HB1263 Summary

• Amends Criminal Code Section 11-9.3 to add "child counseling center" as a location where child sex offenders are prohibited from residing within 500 feet, operating, managing, being employed by, volunteering at, or being present at.

• Defines "child counseling center" as a facility where mental health services are provided solely or primarily for children.

• Provides an exemption allowing child sex offenders to reside within 500 feet of a child counseling center if they owned the property before the effective date of this amendatory act.

• Establishes violations as Class 4 felonies and applies restrictions consistent with existing prohibitions regarding schools, playgrounds, and other child-serving facilities.

• Updates statutory references to reference both the Criminal Code of 1961 and the Criminal Code of 2012 throughout the section.