Criminal Justice

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the annual reports submitted by the Director of Corrections and the Director of Juvenile Justice to the Governor and General Assembly shall include various statistics concerning committed persons aged 18 or older, but younger than 22, who are incarcerated in the Department of Corrections or transferred to Department of Juvenile Justice facilities to participate in the High School Diploma Program.

Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that all moneys payable from funds appropriated to the Department of Human Services in State Fiscal Year 2027 for assisted outpatient treatment related projects shall be distributed by the Department evenly across the 25 judicial circuit court jurisdictions. Provides that preference shall be given to projects that work to expand access or success for assisted outpatient treatment projects working with: (1) people who have a serious mental illness; or (2) the judicial circuit courts to assist those who are part of an assisted outpatient treatment program as a result of a court order. Effective July 1, 2026.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person committed to the Department of Corrections who is paid wages performing a work assignment must receive a rate of compensation that is not less than the minimum wage required under the Minimum Wage Law.

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.

Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Changes references from "electronic credential" to "mobile identification card". Provides that no relying party, including law enforcement, may take physical possession of a mobile identification card holder's mobile device for purposes of verifying the mobile identification card holder's identity. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Inserts conforming provisions concerning requirements for mobile driver's licenses. Makes other changes.

Creates the Illinois Public Corruption Transparency Act. Establishes an electronic database within the Illinois State Police to be known as the Illinois Public Corruption Registry. Provides that the Registry shall be published online on a publicly available website, and shall be freely searchable by the public without registration or fee. Provides that the clerk of each circuit court, with respect to criminal and civil cases, the Executive Ethics Commission, Office of the Executive Inspector General, Legislative Inspector General, local government ethics commissions or boards where established; and the Attorney General and each State's Attorney, with respect to corruption-related settlements, consent decrees, and deferred or no-prosecution agreements, shall report any final disposition involving a public corruption offense. Provides that the Registry shall not publish Social Security numbers, full dates of birth, home addresses, personal phone numbers, or bank or account numbers or the identities of minor victims or protected persons as defined by law. Provides that an entry in the Registry shall be created when a reportable final disposition occurs in Illinois and the Illinois State Police receives a certified report. Provides that entries in the Registry shall remain publicly accessible for 10 years from final disposition for misdemeanor level public corruption offenses, 20 years from final disposition for felony level public corruption offenses, and the duration of any court ordered or statutory disqualification from public office, public employment, or public contracting, if longer. Provides that any person who knowingly and willfully submits materially false information to the Registry commits a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a subsequent offense, in addition to any other penalties under Illinois law. Effective January 1, 2027.

SB 3684 amends Illinois' Criminal Code to remove the statute of limitations for prosecuting aggravated kidnapping resulting in death. This means prosecutors can file charges for this specific offense at any time, regardless of how long ago the crime occurred. The bill directly affects cases where someone was kidnapped and died, allowing law enforcement to pursue justice without time constraints. It modifies Section 3-5 of the Criminal Code of 2012 to explicitly include this offense in the list of crimes with no time limit for prosecution. The change aligns this crime with other serious offenses like first-degree murder and certain sexual offenses that already have no statute of limitations.

Amends the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. Provides that each consumer shall be offered at least 15 hours of treatment programming per week and encouraged to attend the treatment domains that meet the consumer's needs, as reflected in the consumer's treatment plans. Provides that each consumer's program engagement and attendance shall be documented in the consumer's clinical record, and each consumer shall be prompted to attend programming regularly as documented in the consumer's clinical record at least quarterly. Effective July 1, 2026.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall require drug screening of every offender committed to a Department facility and may provide appropriate drug treatment services to certain offenders based on the results of initial screening.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a prosecution for intimidation of a witness when related to a sex offense, as defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act, when the victim is under 18 years of age at the time of the offense may be commenced at any time.