House Sponsors: DART, CROTTY AND MCCARTHY. Short description: SEXUALLY VIOLENT-TECH Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act. Makes a stylistic change in Section that states that proceedings under the Act are civil in nature. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 725 ILCS 207/20 Adds reference to: 725 ILCS 207/15 725 ILCS 207/30 740 ILCS 110/9.3 new Deletes everything. Amends the Sexually Violent Persons Commit- ment Act. Provides that when a person is on probation or mandatory supervised release for criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, or ag- gravated criminal sexual abuse, a petition to have the person adjudged a sexually violent person must be filed within the 90 days prior to the termination date of the person's probation or mandatory supervised release. Provides that if the person named in the petition fails to communicate with or cooperate with an expert from the Department of Human Services, he or she cannot introduce testimony or evidence from another expert. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act to permit the disclosure of mental health records without a therapist's consent under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act. Effective immediately. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 4026/5 20 ILCS 4026/10 20 ILCS 4026/15 Amends the Sex Offender Management Board Act. Includes in the definition of "sex offender" a person declared a sexually violent person under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act. Provides that the Sex Offender Management Board shall develop guidelines and standards for a system of programs for the counseling of sex offenders committed to the Department of Human Services. FISCAL NOTE, AMENDED (Dpt. Corrections) Corrections population, 59 inmates; fiscal, $35,400,000. CORRECTIONAL NOTE, AMENDED No change from DOC fiscal note. FISCAL NOTE, AMENDED (Admin. Office of Illinois Courts) There may be an increased expenditure of State funds. JUDICIAL NOTE, AMENDED There may be a minimal increase in judicial workloads. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3. Adds reference to: 730 ILCS 5/5-4-3 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-4-3 Deletes everything. Reinserts the Bill, as amended, by House Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 with the following changes. Provides that a petition to have a person adjudged a sexually violent person must be filed within 30 days of the person's placement onto parole or mandatory supervised release for a sexually violent offense. Deletes provisions that if the Attorney General does not file a petition to have a person adjudged a sexually violent person, the State's Attorney of the county in which the person will reside or be placed upon his or her release from imprisonment or entry into mandatory supervised release from a Department of Corrections correctional facility or juvenile correctional facility or from a commitment order may file the petition. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Transfers responsibility for enforcing the provisions requiring persons convicted of, found delinquent for, or who receive dispositions of court supervision to submit blood specimens for genetic marking from the court to the Department of State Police. Also provides that the failure of the offender to comply with the collection of blood specimens is a Class A misdemeanor (rather than contempt of court). Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 3 (Dpt. Corrections) Corrections population and fiscal impact would be minimal. CORRECTIONAL NOTE, H-AM 3 No change from DOC fiscal note, H-am 3. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 3 (Admin. Office of Illinois Courts) There may be an increased expenditure of State funds from the expansion of the category of individuals affected. HOME RULE NOTE, H-AM 3 Contains no language preempting home rule authority. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 99-01-12 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 3 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status