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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5547

Introduced 2/13/2026, by Rep. Anthony DeLuca

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

35 ILCS 200/15-190 new

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning in taxable
year 2027, no property that is used as the primary residence of a child sex
offender during the taxable year may receive a homestead exemption under
the Code.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning revenue.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Property Tax Code is amended by adding
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Section 15-190 as follows:

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(35 ILCS 200/15-190 new)
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Sec. 15-190.
Child sex offender ineligible.
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning
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in taxable year 2027, no property that is used as the primary
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residence of a child sex offender during the taxable year may
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receive a homestead exemption under this Article 15.

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(b) As used in this Section:

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"Child sex offender" means any person who:

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(1) has been charged under Illinois law, or any
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substantially similar federal law or law of another state,
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with a sex offense or the attempt to commit a sex offense
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when the victim is a person under 18 years of age at the
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time of the offense; and:

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(A) is convicted of the offense or an attempt to
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commit such offense;

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(B) is found not guilty of the offense or the
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attempt to commit the offense by reason of insanity;

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(C) is the subject of a finding not resulting in an

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acquittal at a hearing conducted pursuant to
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subsection (a) of Section 104-25 of the Code of
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Criminal Procedure of 1963 for the alleged commission
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or attempted commission of such offense;

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(D) is found not guilty by reason of insanity
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following a hearing conducted pursuant to a federal
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law or the law of another state substantially similar
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to subsection (c) of Section 104-25 of the Code of
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Criminal Procedure of 1963 of the offense or of the
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attempted commission of the offense; or

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(E) is the subject of a finding not resulting in an
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acquittal at a hearing conducted pursuant to a federal
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law or the law of another state substantially similar
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to subsection (a) of Section 104-25 of the Code of
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Criminal Procedure of 1963 for the alleged violation
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or attempted commission of such offense; or

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(2) is certified as a sexually dangerous person
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pursuant to the Illinois Sexually Dangerous Persons Act,
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or any substantially similar federal law or the law of
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another state, when any conduct giving rise to such
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certification is committed or attempted against a person
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less than 18 years of age; or

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(3) is subject to the provisions of Section 2 of the
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Interstate Agreements on Sexually Dangerous Persons Act.

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Convictions that result from or are connected with the
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same act, or result from offenses committed at the same time,

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shall be counted for the purpose of this Section as one
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conviction. Any conviction set aside pursuant to law is not a
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conviction for purposes of this Section.

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"Sex offense", except as otherwise provided in this
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Section, means:

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(1) A violation of any of the following Sections of
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the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012:
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10-4 (forcible detention), 10-7 (aiding or abetting child
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abduction under Section 10-5(b)(10)), 10-5(b)(10) (child
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luring), 11-1.40 (predatory criminal sexual assault of a
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child), 11-6 (indecent solicitation of a child), 11-6.5
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(indecent solicitation of an adult), 11-9.1 (sexual
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exploitation of a child), 11-9.2 (custodial sexual
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misconduct), 11-9.5 (sexual misconduct with a person with
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a disability), 11-11 (sexual relations within families),
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11-14.3(a)(1) (promoting prostitution by advancing
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prostitution), 11-14.3(a)(2)(A) (promoting prostitution
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by profiting from prostitution by compelling a person to
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be a person engaged in the sex trade), 11-14.3(a)(2)(C)
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(promoting prostitution by profiting from prostitution by
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means other than as described in subparagraphs (A) and (B)
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of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 11-14.3),
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11-14.4 (promoting commercial sexual exploitation of a
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child), 11-18.1 (patronizing a sexually exploited child),
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11-20.1 (child pornography or child sexual abuse
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material), 11-20.1B (aggravated child pornography), 11-21

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(harmful material), 11-25 (grooming), 11-26 (traveling to
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meet a minor or traveling to meet a child), 12-33
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(ritualized abuse of a child), 11-20 (obscenity) (when
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that offense was committed in any school, on real property
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comprising any school, in any conveyance owned, leased, or
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contracted by a school to transport students to or from
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school or a school related activity, or in a public park),
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11-30 (public indecency) (when committed in a school, on
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real property comprising a school, in any conveyance
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owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport
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students to or from school or a school related activity,
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or in a public park) or an attempt to commit any of these
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offenses.

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(2) A violation of any of the following Sections of
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the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012,
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when the victim is a person under 18 years of age: 11-1.20
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(criminal sexual assault), 11-1.30 (aggravated criminal
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sexual assault), 11-1.50 (criminal sexual abuse), 11-1.60
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(aggravated criminal sexual abuse) or an attempt to commit
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any of these offenses.

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(3) A violation of any of the following Sections of
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the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012,
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when the victim is a person under 18 years of age and the
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defendant is not a parent of the victim:

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(A) 10-1 (kidnapping);

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(B) 10-2 (aggravated kidnapping);

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(C) 10-3 (unlawful restraint);
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(D) 10-3.1 (aggravated unlawful restraint);
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(E) 11-9.1(A) (permitting sexual abuse of a
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child); or
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(F) an attempt to commit any of these offenses; or

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(4) A violation of any former law of this State
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substantially equivalent to any offense listed in
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paragraph (1) or (2) of this definition.

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