HB3921 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB101 14537 RLC 63435 b

101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3921

Introduced 10/21/2019, by Rep. Allen Skillicorn

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

725 ILCS 202/15

Amends the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act. Provides that all sexual assault evidence submitted under the Act shall be analyzed within 30 days (rather than 6 months) after receipt of all necessary evidence and standards by the State Police Laboratory or other designated laboratory if sufficient staffing and resources are available.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

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 Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

(725 ILCS 202/15)

Sec. 15. Analysis of evidence; notification.

(a) All sexual assault evidence submitted pursuant to Section 10 of this Act on or after the effective date of this Act shall be analyzed within 30 days 6 months after receipt of all necessary evidence and standards by the State Police Laboratory or other designated laboratory if sufficient staffing and resources are available.

(b) If a consistent DNA profile has been identified by comparing the submitted sexual assault evidence with a known standard from a suspect or with DNA profiles in the CODIS database, the Department shall notify the investigating law enforcement agency of the results in writing, and the Department shall provide an automatic courtesy copy of the written notification to the appropriate State's Attorney's Office for tracking and further action, as necessary.

(Source: P.A. 99-617, eff. 7-22-16.)