Bill Text: IL HB3921 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act. Provides that all sexual assault evidence submitted under the Act shall be analyzed within 30 days (rather than 6 months) after receipt of all necessary evidence and standards by the State Police Laboratory or other designated laboratory if sufficient staffing and resources are available.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-10-21 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3921 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3921-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3921 Introduced , by Rep. Allen Skillicorn SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
725 ILCS 202/15
Amends the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act. Provides that all sexual assault evidence submitted under the Act shall be analyzed within 30 days (rather than 6 months) after receipt of all necessary evidence and standards by the State Police Laboratory or other designated laboratory if sufficient staffing and resources are available.
LRB101 14537 RLC 63435 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB3921 LRB101 14537 RLC 63435 b
AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act is
amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
(725 ILCS 202/15)
Sec. 15. Analysis of evidence; notification.
(a) All sexual assault evidence submitted pursuant to
Section 10 of this Act on or after the effective date of this
Act shall be analyzed within 30 days 6 months after receipt of
all necessary evidence and standards by the State Police
Laboratory or other designated laboratory if sufficient
staffing and resources are available.
(b) If a consistent DNA profile has been identified by
comparing the submitted sexual assault evidence with a known
standard from a suspect or with DNA profiles in the CODIS
database, the Department shall notify the investigating law
enforcement agency of the results in writing, and the
Department shall provide an automatic courtesy copy of the
written notification to the appropriate State's Attorney's
Office for tracking and further action, as necessary.
(Source: P.A. 99-617, eff. 7-22-16.)