100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3646

 

Introduced , by Rep. Juliana Stratton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 202/5
725 ILCS 202/15
725 ILCS 202/17 new
725 ILCS 202/20
725 ILCS 202/25
725 ILCS 202/42
725 ILCS 202/45

    Amends the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act. Provides the Department of State Police shall establish, operate, and maintain a sexual assault evidence kit tracking system that uses electronic technology to allow continuous access to approved users within the system. Provides that law enforcement agencies, health care providers, crime laboratories, and prosecuting attorneys in this State shall participate in the system on a schedule and manner required by the Department. Provides that statewide participation in the sexual assault tracking system shall be fully implemented by January 1, 2019. Provides that beginning January 1, 2019 and each year thereafter, the Department shall publish a quarterly report on its website, indicating a breakdown of the number of sexual assault case submissions from every law enforcement agency including: the number of kits in the system, and of those, the number on which analysis has been completed and the number on which analysis has not been completed; the number of kits entered into the system during the prior 6 months, and of those kits the number on which analysis has been completed; the average and median length of time for kits to be sent to analysis after being entered into the system and for analysis to be completed; and the number of kits that has been entered into the system for more than 1 year for which analysis has not yet been completed. Makes other changes.


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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act is
5amended by changing Sections 5, 15, 20, 25, 42, and 45 and by
6adding Section 17 as follows:
 
7    (725 ILCS 202/5)
8    Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
9    "Department" means the Department of State Police or
10Illinois State Police.
11    "Law enforcement agencies" means local, county, State or
12federal law enforcement agencies involved in the investigation
13of sexual assault cases in Illinois.
14    "Sexual assault evidence," "sexual assault evidence kit,"
15or "kit," means evidence collected in connection with a sexual
16assault investigation, including, but not limited to, evidence
17collected using the State Police Evidence Collection Kits or
18healthcare provider.
19    "Sexual assault evidence kit tracking system" or "system"
20means the sexual assault evidence kit tracking system
21implemented by the Department of State Police under Section 17
22of this Act.
23(Source: P.A. 96-1011, eff. 9-1-10.)
 

 

 

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1    (725 ILCS 202/15)
2    Sec. 15. Analysis of evidence; notification.
3    (a) All sexual assault evidence submitted pursuant to
4Section 10 of this Act on or after the effective date of this
5Act shall be analyzed within 6 months after receipt of all
6necessary evidence and standards by the State Police Laboratory
7or other designated laboratory if sufficient staffing and
8resources are available.
9    (b) If a consistent DNA profile has been identified by
10comparing the submitted sexual assault evidence with a known
11standard from a suspect or with DNA profiles in the CODIS
12database, the Department shall notify the investigating law
13enforcement agency of the results in writing, and the
14Department shall provide an automatic courtesy copy of the
15written notification to the appropriate State's Attorney's
16Office for tracking and further action, as necessary. This
17notification shall become a part of the information required to
18be reported under the system established in Section 17 of this
19Act.
20(Source: P.A. 99-617, eff. 7-22-16.)
 
21    (725 ILCS 202/17 new)
22    Sec. 17. Sexual assault evidence kit tracking system.
23    (a) The Department shall establish, operate, and maintain a
24sexual assault evidence kit tracking system that uses

 

 

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1electronic technology to allow continuous access to approved
2users within the system.
3    (b) The Department shall establish, operate, and maintain
4the system through the use of Department resources and
5personnel, and if necessary to accomplish the duties under this
6Section, contract with public or private entities including,
7but not limited to software and technology providers.
8    (c) The system shall track the location and status of kits
9throughout the criminal justice process including the
10collection of a completed kit, receipt of the kit by a law
11enforcement agency, and the receipt, analysis, and disposition
12of the forensic evidence at a crime laboratory as provided
13under this Act. This system is not intended to take the place
14of written reports required under Section 20 of this Act.
15    (d) The system shall allow the updating and tracking of
16kits as follows:
17        (1) A health care provider, law enforcement agency,
18    prosecutor, and any other appropriate personnel shall have
19    access to the system for the purpose of tracking the status
20    and location of kits; and
21        (2) Allow victims of sexual assault to anonymously and
22    securely track and receive updates regarding the status of
23    their kit.
24    (e) Law enforcement agencies, health care providers, crime
25laboratories, and prosecuting attorneys in this State shall
26participate in the system on a schedule and manner required by

 

 

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1the Department. Statewide participation shall be fully
2implemented by January 1, 2019.
 
