Sen. Kirk W. Dillard

Mourns the death of Donald Karl Owens of Naperville.

Mourns the death of Rev. Nathan Norval Bartel of Wheaton, formerly of Naperville.

Mourns the death of Robert A. Bassi of Downers Grove.

Mourns the death of Sal L. Piazza, MD, FACS, of Naperville.

Mourns the death of John Noel of Glen Ellyn.

Mourns the death of Mary Shirley Baumann of Naperville.

Mourns the death of Gerald S. Gidwitz of Chicago.

Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Requires that the information submitted by the sex offender at the time of registration shall include whether the victim and the sex offender knew each other at the time of the commission of the offense, county of conviction, license plate numbers for every vehicle registered in the name of the sex offender, and any distinguishing marks located on the body of the sex offender. Requires sex offenders who were required to register annually to register every 90 days. Amends the Sex Offender and Child Murderer Community Notification Law. Provides that the Department of State Police must make the information contained in the Statewide Sex Offender Database searchable by a 5-mile radius from the sex offender's home or school attended. Requires a principal or teacher of a public or private elementary or secondary school to notify the parents of children attending the school during school registration or during parent-teacher conferences that information about sex offenders is available to the public as provided in the Act.

Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code to require coverage for the treatment of pervasive developmental disorders. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code to provide that certain mental health coverages apply to health maintenance organizations and individual policies of accident and health insurance. Effective immediately.

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Requires a person charged with committing a violent crime against a family or household member to appear before the court for the setting of bail if specified conditions are met. Requires a court to consider enumerated factors in setting bail for a person who is charged with committing a violent crime against a family or household member and who is required to appear before the court for the setting of bail. Provides that a court may permit a person who is charged with committing a violent crime against a family or household member and who is required to appear before the court for the setting of bail to appear by video conferencing equipment. Authorizes the court to waive the appearance for the setting of bail of a person who is charged with committing a misdemeanor offense of violence against a family or household member and to set bail in accordance with specified criteria.