(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — An Illinois law that takes effect in the New Year seeks to make it harder for victims of stalking and sexual assault to be found by their abusers.
Victims will be able to sign up for alternative addresses that they can use on their driver's licenses and state ID cards.
The law will also allow victims to keep their actual addresses out of the public record, as well as have mail forwarded to their actual addresses.
“Assuming (applicants) are approved, the Attorney General has an address that these victims are allowed to use as their designated public address,” sponsoring state Rep. Terra Costa Howard of Glen Ellyn said.
A similar program was already in place in Illinois for survivors of domestic violence.
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