Former Republican State Sen. Justin Eichorn is expected to change his plea to guilty this week on a federal charge stemming from an underage sex sting last year.

Eichorn, 42, is charged with one count of attempted enticement of a minor after he arranged to hire an undercover Bloomington police officer posing as a 17-year-old girl for sex. He resigned from the Senate shortly after his arrest.

Prosecutors say the undercover officer stated at least three times that she was 17 while messaging with Eichorn. He drove to meet her at a hotel in Bloomington on March 17, 2025, and was arrested. A search of his car found two cellphones, a condom and $129 in cash.

?Eichorn�s defense had tried unsuccessfully to get his case thrown out, and a jury trial was set to begin on June 1.