101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3183

 

Introduced , by Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Law Enforcement Gang Database Task Force Act. Creates the Law Enforcement Gang Database Task Force to study the use, operation, and oversight of gang databases and shared gang databases in the State. Provides for membership of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall appoint a chairperson from among the members appointed. Provides that members of the Task Force shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall submit a written report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before June 1, 2021. Provides that the Task Force is dissolved on July 1, 2022 and the Act repealed on that date. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning gang databases.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Law
5Enforcement Gang Database Task Force Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7    "Gang" means any combination, confederation, alliance,
8network, conspiracy, understanding, or other similar
9conjoining, in law or in fact, of 3 or more persons with an
10established hierarchy that, through its membership or through
11the agency of any member engages in a course or pattern of
12criminal activity.
13    "Gang database" means a database accessed by a law
14enforcement agency that designates a person as a gang member or
15associate, or includes or points to information, including, but
16not limited to, fact-based or uncorroborated information that
17reflects a designation of that person as a gang member or
18associate, not including a database that designates a person as
19a gang member or associate using only criminal offender
20information or a database assessed solely by a correctional
21facility for classification or operational decisions of the
22administration of the facility.
23    "Shared gang database" means a gang database that is

 

 

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1accessed by an agency or person outside of the agency that
2created the records that populate the database.
 
3    Section 10. Gang Database Technical Advisory Task.
4    (a) The Gang Database Technical Advisory Task Force is
5created to study the use, operation, and oversight of gang
6databases and shared gang databases in this State.
7    (b) The Task Force shall consist of the following members:
8        (1) the Director of State Police, or his or her
9    designee;
10        (2) the Attorney General, or his or her designee;
11        (3) the Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal
12    Justice Information Authority, or his or her designee;
13        (4) 2 members of the Senate, appointed by the President
14    of the Senate;
15        (5) 2 members of the Senate, appointed by the Minority
16    Leader of the Senate;
17        (6) 2 members of the House of Representatives,
18    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
19        (7) 2 members of the House of Representatives,
20    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
21    Representatives;
22        (8) a member from a statewide organization that
23    specializes in civil or human rights, appointed by the
24    President of the Senate; and
25        (9) a member from a statewide organization that

 

 

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1    specializes in gang violence intervention, appointed by
2    the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
3    (c) The Task Force shall appoint a chairperson from among
4the members appointed. Members of the Task Force shall receive
5no compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses
6incurred in the performance of their duties. The Task Force
7shall meet as it deems appropriate. The members shall serve for
8the duration of the Task Force.
9    (d) The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
10shall provide administrative and other support to the Task
11Force.
12    (e) The Task Force shall submit a written report of its
13findings and recommendations to the General Assembly and the
14Governor on or before June 1, 2021. The Task Force is dissolved
15on July 1, 2022.
 
16    Section 15. Repeal. This Act is repealed July 1, 2022.
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.