Bill Text: IL SB1841 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that specified persons who have not yet submitted a sample of blood, saliva, or tissue shall be required to submit a specimen of blood, saliva, or tissue prior to their final discharge or within 6 months from the effective date of the amendatory Act, whichever is sooner. Provides that "these specimens shall be placed into the State or national DNA database, to be used in accordance with other provisions of this Act, by the Illinois State Police". Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-08-13 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0426 [SB1841 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB1841-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
changing Section 5-4-3 as follows:
(730 ILCS 5/5-4-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-4-3)
Sec. 5-4-3. Persons convicted of, or found delinquent for,
certain offenses or institutionalized as sexually dangerous;
specimens; genetic marker groups.
(a) Any person convicted of, found guilty under the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for, or who received a disposition
of court supervision for, a qualifying offense or attempt of a
qualifying offense, convicted or found guilty of any offense
classified as a felony under Illinois law, convicted or found
guilty of any offense requiring registration under the Sex
Offender Registration Act, found guilty or given supervision
for any offense classified as a felony under the Juvenile Court
Act of 1987, convicted or found guilty of, under the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987, any offense requiring registration under the
Sex Offender Registration Act, or institutionalized as a
sexually dangerous person under the Sexually Dangerous Persons
Act, or committed as a sexually violent person under the
Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act shall, regardless of

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the sentence or disposition imposed, be required to submit
specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue to the Illinois
Department of State Police in accordance with the provisions of
this Section, provided such person is:
(1) convicted of a qualifying offense or attempt of a
qualifying offense on or after July 1, 1990 and sentenced
to a term of imprisonment, periodic imprisonment, fine,
probation, conditional discharge or any other form of
sentence, or given a disposition of court supervision for
the offense;
(1.5) found guilty or given supervision under the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for a qualifying offense or
attempt of a qualifying offense on or after January 1,
1997;
(2) ordered institutionalized as a sexually dangerous
person on or after July 1, 1990;
(3) convicted of a qualifying offense or attempt of a
qualifying offense before July 1, 1990 and is presently
confined as a result of such conviction in any State
correctional facility or county jail or is presently
serving a sentence of probation, conditional discharge or
periodic imprisonment as a result of such conviction;
(3.5) convicted or found guilty of any offense
classified as a felony under Illinois law or found guilty
or given supervision for such an offense under the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987 on or after August 22, 2002;

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(4) presently institutionalized as a sexually
dangerous person or presently institutionalized as a
person found guilty but mentally ill of a sexual offense or
attempt to commit a sexual offense;
(4.5) ordered committed as a sexually violent person on
or after the effective date of the Sexually Violent Persons
Commitment Act; or
(5) seeking transfer to or residency in Illinois under
Sections 3-3-11.05 through 3-3-11.5 of the Unified Code of
Corrections and the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender
Supervision or the Interstate Agreements on Sexually
Dangerous Persons Act.
Notwithstanding other provisions of this Section, any
person incarcerated in a facility of the Illinois Department of
Corrections or the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice on
or after August 22, 2002, whether for a term of years, natural
life, or a sentence of death, who has not yet submitted a
sample of blood, saliva, or tissue shall be required to submit
a specimen of blood, saliva, or tissue prior to his or her
final discharge, or release on parole or mandatory supervised
release, as a condition of his or her parole or mandatory
supervised release, or within 6 months from the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, whichever
is sooner. Persons incarcerated on or after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall be
required to submit a sample within 45 days of incarceration, or

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prior to his or her final discharge, or release on parole or
mandatory supervised release, as a condition of his or her
parole or mandatory supervised release, whichever is sooner.
These specimens shall be placed into the State or national DNA
database, to be used in accordance with other provisions of
this Section, by the Illinois State Police.
Notwithstanding other provisions of this Section, any
person sentenced to life imprisonment in a facility of the
Illinois Department of Corrections after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly or sentenced
to death after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly shall be required to provide a specimen
of blood, saliva, or tissue within 45 days after sentencing or
disposition at a collection site designated by the Illinois
Department of State Police. Any person serving a sentence of
life imprisonment in a facility of the Illinois Department of
Corrections on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly or any person who is under a sentence of
death on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
General Assembly shall be required to provide a specimen of
blood, saliva, or tissue upon request at a collection site
designated by the Illinois Department of State Police.
(a-5) Any person who was otherwise convicted of or received
a disposition of court supervision for any other offense under
the Criminal Code of 1961 or who was found guilty or given
supervision for such a violation under the Juvenile Court Act

