101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3921

 

Introduced 10/21/2019, by Rep. Allen Skillicorn

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 202/15

    Amends the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act. Provides that all sexual assault evidence submitted under the Act shall be analyzed within 30 days (rather than 6 months) after receipt of all necessary evidence and standards by the State Police Laboratory or other designated laboratory if sufficient staffing and resources are available.


LRB101 14537 RLC 63435 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB3921LRB101 14537 RLC 63435 b

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 Section 15 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 202/15)
7    Sec. 15. Analysis of evidence; notification.
8    (a) All sexual assault evidence submitted pursuant to
9Section 10 of this Act on or after the effective date of this
10Act shall be analyzed within 30 days 6 months after receipt of
11all necessary evidence and standards by the State Police
12Laboratory or other designated laboratory if sufficient
13staffing and resources are available.
14    (b) If a consistent DNA profile has been identified by
15comparing the submitted sexual assault evidence with a known
16standard from a suspect or with DNA profiles in the CODIS
17database, the Department shall notify the investigating law
18enforcement agency of the results in writing, and the
19Department shall provide an automatic courtesy copy of the
20written notification to the appropriate State's Attorney's
21Office for tracking and further action, as necessary.
22(Source: P.A. 99-617, eff. 7-22-16.)