Winter Meeting 2-5-16
1)Welcome and Introductions: Present : Jamie Oliphant (co-chair-Lake), Joe Howe (co-chair-Tazewell), Susan Williamson (Edgar), Todd Maxfield (Cole/Cumberland), Rosa Lopez (Henry), Christine Boyd (AOIC), Evan Gregg (Kankakee), Lori Sandquist (Lake), Brian Ritchie (Will), Shawn Albert (Bloomington PD), Sandra White (DuPage), Chris English (St. Clair), Kate Moran-Reschke (McLean), and Jeremy Jessup (Champaign).
2)IPCSA General News and Dates-
a)Check out the new IPCSA website. Emails from our committee will have a new email address that is linked to the website. –
Once we get new email, we will continue to email from both addresses for at least six months to make sure that our new email address will not filter into spam folders.
b)IPCSA Cubs Game- Friday May 6th, 2016 – Against Washington Nationals. Tickets are $25 each. Please contact to order and purchase. Only 300 for whole organization.
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d)Committee Appreciation Day Picnic is Friday, June 17th, 2016 at Matthiessen State Park, Utica, IL at 10:00 a.m.
3)IL - ATSA
The board of IL-ATSA (Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers) is seeking submissions for the next edition of our newsletter! This edition is focused on "perspectives." In 400 words or less - we want to know why you do what you do! What made you choose to work in your particular area - whether you work with juvenile clients in a residential treatment program, or adults in an outpatient program, or you focus on research, or you primarily work in victim services, or any of our other partner areas! We would like to hear from our colleagues in all these areas, including our partners in probation, parole, or the legal system. Please share your unique perspective with all of us! Submissions due Monday February 29, 2016 and may be emailed to .
Webinar presenters also wanted! We are looking for facilitators for our next series of webinars. Consider donating 1.5 hours of your time to share your expertise with your colleagues in Illinois! E-mail for more information!
3) Legislative Updates
A)National
International Meghan’s Law --Summary of Senate Amendment to H.R. 515
The Senate amendment to H.R. 515 would direct the Department of Homeland Security to establish the “Angel Watch Center” within the Child Exploitation Investigations Unit of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to: receive incoming notifications concerning individuals seeking to enter the United States who have committed offenses of a sexual nature; determine if individuals traveling abroad are listed on the National Sex Offender Registry; and review the United States Marshals Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center case management system. The center would then be required to share all information received relating to the individual with the Department of Justice or with other federal, state, and local agencies.
The United States Marshals Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center would be required to provide the Angel Watch Center with information regarding any sex-offender 24 hours before the offender’s intended travel or not later than 72 hours after the intended travel. The Angel Watch Center would be authorized to notify a destination country of a child-sex offender’s impending or current international travel to that country. The Secretary of Homeland Security would be directed to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Attorney General to facilitate the activities of the Angel Watch Center in collaboration with the United States Marshals Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center, including the exchange of information.
The Angel Watch Center would be required to provide a written determination to the Department of State regarding the status of an individual as a covered sex offender. The Department of Homeland Security would further be directed to submit an annual report to Congress that includes: (1) the number of instances in which a notification or information was erroneously transmitted to the destination country; and (2) the actions taken to prevent similar errors from occurring in the future.
Section 5 of the bill would authorize the United States Marshals Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center to: (1) transmit notification of a sex offender’s international travel to the destination country of the sex offender, including to the visa-issuing agent or agents in the United States of the country; (2) share information relating to traveling sex offenders with other federal, state, local, and foreign agencies and entities; (3) receive incoming notifications concerning individuals seeking to enter the United States who have committed offenses of a sexual nature and would be required to share the information received immediately with the Department of Homeland Security; and (4) perform other functions directed by the Attorney General or the Director of the United States Marshals Service.
**Section 6 of the bill would amend section 114 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to require a sex offender to provide specific information relating to intended travel outside the United States, including any anticipated dates and places of departure, arrival, or return, and any other itinerary or other travel-related information required by the Attorney General. If an offender fails to comply with the requirements and knowingly fails to provide information, the offender would be fined under the bill, and imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. **
Section 7 would express a sense of Congress that the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security, should seek reciprocal international agreements or arrangements to further the purposes of the bill. Section 8 of the bill would prohibit the Secretary of State from issuing a passport to a covered sex offender unless the passport contains a unique identifier, and would authorize the Secretary of State to revoke a passport previously issued without such an identifier of a covered sex offender.
