Public Act 100-0336
 
HB0528 EnrolledLRB100 04273 SLF 14279 b


  
    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 5 and by adding Section 43 as 
follows:
 
    (725 ILCS 202/5)

    Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
    "Commission" means the Sexual Assault Evidence Tracking 
and Reporting Commission. 
    "Department" means the Department of  State Police or 
Illinois State Police.
    "Law enforcement agencies" means local, county, State or 
federal law enforcement agencies involved in the investigation 
of sexual assault cases in Illinois.
    "Sexual assault evidence" means evidence collected in 
connection with a sexual assault investigation, including, but 
not limited to, evidence collected using the State Police 
Evidence Collection Kits.


(Source: P.A. 96-1011, eff. 9-1-10.)
 
    (725 ILCS 202/43 new)
    Sec. 43. Sexual Assault Evidence Tracking and Reporting 
Commission.
    (a) The Sexual Assault Evidence Tracking and Reporting 
Commission is created to research and develop a plan to create 
and implement a statewide mechanism to track and report sexual 
assault evidence information. The Commission shall consist of 
the following members:
        (1) one member of the House of Representatives, 
    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
        (2) one member of the House of Representatives, 
    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of 
    Representatives;
        (3) one member of the Senate, appointed by the 
    President of the Senate;
        (4) one member of the Senate, appointed by the Minority 
    Leader of the Senate;
        (5) the Attorney General, or his or her designee;
        (6) the Director of State Police, or his or her 
    designee;
        (7) the Superintendent of the Chicago Police 
    Department, or his or her designee;
        (8) the Director of a statewide organization 
    representing sheriffs of this State;
        (9) the Director of a statewide organization 
    representing chiefs of police of this State;
        (10) a representative of a statewide organization 
    against sexual assault, appointed by the Speaker of the 
    House of Representatives;
        (11) a representative of the Illinois State's 
    Attorneys Association, appointed by the Minority Leader of 
    the House of Representatives;
        (12) a representative of a statewide organization 
    representing hospitals of this State appointed by the 
    Senate President; and
        (13) a representative of Illinois Sexual Assault Nurse 
    Examiners appointed by the Senate Minority Leader.
    (b) The members appointed to the Commission under 
subsection (a) of this Section shall be appointed within 60 
days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
100th General Assembly.
    (c) The first meeting of the Commission shall be called by 
the Director of the Department, or his or her designee, no 
later than 30 days after all the members of the Commission have 
been appointed. At the first meeting, the Commission shall 
elect from its members a chairperson and other officers as it 
considers necessary or appropriate.
    (d) The members of the Commission shall serve without 
compensation.
    (e) The Department shall provide administrative and other 
support to the Commission.
    (f) The Commission shall within one year of its initial 
meeting:
        (1) research options to create a tracking system and 
    develop guidelines and a plan to implement a uniform 
    statewide system to track the location, lab submission 
    status, completion of forensic testing, and storage of 
    sexual assault evidence;
        (2) develop guidelines and a plan to implement a system 
    with secure electronic access that allows a victim, or his 
    or her designee, to access or receive information about the 
    location, lab submission status, and storage of sexual 
    assault evidence that was gathered from him or her, 
    provided that the disclosure does not impede or compromise 
    an ongoing investigation;
        (3) develop guidelines and a plan to safeguard 
    confidentiality and limited disclosure of the information 
    contained in the statewide system;
        (4) recommend sources of public and private funding to 
    implement the plans developed under this subsection (f);
        (5) recommend changes to law or policy required to 
    support the implementation of the plans developed under 
    this subsection (f); and
        (6) report its findings and recommendations to submit 
    any and all proposed legislation to the Governor and 
    General Assembly.
    (g) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2019.
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.


Effective Date:  8/25/2017