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Rep. David A. Welter
Filed: 2/27/2020
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4262
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4262 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
| 5 | | Domestic Violence Task Force Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Public policy.
The purpose of this Act is to |
| 7 | | establish a consistent, uniform statewide criminal justice |
| 8 | | system to protect victims and survivors of domestic violence, |
| 9 | | while holding offenders accountable.
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| 10 | | Section 10. Task Force; creation. The Domestic Violence is |
| 11 | | created. The Task Force shall: |
| 12 | | (1) conduct a comprehensive review of the process, |
| 13 | | operation, and enforcement of current domestic violence laws |
| 14 | | across the State; |
| 15 | | (2) identify gaps in the process, operation and enforcement |
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| 1 | | of those laws; |
| 2 | | (3) develop recommendations to address those gaps; |
| 3 | | (4) establish a framework for specialized protective |
| 4 | | networks for victims, treatment options for victims and |
| 5 | | offenders, and specialty courts for the accumulation of |
| 6 | | specialized domestic violence skills for courts; and
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| 7 | | (5) review the need for special consideration for |
| 8 | | conditions of bail in cases involving domestic violence within |
| 9 | | the ongoing changes brought on bail reform.
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| 10 | | Section 15. Task Force membership. |
| 11 | | (a) The Intergovernmental Task Force shall be composed of |
| 12 | | the following members: |
| 13 | | (1) 2 judges appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court, |
| 14 | | at least one of which shall have experience with domestic |
| 15 | | violence cases; |
| 16 | | (2) the Director of the Administrative Office of the |
| 17 | | Illinois Courts or the Director's designee; |
| 18 | | (3) one probation officer appointed by the Chief |
| 19 | | Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court who has significant |
| 20 | | experience with domestic violence cases; |
| 21 | | (4) the Attorney General, or the Attorney General's |
| 22 | | designee; |
| 23 | | (5) the Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice |
| 24 | | Information Authority, or the Director's designee; |
| 25 | | (6) the following public members appointed by the |
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| 1 | | Governor: |
| 2 | | (A) 2 members representing victims' rights |
| 3 | | organizations; |
| 4 | | (B) 2 members representing State's Attorneys based |
| 5 | | on recommendations from the Illinois State's Attorneys |
| 6 | | Association, both of which shall have experience with |
| 7 | | domestic violence cases; and |
| 8 | | (C) 2 members representing law enforcement, both |
| 9 | | of which shall have experience with domestic violence |
| 10 | | cases; |
| 11 | | (7) the Director of the Illinois State Police, or the |
| 12 | | Director's designee; |
| 13 | | (8) the Secretary of Human Services or the Secretary's |
| 14 | | designee; |
| 15 | | (9) one Representative appointed by the Speaker of the |
| 16 | | House of Representatives; |
| 17 | | (10) one Representative appointed by the Minority |
| 18 | | Leader of the House of Representatives who shall serve as |
| 19 | | Chair of the Task Force; |
| 20 | | (11) one Senator appointed by the President of the |
| 21 | | Senate; |
| 22 | | (12) one Senator appointed by the Minority Leader of |
| 23 | | the Senate; |
| 24 | | (13) one member representing attorneys whose primary |
| 25 | | practices are family law and who has experience with |
| 26 | | domestic violence cases based on a recommendation from a |
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| 1 | | statewide bar association; |
| 2 | | (14) 4 members who are survivors of domestic violence |
| 3 | | representing victims of domestic violence, one appointed |
| 4 | | by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one |
| 5 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of |
| 6 | | Representatives, one appointed by the President of the |
| 7 | | Senate, and one appointed by the Minority Leader of the |
| 8 | | Senate; and |
| 9 | | (15) one member who is a survivor of domestic violence |
| 10 | | representing victims of domestic violence appointed by the |
| 11 | | Governor. |
| 12 | | (b) The designated appointing authority listed in |
| 13 | | subsection (a) shall have the authority to replace any of the |
| 14 | | authority's appointed members. |
| 15 | | (c) The members of the Task Force shall receive no |
| 16 | | compensation for their services on the Task Force.
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| 17 | | Section 20. Duties.
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| 18 | | (a) The Task Force shall review available research, best |
| 19 | | practices, and effective interventions to formulate |
| 20 | | recommendations. |
| 21 | | (b) The Task Force shall produce a report detailing the |
| 22 | | Task Force's findings and making recommendations. The Task |
| 23 | | Force shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations |
| 24 | | to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before September |
| 25 | | 1, 2022.
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