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Full Text of HJR0048 100th General Assembly

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HJ0048 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

2     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
3 HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE
4 CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Illinois Girls
5 Adolescent Domestic Battery Task Force to address the problem
6 of the detention of adolescent girls for domestic battery
7 across the State; and be it further

8     RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the
9 following members:

10         (1) three members of the House of Representatives,
11     appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

12         (2) three members of the House of Representatives,
13     appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
14     Representatives;

15         (3) three members of the Senate, appointed by the
16     President of the Senate;

17         (4) three members of the Senate, appointed by the
18     Minority Leader of the Senate;

19         (5) the Director of the Illinois Coalition against

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1     Domestic Violence, or his or her designee; and

2         (6) the Director of the Department of State Police, or
3     his or her designee; and be it further

4     RESOLVED, That members of the Task Force shall serve
5 without compensation; and be it further

6     RESOLVED, That the Department of Children and Family
7 Services shall provide administrative and other support to the
8 Task Force; and be it further

9     RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall conduct a study on the
10 detention of adolescent girls for domestic battery in the
11 State, with the goal of achieving the following:

12         (1) developing a State plan to address the detention of
13     adolescent girls for domestic battery;

14         (2) reducing detention of adolescent girls for
15     domestic battery;

16         (3) promoting positive outcomes for girls' futures by
17     circumventing detention and avoiding negative impacts on
18     their futures;

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1         (4) preparing law enforcement, emergency medical
2     technicians, and 911 operators to intervene in an
3     appropriate manner when responding to an adolescent
4     domestic battery incident where the perpetrators are
5     girls;

6         (5) implementing a system for the sharing of domestic
7     violence data between government agencies in a manner that
8     ensures that the privacy of victims is protected and that
9     data collection respects the privacy of the victims;

10         (6) establishing policies to enable State government
11     to work with nongovernmental organizations and other
12     elements of the private sector to prevent domestic violence
13     and provide assistance to victims of domestic violence who
14     are United States citizens or foreign nationals;

15         (7) evaluating various approaches used by State and
16     local governments to increase public awareness of domestic
17     violence, including United States citizens and foreign
18     national victims;

19         (8) developing methods for protecting the rights of
20     victims of domestic violence, taking into account the need
21     to consider the human rights and special needs of women and
22     minors;

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1         (9) evaluating the necessity of treating victims of
2     domestic violence as crime victims rather than criminals;
3     and

4         (10) developing methods for promoting the safety of
5     victims of domestic violence; and be it further

6     RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall report its findings and
7 recommendations to the General Assembly no later than June 30,
8 2018; and be it further

9     RESOLVED, That the Task Force is dissolved upon the filing
10 of its report.

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