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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Unified Code of Corrections and the Sex Offender Registration Act. Includes in the requirements to submit specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue to the Illinois Department of State Police for inclusion in the DNA database: (1) a person required by an order of the court to submit a DNA specimen; (2) on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, any person arrested for any of the following offenses, after a determination by a judge or a grand jury that probable cause exists for the arrest: (A) first degree murder, (B) home invasion, (C) predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, (D) aggravated criminal sexual assault, (E) criminal sexual assault; and (3) any person required to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act, regardless of the date of conviction. Increases the DNA analysis fee from $200 to $250. Increases from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony, the penalty for a person who is required to submit specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue to the Illinois Department of State Police for inclusion in the DNA database and who impedes such submission. Provides that the detention, arrest, or conviction of a person based upon a database match or database information is not invalidated if it is determined that the specimen was obtained or placed in the database by mistake. Makes other changes. Contains a severability provision.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Provides that the specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue shall be provided within 14 days (rather than 14) after indictment or a finding of probable cause.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill with changes. Provides that the specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue shall be taken of persons arrested for certain offenses after an indictment has been returned by a grand jury, or following a preliminary hearing and a judge finds there is probable cause to believe the arrestee has committed one of the designated offenses, or an arrestee has waived a preliminary hearing. Provides that the specimens shall be provided within 14 days after indictment or a judicial finding of probable cause. Makes structural changes to the DNA analysis provisions. In the amendatory changes to the Sex Offender Registration Act, makes conforming changes.
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