Bill Title: Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of State Police must make the information contained in the Statewide Organized Criminal Gang Database (SWORD), other than officer safety information and entering agency identifier, accessible on the Internet by means of a hyperlink labeled "Statewide Organized Criminal Gang Database (SWORD) Information" on the Department's World Wide Web home page. Provides that the Department must make the information contained in the Statewide Organized Criminal Gang Database searchable via a mapping system which identifies organized criminal gang members living within 5 miles of an identified address. The Department of State Police must update that information as it deems necessary. Provides that the Department of State Police may require that a person who seeks access to the organized criminal gang members' information submit biographical information about himself or herself before permitting access to the information. Provides that the Department of State Police must promulgate rules in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to implement these provisions and those rules must include procedures to ensure that the information in the database is accurate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5588 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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