Illinois House Bill 1447 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that notwithstanding any provision of the Code to the contrary, forensic testing that would result in the complete consumption of an evidentiary sample shall be permitted if the forensic testing utilizes methods sufficiently established in the particular field that have gained general acceptance and the forensic testing was not conducted in bad faith. Provides that prior to conducting forensic testing that would result in the complete consumption of an evidentiary sample, a forensic scientist must take all reasonable measures to preserve a portion of the evidentiary sample for subsequent forensic testing, unless in the course of the requested forensic testing, the forensic scientist has determined that complete consumption of an evidentiary sample is required to pursue a meaningful analytical result. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is unlawful for a law enforcement agency or an agent acting on behalf of the law enforcement agency to intentionally fail to comply with the provision. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony.

CRIM PRO-EVIDENTIARY SAMPLES

Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-23	House	Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2020-03-12	House	Assigned to Museums, Arts, & Cultural Enhancements Committee
2019-03-29	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-02-13	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
2019-01-29	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-01-29	House	First Reading
2019-01-29	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	5	33-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	5	116-4	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1447&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB1447.htm