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Illinois Statutes Chapter 20. Executive Branch § 4026/10. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Text of section effective July 1, 2025. See, also, text of section 20 ILCS 4026/10, effective until July 1, 2025.>

§ 10. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) “Board” means the Sex Offender Management Board created in Section 15.

(b) “Sex offender” means any person who is convicted or found delinquent in the State of Illinois, or under any substantially similar federal law or law of another state, of any sex offense or attempt of a sex offense as defined in subsection (c) of this Section, or any former statute of this State that defined a felony sex offense, or who has been declared as a sexually dangerous person under the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act  1 or declared a sexually violent person under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act,  2 or any substantially similar federal law or law of another state.

(c) “Sex offense” means any felony or misdemeanor offense described in this subsection (c) as follows:

(1) indecent solicitation of a child, in violation of Section 11-6 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;  3

(2) indecent solicitation of an adult, in violation of Section 11-6.5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;  4

(3) public indecency, in violation of Section 11-9 or 11-30 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;  5

(4) sexual exploitation of a child, in violation of Section 11-9.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;  6

(5) sexual relations within families, in violation of Section 11-11 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;  7

(6) promoting commercial sexual exploitation of a child or soliciting for a sexually exploited child, in violation of Section 11-14.4 or 11-15.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;  8

(7) promoting commercial sexual exploitation of a child or keeping a place of commercial sexual exploitation of a child, in violation of Section 11-14.4 or 11-17.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;  9

(8) patronizing a sexually exploited child, in violation of Section 11-18.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; [FN10]

(9) promoting commercial sexual exploitation of a child or juvenile pimping, in violation of Section 11-14.4 or 11-19.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; [FN11]

(10) promoting commercial sexual exploitation of a child or exploitation of a child, in violation of Section 11-14.4 or 11-19.2 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; [FN12]

(11) child pornography, in violation of Section 11-20.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; [FN13]

(11.5) aggravated child pornography, in violation of Section 11-20.1B or 11-20.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961;

(12) harmful material, in violation of Section 11-21 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; [FN14]

(13) criminal sexual assault, in violation of Section 11-1.20 or 12-13 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; [FN15]

(13.5) grooming, in violation of Section 11-25 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;

(14) aggravated criminal sexual assault, in violation of Section 11-1.30 or 12-14 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; [FN16]

(14.5) traveling to meet a minor or traveling to meet a child, in violation of Section 11-26 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;

(15) predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, in violation of Section 11-1.40 or 12-14.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; [FN17]

(16) criminal sexual abuse, in violation of Section 11-1.50 or 12-15 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; [FN18]

(17) aggravated criminal sexual abuse, in violation of Section 11-1.60 or 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; [FN19]

(18) ritualized abuse of a child, in violation of Section 12-33 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; [FN20]

(19) an attempt to commit any of the offenses enumerated in this subsection (c); or

(20) any felony offense under Illinois law that is sexually motivated.

(d) “Management” means treatment, and supervision of any sex offender that conforms to the standards created by the Board under Section 15.

(e) “Sexually motivated” means one or more of the facts of the underlying offense indicates conduct that is of a sexual nature or that shows an intent to engage in behavior of a sexual nature.

(f) “Sex offender evaluator” means a person licensed under the Sex Offender Evaluation and Treatment Provider Act to conduct sex offender evaluations.

(g) “Sex offender treatment provider” means a person licensed under the Sex Offender Evaluation and Treatment Provider Act to provide sex offender treatment services.

(h) “Associate sex offender provider” means a person licensed under the Sex Offender Evaluation and Treatment Provider Act to provide sex offender evaluations and to provide sex offender treatment under the supervision of a licensed sex offender evaluator or a licensed sex offender treatment provider.

1 725 ILCS 205/0.01 et seq.
2 725 ILCS 207/1 et seq.
3 720 ILCS 5/11-6.
4 720 ILCS 5/11-6.5.
5 720 ILCS 5/11-30.
6 720 ILCS 5/11-9.1.
7 720 ILCS 5/11-11.
8 720 ILCS 5/11-14.4 or 5/11-15.1 (repealed).
9 720 ILCS 5/11-14.4 or 5/11-17.1 (repealed).
10 720 ILCS 5/11-18.1.
11 720 ILCS 5/11-14.4 or 5/11-19.1 (repealed).
12 720 ILCS 5/11-14.4 or 5/11-19.2 (repealed).
13 720 ILCS 5/11-20.1.
14 720 ILCS 5/11-21.
15 720 ILCS 5/11-1.20 or 5/12-13 (renumbered).
16 720 ILCS 5/11-1.30 or 5/12-14 (renumbered).
17 720 ILCS 5/11-1.40 or 5/12-14.1 (renumbered).
18 720 ILCS 5/11-1.50 or 5/12-15 (renumbered).
19 720 ILCS 5/11-1.60 or 5/12-16 (renumbered).
20 720 ILCS 5/12-33.
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