SB2994 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB098 17546 RLC 52655 b

98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2994

Introduced 2/4/2014, by Sen. Kwame Raoul

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/24-11 new

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that if grants are available to the Department of State Police for this purpose, the Department shall develop and maintain a website and database containing certain information about firearm discharge incidents in public places derived from local incident reports submitted by the law enforcement agency to the Department of State Police on a secure website such as LEADS. Provides that the information in the database shall be available to public health researchers designated by the Director of State Police, in consultation with the Director of Public Health. Provides that the Department of State Police shall annually compile a report based on the information contained in the database reported by law enforcement agencies to the Department within the previous calendar year.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding Section 24-11 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/24-11 new)

Sec. 24-11. Mandatory reporting of firearms discharged in public places.

(a) As used in this Section, "public place" means any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, highways, and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment buildings, office buildings, transport facilities, and businesses.

(b) If grants are available to the Department of State Police for this purpose, the Department shall develop and maintain a website and database containing the following information about firearm discharge incidents in public places derived from local incident reports submitted by the law enforcement agency to the Department of State Police on a secure website such as LEADS:

(1) nature of incident:

(A) no injury

(B) injury

(C) fatality

(2) zip code of occurrence

(3) type of location

(A) retail business

(B) public place

(C) private business

(D) outdoors

(E) other

(4) make, model, and serial number of the firearm

(5) number of shots fired

(6) age of person discharging the firearm

(7) concealed carry licensee? IF YES:

(A) date of issue of concealed carry license

(B) date of training

(C) location of training.

Name of reporting officer/ police report or complaint number, contact information of reporting officer:

................................Date:..../..../....

(c) Each law enforcement agency shall submit the information described in subsection (b) if grants are available to the Department of State Police to develop and maintain the website and database described in subsection (b). The Department shall inform the law enforcement agency when the website and database are operational.

(d) The information in the database shall be available to public health researchers designated by the Director of State Police, in consultation with the Director of Public Health.

(e) The Department of State Police shall annually compile a report based on the information contained in the database reported by law enforcement agencies to the Department within the previous calendar year. The report shall contain:

(1) the number of firearm discharge incidents by county;

(2) the number of injuries and the number of fatalities from firearm discharge by county;

(3) the make and model of the firearms discharged by county;

(4) the average age of the persons who discharged the firearms by county;

(5) the number of concealed carry licensees involved in firearm discharge incidents by county; and

(6) any other information that the Director of State Police deems appropriate.