Illinois House Bill 5534

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-07-15 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois State Police Act. Creates a registry of persistent domestic violence offenders within the Illinois State Police. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall maintain the registry based upon information supplied to the Illinois State Police by court clerks and information available to the Illinois State Police from the Department of Corrections and local law enforcement agencies. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall make the registry available for public inquiry on the Internet. Provides that the registry must consist of the persistent domestic violence offender's name, date of birth, conviction date, county of convictions, and a current photograph of the persistent domestic violence offender. Provides that, if a person is convicted of an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim and the person convicted has at least one prior conviction for an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim, then the court shall, upon proof of any prior convictions committed against a domestic abuse victim, order the person to register as a persistent domestic violence offender. Provides that a defendant who is required to register must be assessed a registration fee in the amount of $150. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall remove from the registry the name and other identifying information of a persistent domestic violence offender after a specified number of years following the defendant's most recent conviction.

POLICE-DOMESTIC ABUSER REGSTRY

Rep. Joe Sosnowski [R]

Rep. Norine Hammond [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-07-15	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
2026-02-13	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2026-02-13	House	First Reading
2026-02-06	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	2610	47	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5534&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=208887&DocName=10400HB5534&DocNum=5534&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=167541&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=