HB4889 Summary

• Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act to require persons not previously required to register to do so if their sex offense occurred before a specified date, with registration due within 5 days of the bill's effective date.

• Persons confined, institutionalized, or imprisoned in Illinois on or after the effective date must register in person within 5 days of discharge, parole, or release.

• Removes prior date restrictions from multiple sex offense categories (including offenses committed before January 1, 1996, June 1, 1997, January 1, 1998, July 1, 1999, and August 22, 2002) to make registration requirements retroactively applicable.

• Establishes a 10-year registration period for newly covered offenders not classified as sexually dangerous persons or sexual predators, which includes time served in confinement.

• Requires law enforcement agencies to forward registration forms for certain offenders (convicted under Sections 11-6, 11-20.1, 11-20.3, or 11-21 of Criminal Code) to the Attorney General.