Bill Amendment: IL HB4262 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TASK FORCE

Status: 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4262 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4262-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. David A. Welter

Filed: 2/27/2020

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4262
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4262 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Domestic Violence Task Force Act.
Section 5. Public policy. The purpose of this Act is to
establish a consistent, uniform statewide criminal justice
system to protect victims and survivors of domestic violence,
while holding offenders accountable.
Section 10. Task Force; creation. The Domestic Violence is
created. The Task Force shall:
(1) conduct a comprehensive review of the process,
operation, and enforcement of current domestic violence laws
across the State;
(2) identify gaps in the process, operation and enforcement

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of those laws;
(3) develop recommendations to address those gaps;
(4) establish a framework for specialized protective
networks for victims, treatment options for victims and
offenders, and specialty courts for the accumulation of
specialized domestic violence skills for courts; and
(5) review the need for special consideration for
conditions of bail in cases involving domestic violence within
the ongoing changes brought on bail reform.
Section 15. Task Force membership.
(a) The Intergovernmental Task Force shall be composed of
the following members:
(1) 2 judges appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court,
at least one of which shall have experience with domestic
violence cases;
(2) the Director of the Administrative Office of the
Illinois Courts or the Director's designee;
(3) one probation officer appointed by the Chief
Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court who has significant
experience with domestic violence cases;
(4) the Attorney General, or the Attorney General's
designee;
(5) the Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice
Information Authority, or the Director's designee;
(6) the following public members appointed by the

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Governor:
(A) 2 members representing victims' rights
organizations;
(B) 2 members representing State's Attorneys based
on recommendations from the Illinois State's Attorneys
Association, both of which shall have experience with
domestic violence cases; and
(C) 2 members representing law enforcement, both
of which shall have experience with domestic violence
cases;
(7) the Director of the Illinois State Police, or the
Director's designee;
(8) the Secretary of Human Services or the Secretary's
designee;
(9) one Representative appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives;
(10) one Representative appointed by the Minority
Leader of the House of Representatives who shall serve as
Chair of the Task Force;
(11) one Senator appointed by the President of the
Senate;
(12) one Senator appointed by the Minority Leader of
the Senate;
(13) one member representing attorneys whose primary
practices are family law and who has experience with
domestic violence cases based on a recommendation from a

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statewide bar association;
(14) 4 members who are survivors of domestic violence
representing victims of domestic violence, one appointed
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one
appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives, one appointed by the President of the
Senate, and one appointed by the Minority Leader of the
Senate; and
(15) one member who is a survivor of domestic violence
representing victims of domestic violence appointed by the
Governor.
(b) The designated appointing authority listed in
subsection (a) shall have the authority to replace any of the
authority's appointed members.
(c) The members of the Task Force shall receive no
compensation for their services on the Task Force.
Section 20. Duties.
(a) The Task Force shall review available research, best
practices, and effective interventions to formulate
recommendations.
(b) The Task Force shall produce a report detailing the
Task Force's findings and making recommendations. The Task
Force shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations
to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before September
1, 2022.

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Section 25. Repeal. This Act is repealed on September 1,
2027.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".