Discussion of International Meghan’s Law included formation of tracking system, and the concern that offenders don’t understand they don’t the same rights as US citizens in different countries. Some offenders can be harmed once in certain countries. This also geared to identify and prevent “sex tourism”.
B)Illinois
SB2201 Battery
Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides for registration under the Act of a person convicted of a
battery when the court: (1) finds that the battery was sexually motivated as defined in the Sex Offender
Management Board Act; and (2) in its discretion requires the person to register under the Act.
12415assignments but gaining sponsors as 1-26-16
SB2220 Public Indecency Penal Institution
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that public indecency also includes committing the proscribed
acts while confined in a penal institution. Provides that a person convicted of a second or subsequent
violation for public indecency while confined in a penal institution is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Amends the
ex Offender Registration Act. Includes in the definition of "sex offense", a second violation or attempted
violation of public indecency while confined in a penal institution committed on or after the effective date of
the amendatory Act. Effective immediately. 1-13- 16assignments
SB2221 Sexaul Assault DNA testing
Synopsis As Introduced the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act. When a consistent DNA profile has been identifiedfrom submitted sexual assault evidence, the Department of State Police shall notify the investigating lawenforcement agency of the match, and the Department shall track and maintain a record of its notification of, and the follow up by, the investigating law enforcement agency. The record maintained by the Department shall also document any written request, from the Department to the investigating law enforcement agency, seeking the submission of an additional DNA standard for a comparison analysis or confirmatory forensic analysis, and whether the investigating law enforcement agency has complied with those requests. If, after 60 days, the investigating law enforcement agency fails to comply with any request for an additional DNA standard, then the Department shall send a second written request to both the investigating law enforcement agency and the county Sheriff of the county where the agency is located. The Department shall maintain a record of the percentage of cases in which an additional DNA standard is submitted by the investigating law enforcement agency for a comparison analysis or confirmatory forensic analysis. Beginning June 1, 2016, each law enforcement agency must conduct an annual inventory of all sexual assault cases in the custody of the law enforcement agency and provide written notice of its annual findings to the Department. The Department shall compile and report the findings of each inventory under the Act. Requires the Department of State Police to file annual and quarterly reports regarding sexual assault evidence submissions.Effective immediately.1-27-16assignments
SB2347Sex Offense Forfeiture
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that computersseized during the commission of indecent solicitation of a child, child pornography, aggravated childpornography, nonconsensualdissemination of private sexual images, grooming, or traveling to meet a minor, and forfeited, before there is to be a distribution of property or sale proceeds, the computers or monies seized and forfeited for those offenses may be used to support the training, equipment or investigation needs of the child exploitation unit of the law enforcement agency. The computers may also be recommissioned for official use by the agency or destroyed. The law enforcement agency shall not be ordered by the court to return the computer to the defendant or his or her designee. Effective immediately.
Assignments1-28-16
HB4271 – Sex Offender Registration
Amendsthe Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that a registered sex offender who loses his or her employment must report in person to the law enforcement agency with whom he or she last registered his orher loss of employment within 3 days of that loss of employment. Provides that an out of state employee must notify the agency having jurisdiction, in writing, of his or her loss of employment within 3 days of the loss. 9-18-15 Assigned Judicial, 9-30-15 Final action deadline 10-31-15. 1-29-16extended to 4-28-16
HB 4294 Sex Offender and Foster Homes
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012.Provides that it is a Class 4 felony for a child sex offender to knowinglyreside within 500 feet of a foster family home.Provides that nothing in this provision prohibits a child sexoffender from residing within 500 feet of a foster family home if the property is owned by the child sexoffender and was purchased before the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that it is a Class 4 felony for a child sex offender to knowingly operate, manage, be employed by, volunteer at, be associated with, or knowingly be present at any foster family home. Provides an exemption for a child sex offender who owns the real property upon which the foster family home is located, provided the child sex offender refrains from being present on the premises for the hours during which the foster family home is operated. Defines "foster family home". 9-18-15 –rules
HB4342 Sex Offender Disorderly Conduct
Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Defines "sex offense" to include disorderly conduct, provided the offense was sexually motivated as defined in the Sex Offender Evaluation and Treatment Act, and theoffense was committed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. 12-2-15referred to rules
Briefly went over pending legislation. At current time with state budget issues, not a lot of laws being passed. This is just a summary of what is out there.