3    (725 ILCS 202/20)
4    Sec. 20. Inventory of evidence.
5    (a) By October 15, 2010, each Illinois law enforcement
6agency shall provide written notice to the Department of State
7Police, in a form and manner prescribed by the Department,
8stating the number of sexual assault cases in the custody of
9the law enforcement agency that have not been previously
10submitted to a laboratory for analysis. Within 180 days after
11the effective date of this Act, appropriate arrangements shall
12be made between the law enforcement agency and the Department
13of State Police, or a laboratory approved and designated by the
14Director of State Police, to ensure that all cases that were
15collected prior to the effective date of this Act and are, or
16were at the time of collection, the subject of a criminal
17investigation, are submitted to the Department of State Police,
18or a laboratory approved and designated by the Director of
19State Police.
20    (b) By February 15, 2011, the Department of State Police
21shall submit to the Governor, the Attorney General, and both
22houses of the General Assembly a plan for analyzing cases
23submitted pursuant to this Section. The plan shall include but
24not be limited to a timeline for completion of analysis and a
25summary of the inventory received, as well as requests for

 

 

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1funding and resources necessary to meet the established
2timeline. Should the Department determine it is necessary to
3outsource the forensic testing of the cases submitted in
4accordance with this Section, all such cases will be exempt
5from the provisions of subsection (n) of Section 5-4-3 of the
6Unified Code of Corrections.
7    (c) Beginning June 1, 2016 or on and after the effective
8date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly,
9whichever is later, each law enforcement agency must conduct an
10annual inventory of all sexual assault cases in the custody of
11the law enforcement agency and provide written notice of its
12annual findings to the State's Attorney's Office having
13jurisdiction to ensure sexual assault cases are being submitted
14as provided by law. The reporting provided by the system
15described in Section 17 of this Act may take the place of an
16annual inventory if the law enforcement agency is fully
17participating in the system.
18(Source: P.A. 99-617, eff. 7-22-16.)
 
19    (725 ILCS 202/25)
20    Sec. 25. Failure of a law enforcement agency to submit the
21sexual assault evidence or participate in the system. The
22failure of a law enforcement agency to submit the sexual
23assault evidence collected on or after the effective date of
24this Act within 10 business days after receipt or participate
25in the system as required by the Department shall in no way

 

 

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1alter the authority of the law enforcement agency to submit the
2evidence or the authority of the Department of State Police
3forensic laboratory or designated laboratory to accept and
4analyze the evidence or specimen or to maintain or upload the
5results of genetic marker grouping analysis information into a
6local, State, or national database in accordance with
7established protocol.
8(Source: P.A. 96-1011, eff. 9-1-10.)
 
9    (725 ILCS 202/42)
10    Sec. 42. Reporting. Beginning January 1, 2019 2017 and each
11year thereafter, the Department shall publish a quarterly
12report on its website, indicating a breakdown of the number of
13sexual assault case submissions from every law enforcement
14agency including: .
15        (1) the number of kits in the system, and of those, the
16    number on which analysis has been completed and the number
17    on which analysis has not been completed;
18        (2) the number of kits entered into the system during
19    the prior 6 months, and of those kits the number on which
20    analysis has been completed;
21        (3) the average and median length of time for kits to
22    be sent for analysis after being entered into the system
23    and for analysis to be completed; and
24        (4) the number of kits that has been entered into the
25    system for more than 1 year for which analysis has not yet

 

 

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1    been completed.
2(Source: P.A. 99-617, eff. 7-22-16.)
 
3    (725 ILCS 202/45)
4    Sec. 45. Rules. The Department of State Police shall
5promulgate rules that prescribe the procedures for the
6operation of this Act, including expunging a DNA record and
7governing participation in the system under Section 17 of this
8Act. The system rules shall include: confidentiality of
9information, timely posting to the system, a process for
10approving system users and access for approved users, and
11procedures for posting updated information about the system.
12The Department shall promulgate rules to expand the system to
13include information regarding other forensic exams and
14evidence not included in sexual assault evidence kits.
15(Source: P.A. 96-1011, eff. 9-1-10.)