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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

  
 





  
2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
3HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE 
4CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is
created the Illinois Girls 
5Adolescent Domestic Battery Task Force to address the problem

6of the detention of adolescent girls for domestic battery 
7across the State; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the 
9following members: 
 
10        (1) three members of the House of Representatives, 
11    appointed by the Speaker of
the House of Representatives;
 
12        (2) three members of the House of Representatives, 
13    appointed by the Minority
Leader of the House of 
14    Representatives;
 
15        (3) three members of the Senate, appointed by the 
16    President of the Senate;
 
17        (4) three members of the Senate, appointed by the 
18    Minority Leader of the Senate;
 
19        (5) the Director of the Illinois Coalition against 
 
 
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1    Domestic Violence, or his or her
designee; and
 
2        (6) the Director of the Department of State Police, or 
3    his or her designee; and be it further
 
4    RESOLVED, That members of the
Task Force shall serve 
5without compensation; and be it further
 
6    RESOLVED, That the Department of Children and Family 
7Services
shall provide administrative and other support to the 
8Task Force; and be it further
 
9    RESOLVED, That the Task
Force shall conduct a study on the 
10detention of adolescent girls for domestic battery in the

11State, with the goal of achieving the following:
 
12        (1) developing a State plan to address the detention of 
13    adolescent girls for domestic
battery;
 
14        (2) reducing detention of adolescent girls for 
15    domestic battery;
 
16        (3) promoting positive outcomes for girls' futures by 
17    circumventing detention and
avoiding negative impacts on 
18    their futures;
 
 
 
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1        (4) preparing law enforcement, emergency medical 
2    technicians, and 911 operators
to intervene in an 
3    appropriate manner when responding to an adolescent

4    domestic battery incident where the perpetrators are 
5    girls;
 
6        (5) implementing a system for the sharing of domestic 
7    violence data between
government agencies in a manner that 
8    ensures that the privacy of victims is
protected and that 
9    data collection respects the privacy of the victims;
 
10        (6) establishing policies to enable State government 
11    to work with
nongovernmental organizations and other 
12    elements of the private sector to prevent domestic violence 
13    and provide assistance to victims of domestic
violence who 
14    are United States citizens or foreign nationals;
 
15        (7) evaluating various approaches used by State and 
16    local governments to
increase public awareness of domestic 
17    violence, including United States
citizens and foreign 
18    national victims;
 
19        (8) developing methods for protecting the rights of 
20    victims of domestic violence,
taking into account the need 
21    to consider the human rights and special needs of
women and 
22    minors;
 
 
 
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1        (9) evaluating the necessity of treating victims of 
2    domestic violence as crime
victims rather than criminals; 
3    and
 
4        (10) developing methods for promoting the safety of 
5    victims of domestic
violence; and be it further
 
6    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall report its findings and 
7recommendations to the General Assembly no later than June 30, 
82018; and be it further
  
 
9    RESOLVED, That the Task Force is dissolved upon the filing 
10of its report.