WeVote
Log In

Bill

Bill

HB 3625

Relating to public safety.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Paul Evans

HB 3625 reduces child sex offender residency distance to 250 feet from schools and ends weekly in-person reporting for those without a fixed residence.

In committee upon adjournment.
0
WeVote Research Nonpartisan
Bill Summary · HB 3625

Summary — HB 3625 (Relating to public safety)

Status: Introduced (Rep. Camille Y. Lilly). First read 2/18/2025; read again 3/25/2025; referred to committees; in committee upon adjournment (6/28/2025). If enacted, effective immediately.

Purpose / intent

HB 3625 revises Illinois criminal and registration law provisions that restrict where child sex offenders may be present or live and modifies certain registration reporting rules. The stated aim is to alter distance-based residency restrictions and to remove a weekly in-person reporting requirement for registrants without a fixed residence.

Key provisions and changes

  • Amends the Criminal Code (720 ILCS 5/11-9.3) and makes conforming changes to the Sex Offender Registration Act (730 ILCS 150/3, /6, /8) and the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act (730 ILCS 154/10).
  • Residency distance reduced: changes the prohibition on residing near schools from 500 feet to 250 feet. (Text: unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly reside within 250 (rather than 500) feet of a school building or real property comprising any school that persons under 18 attend.)
  • Removes certain childcare facility categories from the list of locations that trigger the residency restriction — specifically deletes “day care home” and “group day care home” from that list (while retaining other childcare-related facilities such as child care institutions, day care centers, part‑day facilities, and facilities exclusively serving persons under 18).
  • Preserves exceptions allowing a registrant to continue residing at a property if:
    • the property was established as the registrant’s current address of registration before the entity (e.g., school or facility) opened, or
    • if the entity requires a license, before the date the license was issued;
    • and allows continued residence despite changes to a resident’s floor or unit number once the property is an established site of registration.
  • Leaves in place other prohibitions in Section 11-9.3, including:
    • unlawful presence in school buildings/conveyances when minors are present (with limited parental/guardian exceptions);
    • unlawful presence within 100 feet of posted school pick-up/discharge sites while minors are present;
    • loitering within 500 feet of a school while minors are present (unchanged).
  • Reporting change: deletes the statutory provision that required registrants who “lack a fixed residence” to report weekly, in person, to the appropriate law enforcement agency where they are located. (The bill text indicates deletion but does not specify replacement reporting procedures in the excerpt.)

Who is affected

  • Primary: persons classified as child sex offenders under Illinois law and persons required to register under the referenced Acts.
  • Secondary: schools, playgrounds, child-care providers, families and communities near potential registrant residences, and local law enforcement agencies that manage registration and monitoring.
  • Practical effects may include expanded housing options nearer to schools and certain day‑care home locations for registrants and changes in monitoring burdens on law enforcement due to removal of the weekly in-person reporting requirement for those without fixed residences.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Introduced 2/18/2025; various committee referrals. Last recorded status: in committee upon adjournment (6/28/2025). If advanced from committee, next steps would be committee vote, floor consideration in the House, and, if passed, Senate consideration and gubernatorial action. The bill specifies that, if enacted, its provisions take effect immediately.

Potential implications to monitor

  • Public safety and community concerns balanced against housing and constitutional considerations for registrants.
  • Administrative impact on registration systems and law enforcement if alternate reporting methods are not specified elsewhere.
  • Localities and childcare providers may be affected by narrower definitions of protected facility types (removal of day care home/group day care home).

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

Sign in to ask a question.