House Sponsors: HOEFT-LINDNER-JOHNSON-KRAUSE-BEAUBIEN, WINKEL AND OSMOND. Senate Sponsors: KARPIEL-BOWLES Short description: CRIM PRO-NURSE WITNESS Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act. Provides that sexual assault nurse examiners are competent to conduct examinations using the sexual assault collection kits. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a sexual assault nurse examiner who uses the State Police Evidence Collection Kit (S.P.E.C.K.) to collect evidence of an alleged sexual assault at a licensed hospital from alleged sexual assault survivors under the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act is qualified to testify as an expert at trial in a criminal prosecution for criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 725 ILCS 5/115-21 new Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill that permit sexual assault nurse examiners to conduct examinations using the sexual assault evidence collection kits. Deletes the amendatory changes to the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 that permit sexual assault nurse examiners to testify as expert witnesses in criminal prosecutions for certain sex crimes. GOVERNOR'S AMENDATORY VETO MESSAGE Recommends that the bill be amended: to authorize sexual assault nurse examiners to conduct examinations using sexual assault evidence collection kits (rather than providing that they are competent to con- duct examinations using the kits); to provide that they may conduct the examinations without the presence or participation of a physician; and to add a January 1, 2002 effective date. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0514 Last action date: JAN-01-2002 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status