HB 5734

Abstract

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person whose duty to register as a sex offender has been terminated by court order under the Sex Offender Registration Act is not considered a child sex offender for purposes of restrictions on residing or being present in certain areas and facilities imposed on child sex offenders. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections and the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that a person is not a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act if the person has been convicted of criminal sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a child and: (1) the defendant was not more than 4 years older than the victim at the time of the offense; (2) the victim was at least 14 years of age at the time of the offense; and (3) the conviction is based on the ages of the defendant and the victim at the time of the offense and was not based on any element of force or coercion. Establishes procedures for termination of the duty to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act of a person so described who was convicted of those offenses before the effective date of the amendatory Act.