Illinois Senate Bill 3479 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Reporting of Deaths in Custody Act. Provides that in any case in which a person dies while in the custody of: (1) any law enforcement agency, (2) a local or State correctional facility in the State, or (3) a peace officer or as a result of the peace officer's use of force, the law enforcement agency shall investigate and report the death in writing to the Attorney General, no later than 30 days after the date on which the person in custody or incarcerated died. Provides information that must be contained in the report. Provides that the report shall be a public record under the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that the Attorney General shall issue a public annual report tabulating and evaluating trends and information on deaths in custody. Provides that the family, next of kin, or any other person reasonably nominated by the decedent as an emergency contact shall be notified as soon as possible in a suitable manner giving an accurate factual account of the cause of death and circumstances surrounding the death in custody. Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act and the Unified Code of Corrections concerning reports the Secretary of State, Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Department of Corrections shall make to the General Assembly. Provides that the Secretary of State, Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Department of Corrections shall publish the reports on their respective websites.

REPORTING PRISONER DEATHS

Sen. Jacqueline Collins [D]	Sen. Iris Martinez [D]	Sen. Patricia Van Pelt [D]	Sen. Mattie Hunter [D]
Sen. Scott Bennett [D]	Sen. Robert Peters [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2020-04-12	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2020-03-04	Senate	Postponed - Criminal Law
2020-02-25	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
2020-02-25	Senate	Assigned to Criminal Law
2020-02-20	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
2020-02-19	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
2020-02-19	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
2020-02-18	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
2020-02-14	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2020-02-14	Senate	First Reading
2020-02-14	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	335	4	Amended Code	Citation Text
730	5	3-14-1	Amended Code	Citation Text
730	5	3-2.5-75	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3479&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB3479.htm