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of 1987, may, regardless of the sentence imposed, be required
by an order of the court to submit specimens of blood, saliva,
or tissue to the Illinois Department of State Police in
accordance with the provisions of this Section.
(b) Any person required by paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(1.5),
(a)(2), (a)(3.5), and (a-5) to provide specimens of blood,
saliva, or tissue shall provide specimens of blood, saliva, or
tissue within 45 days after sentencing or disposition at a
collection site designated by the Illinois Department of State
Police.
(c) Any person required by paragraphs (a)(3), (a)(4), and
(a)(4.5) to provide specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue shall
be required to provide such samples prior to final discharge or
within 6 months from the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 96th General Assembly, whichever is sooner. These
specimens shall be placed into the State or national DNA
database, to be used in accordance with other provisions of
this Act, by the Illinois State Police , parole, or release at a
collection site designated by the Illinois Department of State
Police.
(c-5) Any person required by paragraph (a)(5) to provide
specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue shall, where feasible, be
required to provide the specimens before being accepted for
conditioned residency in Illinois under the interstate compact
or agreement, but no later than 45 days after arrival in this
State.

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(c-6) The Illinois Department of State Police may determine
which type of specimen or specimens, blood, saliva, or tissue,
is acceptable for submission to the Division of Forensic
Services for analysis.
(d) The Illinois Department of State Police shall provide
all equipment and instructions necessary for the collection of
blood samples. The collection of samples shall be performed in
a medically approved manner. Only a physician authorized to
practice medicine, a registered nurse or other qualified person
trained in venipuncture may withdraw blood for the purposes of
this Act. The samples shall thereafter be forwarded to the
Illinois Department of State Police, Division of Forensic
Services, for analysis and categorizing into genetic marker
groupings.
(d-1) The Illinois Department of State Police shall provide
all equipment and instructions necessary for the collection of
saliva samples. The collection of saliva samples shall be
performed in a medically approved manner. Only a person trained
in the instructions promulgated by the Illinois State Police on
collecting saliva may collect saliva for the purposes of this
Section. The samples shall thereafter be forwarded to the
Illinois Department of State Police, Division of Forensic
Services, for analysis and categorizing into genetic marker
groupings.
(d-2) The Illinois Department of State Police shall provide
all equipment and instructions necessary for the collection of

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tissue samples. The collection of tissue samples shall be
performed in a medically approved manner. Only a person trained
in the instructions promulgated by the Illinois State Police on
collecting tissue may collect tissue for the purposes of this
Section. The samples shall thereafter be forwarded to the
Illinois Department of State Police, Division of Forensic
Services, for analysis and categorizing into genetic marker
groupings.
(d-5) To the extent that funds are available, the Illinois
Department of State Police shall contract with qualified
personnel and certified laboratories for the collection,
analysis, and categorization of known samples.
(d-6) Agencies designated by the Illinois Department of
State Police and the Illinois Department of State Police may
contract with third parties to provide for the collection or
analysis of DNA, or both, of an offender's blood, saliva, and
tissue samples.
(e) The genetic marker groupings shall be maintained by the
Illinois Department of State Police, Division of Forensic
Services.
(f) The genetic marker grouping analysis information
obtained pursuant to this Act shall be confidential and shall
be released only to peace officers of the United States, of
other states or territories, of the insular possessions of the
United States, of foreign countries duly authorized to receive
the same, to all peace officers of the State of Illinois and to

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all prosecutorial agencies, and to defense counsel as provided
by Section 116-5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. The
genetic marker grouping analysis information obtained pursuant
to this Act shall be used only for (i) valid law enforcement
identification purposes and as required by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation for participation in the National DNA
database, (ii) technology validation purposes, (iii) a
population statistics database, (iv) quality assurance
purposes if personally identifying information is removed, (v)
assisting in the defense of the criminally accused pursuant to
Section 116-5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, or
(vi) identifying and assisting in the prosecution of a person
who is suspected of committing a sexual assault as defined in
Section 1a of the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment
Act. Notwithstanding any other statutory provision to the
contrary, all information obtained under this Section shall be
maintained in a single State data base, which may be uploaded
into a national database, and which information may be subject
to expungement only as set forth in subsection (f-1).
(f-1) Upon receipt of notification of a reversal of a
conviction based on actual innocence, or of the granting of a
pardon pursuant to Section 12 of Article V of the Illinois
Constitution, if that pardon document specifically states that
the reason for the pardon is the actual innocence of an
individual whose DNA record has been stored in the State or
national DNA identification index in accordance with this

