Nicole La Ha Zwiercan, State Representative for 82nd District (R) | Illinois General Assembly
Nicole La Ha Zwiercan, State Representative for 82nd District (R) | Illinois General Assembly
According to the Illinois General Assembly site, the legislature summarized the bill's official text as follows: "Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Includes trafficking in persons, involuntary servitude, and involuntary sexual servitude of a minor in the definition of "sex offense" under the Act."
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
In essence, this bill amends the Illinois Sex Offender Registration Act by expanding the definition of "sex offense" to include trafficking in persons, involuntary servitude, and involuntary sexual servitude of a minor. It specifies that individuals charged under Illinois law, or similar federal, military, or international laws, with these offenses, or with attempts to commit them, will be considered sex offenders if convicted, found not guilty by reason of insanity, or subject to relevant hearings. Convictions resulting from the same act or at the same time count as one for registration purposes, and a set-aside conviction is not considered under this law.
Nicole La Ha has proposed another two bills since the beginning of the 104th session.
La Ha graduated from School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2004 with a BA.
Nicole La Ha is currently serving in the Illinois State House, representing the state's 82nd House District. She replaced previous state representative John Egofske in 2023.
Bills in Illinois follow a multi-step legislative process, beginning with introduction in either the House or Senate, followed by committee review, floor debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching the governor for approval or veto. The General Assembly operates on a biennial schedule, and while typically thousands of bills are introduced each session, only a fraction successfully pass through the process to become law.
You can read more about bills and other measures here.
Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
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HB1469 | 01/21/2025 | Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Includes trafficking in persons, involuntary servitude, and involuntary sexual servitude of a minor in the definition of "sex offense" under the Act. |
HB1467 | 01/21/2025 | Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Deletes an affirmative defense to the charge of patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution that the accused reasonably believed that the person was of the age of 18 years or over or was not a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability at the time of the act giving rise to the charge. |
HB1468 | 01/21/2025 | Creates the Public Safety and Justice Privacy Act. Defines terms. Provides that governmental agencies, persons, businesses, and associations shall not publicly post or display publicly available content that includes a first responder's, member or former member of the Illinois General Assembly's, prosecutor's, public defender's, or probation officer's ("officials") personal information, provided that the governmental agency, person, business, or association has received a written request from the person that it refrain from disclosing the person's personal information. Provides injunctive or declaratory relief if the Act is violated. Includes procedures for a written request. Provides that it is a Class 3 felony for any person to knowingly and publicly post on the Internet the personal information of an official or an official's immediate family under specified circumstances. Excludes criminal penalties for employees of governmental agencies who publish information in good faith during the ordinary course of carrying out public functions. Provides that the Act and any rules adopted to implement the Act shall be construed broadly to favor the protection of the personal information of officials. Amends various Acts and Codes allowing an official to list a business address rather than a home address. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
HB1114 | 01/09/2025 | Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that when the victim is under 18 years of age at the time of the offense, a prosecution for involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons and related offenses may be commenced at any time (rather than within 25 years of the victim attaining the age of 18 years). |