HB1454 Summary

• Expands sex offender registration requirements by adding offenses including luring a minor (second conviction), unauthorized video recording of minors, and certain federal sex crimes to the list of registrable offenses.

• Changes registration duration: misdemeanor sex offenses require 15 years of registration (increased from 10 years); most other sex offenders require 25 years of registration; those with prior registrations or multiple convictions register for natural life.

• Removes "sexual motivation" requirement for certain offenses against victims under 18 (kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping, unlawful restraint, aggravated unlawful restraint, and child abduction by luring) making registration automatic regardless of motive.

• Requires 6-month reporting intervals (instead of annual) for offenders with 25-year registration periods and establishes new procedures for tracking non-compliant offenders through law enforcement databases and federal marshals.

• Creates new Section 10.1 establishing procedures for local law enforcement agencies to identify, report, and locate non-compliant sex offenders, with coordination through the Department of State Police and national registries.

• Effective January 1, 2014.