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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3921 Introduced 10/21/2019, by Rep. Allen Skillicorn SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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.
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| | HB3921 | | LRB101 14537 RLC 63435 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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| 6 | | (725 ILCS 202/15)
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| 7 | | Sec. 15. Analysis of evidence; notification. |
| 8 | | (a) All sexual assault evidence submitted pursuant to |
| 9 | | Section 10 of this Act on or after the effective date of this |
| 10 | | Act shall be analyzed within 30 days 6 months after receipt of |
| 11 | | all necessary evidence and standards by the State Police |
| 12 | | Laboratory or other designated laboratory if sufficient |
| 13 | | staffing and resources are available.
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| 14 | | (b) If a consistent DNA profile has been identified by |
| 15 | | comparing the submitted sexual assault evidence with a known |
| 16 | | standard from a suspect or with DNA profiles in the CODIS |
| 17 | | database, the Department shall notify the investigating law |
| 18 | | enforcement agency of the results in writing, and the |
| 19 | | Department shall provide an automatic courtesy copy of the |
| 20 | | written notification to the appropriate State's Attorney's |
| 21 | | Office for tracking and further action, as necessary. |
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 99-617, eff. 7-22-16.)
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