HB4394 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4394 | ||||||
| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4394 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | ||||||
| 4 | "Section 5. The Sexual Assault Incident Procedure Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 20 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (725 ILCS 203/20) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 20. Reports by law enforcement officers. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) A law enforcement officer shall complete a written | ||||||
| 9 | police report upon receiving the following, regardless of | ||||||
| 10 | where the incident occurred: | ||||||
| 11 | (1) an allegation by a person that the person has been | ||||||
| 12 | sexually assaulted or sexually abused regardless of | ||||||
| 13 | jurisdiction; | ||||||
| 14 | (2) information from hospital or medical personnel | ||||||
| 15 | provided under Section 3.2 of the Criminal Identification | ||||||
| 16 | Act; or | ||||||
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| 1 | (3) information from a witness who personally observed | ||||||
| 2 | what appeared to be a sexual assault or sexual abuse or | ||||||
| 3 | attempted sexual assault or sexual abuse. | ||||||
| 4 | (b) The written report shall include the following, if | ||||||
| 5 | known: | ||||||
| 6 | (1) the victim's name or other identifier; | ||||||
| 7 | (2) the victim's contact information; | ||||||
| 8 | (3) time, date, and location of offense; | ||||||
| 9 | (4) information provided by the victim; | ||||||
| 10 | (5) the suspect's description and name, if known; | ||||||
| 11 | (6) names of persons with information relevant to the | ||||||
| 12 | time before, during, or after the sexual assault or sexual | ||||||
| 13 | abuse, and their contact information; | ||||||
| 14 | (7) names of medical professionals who provided a | ||||||
| 15 | medical forensic examination of the victim and any | ||||||
| 16 | information they provided about the sexual assault or | ||||||
| 17 | sexual abuse; | ||||||
| 18 | (8) whether an Illinois State Police Sexual Assault | ||||||
| 19 | Evidence Collection Kit was completed, the name and | ||||||
| 20 | contact information for the hospital, and whether the | ||||||
| 21 | victim consented to testing of the Evidence Collection Kit | ||||||
| 22 | by law enforcement; | ||||||
| 23 | (9) whether a urine or blood sample was collected and | ||||||
| 24 | whether the victim consented to testing of a toxicology | ||||||
| 25 | screen by law enforcement; | ||||||
| 26 | (10) information the victim related to medical | ||||||
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| 1 | professionals during a medical forensic examination which | ||||||
| 2 | the victim consented to disclosure to law enforcement; and | ||||||
| 3 | (11) other relevant information. | ||||||
| 4 | (c) If the sexual assault or sexual abuse occurred in | ||||||
| 5 | another jurisdiction, the law enforcement officer taking the | ||||||
| 6 | report must submit the report to the law enforcement agency | ||||||
| 7 | having jurisdiction in person or via fax or email within 24 | ||||||
| 8 | hours of receiving information about the sexual assault or | ||||||
| 9 | sexual abuse. | ||||||
| 10 | (d) Within 24 hours of receiving a report from a law | ||||||
| 11 | enforcement agency in another jurisdiction in accordance with | ||||||
| 12 | subsection (c), the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction | ||||||
| 13 | shall submit a written confirmation to the law enforcement | ||||||
| 14 | agency that wrote the report. The written confirmation shall | ||||||
| 15 | contain the name and identifier of the person and confirming | ||||||
| 16 | receipt of the report and a name and contact phone number that | ||||||
| 17 | will be given to the victim. The written confirmation shall be | ||||||
| 18 | delivered in person or via fax or email. | ||||||
| 19 | (e) No law enforcement officer shall require a victim of | ||||||
| 20 | sexual assault or sexual abuse to submit to an interview. | ||||||
| 21 | (f) No law enforcement agency may refuse to complete a | ||||||
| 22 | written report as required by this Section on any ground. A law | ||||||
| 23 | enforcement officer shall not discourage or attempt to | ||||||
| 24 | discourage a victim from filing a police report concerning | ||||||
| 25 | sexual assault or sexual abuse. | ||||||
| 26 | (g) All law enforcement agencies shall ensure that all | ||||||
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| 1 | officers responding to or investigating a complaint of sexual | ||||||
| 2 | assault or sexual abuse have successfully completed training | ||||||
| 3 | under Section 10.21 of the Illinois Police Training Act and | ||||||
| 4 | Section 2605-51 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil | ||||||
| 5 | Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
| 6 | (h) A law enforcement officer shall inform a victim of | ||||||
| 7 | sexual assault or sexual abuse of the right to request to be | ||||||
| 8 | interviewed by a law enforcement officer of a particular sex | ||||||
| 9 | or gender. If no law enforcement officer of that sex or gender | ||||||
| 10 | with the training described in subsection (g) is reasonably | ||||||
| 11 | available, the victim may consent to be interviewed by any | ||||||
| 12 | available law enforcement officer with that training, decline | ||||||
| 13 | to be interviewed, or choose to schedule an interview when | ||||||
| 14 | such an officer will be available, if possible. Every law | ||||||
| 15 | enforcement agency shall establish a policy that defines | ||||||
| 16 | "reasonably available" for the purposes of this subsection. | ||||||
| 17 | (i) A law enforcement officer shall inform a victim of | ||||||
| 18 | sexual assault or sexual abuse of the right to have a support | ||||||
| 19 | person of the victim's choosing present during any interview | ||||||
| 20 | by a law enforcement officer or prosecutor, unless the law | ||||||
| 21 | enforcement officer or prosecutor makes a good faith | ||||||
| 22 | determination based on professional judgment that the presence | ||||||
| 23 | of the support person would be detrimental to the purpose of | ||||||
| 24 | the interview. If the support person engages in behavior that | ||||||
| 25 | disrupts or undermines the interview, the support person may | ||||||
| 26 | be removed. If the support person is not permitted to | ||||||
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| 1 | accompany the victim or is removed, the victim may consent to | ||||||
| 2 | be interviewed without a support person, decline to be | ||||||
| 3 | interviewed, or choose to schedule an interview at a later | ||||||
| 4 | date and bring a different support person. | ||||||
| 5 | (Source: P.A. 104-173, eff. 1-1-26.)". | ||||||
