//**PROOF OF CONCEPT** — full quality-of-life profile for Illinois, 16 dimensions of the sex-offense registry regime. Ratings are researcher judgments from the //registrant's// perspective; each links its statute. NOT legal advice.//

====== Illinois — Registry Profile ======

**Weighted burden index 74.8/100** · rank **4 of 56** (1 = least burdensome) · 13/16 dimensions statute-verified.

Legend: 🟢 favorable (less burden) · 🟠 moderate · 🔴 restrictive · ℹ️ context · ⚪ unknown. ✓ = statute-verified.

^ Dimension ^ Rating ^ Detail ^ Statute ^
| **Registration length** | 🟠 moderate | Tiered — 10 yrs for most; natural life for sexual predators/sexually violent/sexually dangerous; 10-yr clock tolled/extendable on non-compliance — **lifetime** | [[https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Fulltext?ActID=1949&ChapterID=54&DocName=073001500K7|730 ILCS 150/7]] ✓ |
| **Removal / petition off** | 🔴 restrictive | Effectively none — no adult termination/petition; only adjudicated juveniles may petition (2 yrs misd-equiv / 5 yrs felony-equiv), adults register the full term — ⚑ needs human review | [[https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Fulltext?ActID=1949&ChapterID=54&DocName=073001500K3-5|730 ILCS 150/3-5]] ✓ |
| **Individualized risk assessment** | 🔴 restrictive | No risk assessment for registration (only for supervision); offense-based 10yr/life + 'sexual predator' label | n/a |
| **In-person reporting frequency** | 🟠 moderate | Tiered in-person: annual for standard registrants; every 90 days for sexually dangerous/sexually violent persons; homeless/transient report weekly | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-730-corrections/il-st-sect-730-150-6/|730 ILCS 150/6]] ✓ |
| **Registration fee** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — $100 initial fee plus $100 annual renewal to registering agency; waivable if indigent | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-730-corrections/il-st-sect-730-150-3/|730 ILCS 150/3]] ✓ |
| **Residency restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — 500 ft from schools/playgrounds/daycares for child sex offenders, statewide — **500 ft** · local: many municipalities add stricter/broader zones | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-720-criminal-offenses/il-st-sect-720-5-11-9-3.html|720 ILCS 5/11-9.3(b-5),(b-10)]] ✓ |
| **Employment restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Child sex offenders barred statewide from operating, being employed by, volunteering at, or being present at any facility providing programs/services exclusively for persons under 18, or a day care center (Class 4 felony) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-720-criminal-offenses/il-st-sect-720-5-11-9-3.html|720 ILCS 5/11-9.3]] ✓ |
| **Presence / loitering restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Child sex offenders barred from being present in or loitering within 500 ft of schools, public parks, playgrounds, and recreation areas while minors are present; also barred within 100 ft of posted school pick-up/discharge stops | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-720-criminal-offenses/il-st-sect-720-5-11-9-3.html|720 ILCS 5/11-9.3]] ✓ |
| **Visitor registration trigger** | 🔴 restrictive | Register within 3 days if visiting more than 3 days in a calendar year (per state FAQ) | n/a |
| **Internet identifiers required** | 🔴 restrictive | Required — 730 ILCS 150/3 requires 'all e-mail addresses, instant messaging identities, chat room identities, and other Internet communications identities' | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-730-corrections/il-st-sect-730-150-3/|730 ILCS 150/3]] ✓ |
| **Civil commitment** | 🔴 restrictive | Civil commitment law exists | 720 ILCS 207 |
| **Public website exposure** | 🔴 restrictive | ISP must publish entire Statewide Sex Offender Database on the internet (5-mile map search); no non-public lowest tier — all registrants public | [[https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Fulltext?ActID=1950&ChapterID=54&DocName=073001520K115|730 ILCS 152/115]] ✓ |
| **Halloween / holiday restriction** | 🟠 moderate | Parole/MSR condition bars sex offenders from holiday events involving children (e.g. distributing Halloween candy to minors); not a blanket statute for all registrants | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-730-corrections/il-st-sect-730-5-3-3-7/|730 ILCS 5/3-3-7(a)(16)]] ✓ |
| **Marked driver's license / ID** | 🟢 favorable | Driver's license/ID carries no sex-offender designation or code; license is only subject to annual renewal under 730 ILCS 5/5-5-3(o) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-625-vehicles/il-st-sect-625-5-6-106/|625 ILCS 5/6-106]] ✓ |
| **Community notification (& who pays)** | 🟠 moderate | Law enforcement actively discloses registrant info to schools, child care, libraries, public housing and social-service/volunteer agencies serving minors; registrant bears no cost | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-730-corrections/il-st-sect-730-152-120/|730 ILCS 152/120]] ✓ |
| **Age of consent (context)** | ℹ️ context | 17 — with close-in-age exception (13-16 with a partner less than 5 years older) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-720-criminal-offenses/il-st-sect-720-5-11-1-50/|720 ILCS 5/11-1.50]] ✓ |

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Source wiki page: [[illinois|Illinois]] · compare with others via [[playground:qol_index|the index]].
//Weighted index from the v1 model (weighted_score.py); weights encode NARSOL's judgment about everyday lived burden. Removal ratings and the weights need NARSOL/attorney sign-off before authoritative use.//