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Section by the Illinois Department of State Police, the DNA
record shall be expunged from the DNA identification index, and
the Department shall by rule prescribe procedures to ensure
that the record and any samples, analyses, or other documents
relating to such record, whether in the possession of the
Department or any law enforcement or police agency, or any
forensic DNA laboratory, including any duplicates or copies
thereof, are destroyed and a letter is sent to the court
verifying the expungement is completed.
(f-5) Any person who intentionally uses genetic marker
grouping analysis information, or any other information
derived from a DNA sample, beyond the authorized uses as
provided under this Section, or any other Illinois law, is
guilty of a Class 4 felony, and shall be subject to a fine of
not less than $5,000.
(f-6) The Illinois Department of State Police may contract
with third parties for the purposes of implementing this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. Any other party
contracting to carry out the functions of this Section shall be
subject to the same restrictions and requirements of this
Section insofar as applicable, as the Illinois Department of
State Police, and to any additional restrictions imposed by the
Illinois Department of State Police.
(g) For the purposes of this Section, "qualifying offense"
means any of the following:
(1) any violation or inchoate violation of Section

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11-6, 11-9.1, 11-11, 11-18.1, 12-15, or 12-16 of the
Criminal Code of 1961;
(1.1) any violation or inchoate violation of Section
9-1, 9-2, 10-1, 10-2, 12-11, 12-11.1, 18-1, 18-2, 18-3,
18-4, 19-1, or 19-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961 for which
persons are convicted on or after July 1, 2001;
(2) any former statute of this State which defined a
felony sexual offense;
(3) (blank);
(4) any inchoate violation of Section 9-3.1, 11-9.3,
12-7.3, or 12-7.4 of the Criminal Code of 1961; or
(5) any violation or inchoate violation of Article 29D
of the Criminal Code of 1961.
(g-5) (Blank).
(h) The Illinois Department of State Police shall be the
State central repository for all genetic marker grouping
analysis information obtained pursuant to this Act. The
Illinois Department of State Police may promulgate rules for
the form and manner of the collection of blood, saliva, or
tissue samples and other procedures for the operation of this
Act. The provisions of the Administrative Review Law shall
apply to all actions taken under the rules so promulgated.
(i) (1) A person required to provide a blood, saliva, or
tissue specimen shall cooperate with the collection of the
specimen and any deliberate act by that person intended to
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or tissue specimen is a Class A misdemeanor.
(2) In the event that a person's DNA sample is not
adequate for any reason, the person shall provide another
DNA sample for analysis. Duly authorized law enforcement
and corrections personnel may employ reasonable force in
cases in which an individual refuses to provide a DNA
sample required under this Act.
(j) Any person required by subsection (a) to submit
specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue to the Illinois
Department of State Police for analysis and categorization into
genetic marker grouping, in addition to any other disposition,
penalty, or fine imposed, shall pay an analysis fee of $200. If
the analysis fee is not paid at the time of sentencing, the
court shall establish a fee schedule by which the entire amount
of the analysis fee shall be paid in full, such schedule not to
exceed 24 months from the time of conviction. The inability to
pay this analysis fee shall not be the sole ground to
incarcerate the person.
(k) All analysis and categorization fees provided for by
subsection (j) shall be regulated as follows:
(1) The State Offender DNA Identification System Fund
is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury.
(2) All fees shall be collected by the clerk of the
court and forwarded to the State Offender DNA
Identification System Fund for deposit. The clerk of the
circuit court may retain the amount of $10 from each

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collected analysis fee to offset administrative costs
incurred in carrying out the clerk's responsibilities
under this Section.
(3) Fees deposited into the State Offender DNA
Identification System Fund shall be used by Illinois State
Police crime laboratories as designated by the Director of
State Police. These funds shall be in addition to any
allocations made pursuant to existing laws and shall be
designated for the exclusive use of State crime
laboratories. These uses may include, but are not limited
to, the following:
(A) Costs incurred in providing analysis and
genetic marker categorization as required by
subsection (d).
(B) Costs incurred in maintaining genetic marker
groupings as required by subsection (e).
(C) Costs incurred in the purchase and maintenance
of equipment for use in performing analyses.
(D) Costs incurred in continuing research and
development of new techniques for analysis and genetic
marker categorization.
(E) Costs incurred in continuing education,
training, and professional development of forensic
scientists regularly employed by these laboratories.
(l) The failure of a person to provide a specimen, or of
any person or agency to collect a specimen, within the 45 day

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period shall in no way alter the obligation of the person to
submit such specimen, or the authority of the Illinois
Department of State Police or persons designated by the
Department to collect the specimen, or the authority of the
Illinois Department of State Police to accept, analyze and
maintain the specimen or to maintain or upload results of
genetic marker grouping analysis information into a State or
national database.
(m) If any provision of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
General Assembly is held unconstitutional or otherwise
invalid, the remainder of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
General Assembly is not affected.
(Source: P.A. 93-216, eff. 1-1-04; 93-605, eff. 11-19-03;
93-781, eff. 1-1-05; 94-16, eff. 6-13-05; 94-1018, eff.
1-1-07.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.