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.
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 | 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 | 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 | 730 ILCS 150/6 ✓ |
| Registration fee | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — $100 initial fee plus $100 annual renewal to registering agency; waivable if indigent | 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 | 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) | 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 | 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' | 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 | 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 | 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) | 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 | 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) | 720 ILCS 5/11-1.50 ✓ |
Source wiki page: Illinois · compare with others via 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.