103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3372
 
Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
50 ILCS 709/5-13 new
55 ILCS 5/3-9005.5 new

     Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, on the website of each State's Attorney, the State's Attorney shall publish quarterly reports that include, at a minimum, the following information: (1) the number of all charges commenced by the State's Attorney for offenses within the county, classified by type and class; (2) the number of arrests referred to the State's Attorney for prosecution by a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency for offenses within the county, and the number of charges that were commenced by the State's Attorney as a result of those referrals; and (3) the number of arrests of first responders referred to the State's Attorney for prosecution by a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency for offenses within the county, and the number of charges that were commenced by the State's Attorney as a result of those referrals. Amends the Uniform Crime Reporting Act. Provides that each law enforcement agency that refers an arrest made to State's Attorney shall report to the State's Attorney if the individual is a first responder.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Uniform Crime Reporting Act is amended by 
5by adding Section 5-13 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 709/5-13 new)
7    Sec. 5-13. First responder referrals to a State's 
8Attorney.
9    (a) As used in this Section:
10    "First responders" means law enforcement officers, 
11firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, as that 
12term is defined in Section 3.5 of the Emergency Medical 
13Services (EMS) Systems Act, and emergency room doctors, 
14nurses, or staff.
15    "Law enforcement agency" and "law enforcement officer" 
16have the meanings ascribed to those terms in Section 10-10 of 
17the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. 
18    (b) Each law enforcement agency that refers an arrest to  
19the State's Attorney shall report to the State's Attorney if 
20the individual is a first responder. 
 
21    Section 10. The Counties Code is amended  by adding Section 
223-9005.5 as follows:
 
 
 
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1    (55 ILCS 5/3-9005.5 new)
2    Sec. 3-9005.5. State's Attorney quarterly reports.
3    (a) As used in this Section:
4    "First responders" means law enforcement officers, 
5firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, as that 
6term is defined in Section 3.5 of the Emergency Medical 
7Services (EMS) Systems Act, and emergency room doctors, 
8nurses, or staff.
9    "Law enforcement agency" and "law enforcement officer" 
10have the meanings ascribed to those terms in Section 10-10 of 
11the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. 
12    (b) On the website of a State's Attorney, the State's 
13Attorney shall publish quarterly reports that include, at a 
14minimum, the following information:
15        (1) the number of all charges commenced by the State's 
16    Attorney for offenses within the county, classified by 
17    type and class;
18        (2) the number of arrests referred to the State's 
19    Attorney for prosecution by a law enforcement officer or 
20    law enforcement agency for offenses within the county, and 
21    the number of charges that were commenced by the State's 
22    Attorney as a result of those referrals; and
23        (3) the number of arrests of first responders referred 
24    to the State's Attorney for prosecution by a law 
25    enforcement officer or law enforcement agency for offenses 
 
 
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1    within the county, and the number of charges that were 
2    commenced by the State's Attorney as a result of those 
3    referrals.