Illinois House Bill 1739 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that the offense of obstructing justice also includes destroying, altering, concealing, disguising, or otherwise tampering with samples collected for DNA fingerprinting analysis. Provides that the offense is a Class 3 felony. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that every person arrested for committing a felony or a Class A misdemeanor shall have a sample of his or her saliva or tissue taken for DNA fingerprinting analysis, at the time of booking, for the purpose of determining identity and for certain other specified purposes. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department of State Police shall implement this provision. Provides that this provision becomes operative no later than the earlier of the following: (1) the date on which the Department of State Police informs law enforcement agencies that the Department is ready to collect samples; or (2) January 1, 2013. Provides that in the amendatory changes to the Unified Code of Corrections, intentionally using genetic marker grouping analysis information derived from a DNA sample beyond authorized uses is a Class 3 rather than a Class 4 felony. Provides that the identification, detention, arrest, or conviction of a person based upon a database match or database information is not invalidated if it is later determined that the sample should not have been obtained or placed in the database. Effective immediately.

CRIM PRO-DNA ANALYSIS

Rep. Dennis Reboletti [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2011-04-15	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2011-04-14	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2011-04-14	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2011-03-17	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2011-03-17	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 006-001-000
2011-02-22	House	Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
2011-02-16	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2011-02-16	House	First Reading
2011-02-16	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	5	31-4	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	5	107-2.5	New Code	See Bill Text
730	5	5-4-3	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1739&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/09700HB1739.htm