HB4825ham001 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee

Filed: 03/04/04

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4825

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4825 by replacing lines 6 through 32 on page 1 and line 1 on page 2 with the following:

"(725 ILCS 5/107-2.5 new)

Sec. 107-2.5. DNA fingerprinting analysis. Every person arrested for committing a felony as defined in Section 2-7 of the Criminal Code of 1961 shall have a sample of his or her saliva or tissue taken for DNA analysis for the purpose of determining identity and for the purposes specified in this Section and subsection (f) of Section 5-4-3 of the Unified Code of Corrections. The analysis shall be performed by the Department of State Police or any other agent approved by the Department of State Police. The identification characteristics resulting from DNA analysis shall be stored and maintained by the Department of State Police or any agent approved by the Department. The information may be maintained in a database that is separate from the genetic marker groupings maintained under Section 5-4-3 of the Unified Code of Corrections. Any law enforcement agency extracting DNA samples under this Section shall be required to follow all written rules and regulations for the collection, storage, and processing of such samples promulgated by the Department of State Police. All results developed from collected DNA samples shall be subject to any and all confidentiality provisions of State and federal law. Any agent approved by the Department of State Police to store and analyze DNA samples shall be required to meet all Illinois State Police laboratory accreditation requirements and shall properly forward the results of the DNA analysis to the Department of State Police.".