4)SOMB/IDFPR update
a) Previous Training- - Current Practice in Comprehensive Juvenile Sexual Risk Assessments by Dr. Phil Rich—10-26-15 at Heartland Community College in Bloomington. Well attended.
b)Training for -2016—in process. Possible topics include multi- disciplinary in regards JSO- safety plan etc, technology, and human trafficking.
c)Standards and guidelines for Adult Sex Offenders—have been submitted and passed board. Going through JCAR process, and could take months. Will get posted. No word on standards for juvenile sex offenders.
d)Creating a statewide resource list –multi disciplinary –offenders, Probation /Parole etc to include service agency etc. If would like to help in creating .. contact Jamie Oliphant
e)SOMB next meeting 3-17-15 –Bloomington.
f)SOMB –List is no longer on website –only on IDFPR.
There was discussion of generating list for who probation departments utilize. Lake has list of local providers that approved and screened through their Sexual Assault Council that is provided in each courtroom. Consensus was that some counties only have one or two providers to use, and if list was made should not personal recommendations.
g)Licensing—grandfather clause is officially ended as 12-31 14. **Discussion of Associate Provider—working on rule change. Requirements will be very similar to a counseling licensure in regards with specific coursework and practicums outlined. In JCAR process to get approved, next meeting 3-24-16 in Springfield, for IDFPR Board.
5)AOIC--- Christine Boyd –
Discussion around gathering information about operational standards for supervising sex offenders. Every county, judicial circuit is different, and looking at updating those on a state level. She is also looking officers to assist conducting a sex offender supervision training for the state. Please email her if interested in assisting at There was also discussion of creating a mentoring program of sex offender supervision officers across counties. Some officers have “inherited” sex offender cases through retirement, job transfer etc, and have to learn on the job. Pairing up with experienced officers in counties in close proximity can assist in training and guidance.
6)Creation and Electing -3rd Co-Chair –
Brief discussion of duties of co-chair were discussed. Evan Gregg, Kankakee County was nominated and elected co-chair. We welcomed him aboard.
7)Trainings-
a)Free Webinars- National Criminal Justice Association NCJA-- - ***copies of PowerPoint presentation still on website.
b)6-10-16 --Assessing the Progress in Juvenile Sex Offender Treatment -- Chicago School of Psychology – Sponsored by Global Institute for Forensic Research. + a series of Webinars. Cost is $399 prior to May 1st
c)Spring Conference – 4-27, 4-28 -- - Utica IL. Sex Offender Committee Sponsoring – Technology—Lake County Sherriff’s and State’s Attorney Cyber Investigations—Online Predators
d)Fall Conference – 10-26—28- 16 , Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center, Schaumburg, IL
8)Topics
a)Court Orders— database— Still working on it
To Date we have in our data base: Adams, Coles, DuPage (adult and Juv), Will (adult and juv), Kane, Kankakee, Lake (adult and juvenile), McHenry, Mclean, Vermillion, and Winnebago. If you do not see your county or circuit on this list, PLEASE email a blank or redacted copy of your sex offender standards, and/or court order (general or specific) to
b)Adult and Juvenile Contact Standards-
Discussion paralleled AOIC’s topic. Jamie had emailed a few counties directly with a very informal survey with questions about caseload size, types of cases taken, how many officers handle these type of cases etc. Thank you for all of those that responded. Jamie cut and pasted it on word document (if you would like a copy – please email). There was discussion about creating a more formalized survey for across the state to include both juvenile and adult.
c)Return of the Kings—Pro-Rape Group—International Meetup Day—2-6-16 cancelled
9)Training Topics
a)????—Looking for ideas and contact information…..for Fall
Next meeting 4-27-16 – Spring Conference –Utica, L