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1registry of persistent domestic violence offenders.
2    (c) The Illinois State Police shall maintain the registry 
3created under subsection (b) based upon information supplied 
4to the Illinois State Police by court clerks under subsections 
5(d) and (e) and information available to the Illinois State 
6Police from the Department of Corrections and local law 
7enforcement agencies. The Illinois State Police shall make the 
8registry available for public inquiry on the Internet.
9    (d) The registry must consist of the persistent domestic 
10violence offender's name, date of birth, conviction date, 
11county of convictions, and a current photograph of the 
12persistent domestic violence offender. The court clerk shall 
13provide the Illinois State Police with a copy of the 
14persistent domestic violence offender's driver license, if it 
15is available after reasonable inquiry, or other State or 
16federal identification, and other identifying data the 
17Illinois State Police determines is necessary to properly 
18identify the persistent domestic violence offender and exclude 
19innocent persons. However, the registry available for public 
20inquiry must not include the persistent domestic violence 
21offender's address, social security number, driver license 
22number, or any other State or federal identification number.
23    (e)(1) If a person is convicted of an offense committed 
24against a domestic abuse victim and the person convicted has 
25at least one prior conviction for an offense committed against 
26a domestic abuse victim, then the court shall, upon proof of 
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1any prior convictions committed against a domestic abuse 
2victim, order the person to register as a persistent domestic 
3violence offender under this Section.
4    (2) If a court orders a defendant to register under this 
5Section, then the court clerk shall forward to the Illinois 
6State Police a certified copy of the qualifying conviction and 
7the date of birth of the defendant. The court clerk shall 
8forward the information to the Illinois State Police within 7 
9days of the date of the conviction.
10    (f) Notwithstanding any other law and in addition to any 
11other punishment that may be imposed for a conviction of the 
12offense, a defendant required to register under this Section 
13must be assessed a registration fee in the amount of $150, 
14which must be paid to the clerk of the court imposing the 
15sentence, who shall:
16        (1) retain $50 of the fee for the administration of 
17    this Section, which must be reserved for the purposes 
18    authorized by this Section at the end of each fiscal year; 
19    and
20        (2) remit $100 of the fee to the Illinois Criminal 
21    Justice Information Authority for the purpose of 
22    administering grants to fund family violence prevention 
23    and intervention services. These funds shall not revert to 
24    the General Revenue Fund at the end of the fiscal year and 
25    must be carried forward for the purposes authorized by 
26    this paragraph.
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1    (g) The Illinois State Police shall remove from the 
2registry the name and other identifying information of a 
3persistent domestic violence offender required to register 
4under this Section:
5        (1) 5 years after the date of the most recent 
6    conviction for an offense committed against a domestic 
7    abuse victim if the defendant has one prior conviction for 
8    an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim;
9        (2) 7 years after the date of the most recent 
10    conviction for an offense committed against a domestic 
11    abuse victim if the defendant has 2 prior convictions for 
12    an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim;
13        (3) 10 years after the date of the most recent 
14    conviction for an offense committed against a domestic 
15    abuse victim if the defendant has 3 prior convictions for 
16    an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim; and
17        (4) 20 years after the date of the most recent 
18    conviction for an offense committed against a domestic 
19    abuse victim if the defendant has 4 or more prior 
20    convictions for an offense committed against a domestic 
21    abuse victim.
22    (h) This Section applies only to persons convicted of an 
23offense committed against a domestic abuse victim that 
24occurred on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act 
25of the 104th General Assembly; however, a prior conviction is 
26not required to occur on or after the effective date of this 
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1amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
31, 2027.