Full Text of HB3988 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning missing and murdered Chicago women.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Task | 5 | | Force on Missing and Murdered Chicago Women Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | 7 | | "Director" means the Director of the Illinois State | 8 | | Police. | 9 | | "Nongovernmental organization" means a nonprofit, | 10 | | nongovernmental organization
that provides legal, social, or | 11 | | other community services. | 12 | | "Task Force" means the Task
Force on Missing and Murdered | 13 | | Chicago Women. | 14 | | Section 10. Task Force on Missing and Murdered Chicago | 15 | | Women. | 16 | | (a) The Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal | 17 | | Justice Information Authority or the Executive Director's | 18 | | designee, in consultation with the Director of the Illinois | 19 | | State Police and Chicago Police Superintendent, shall appoint | 20 | | the non-legislative members to the Task
Force on Missing and | 21 | | Murdered Chicago Women to advise the Director and the Chicago | 22 | | Police Superintendent and to report
to the General Assembly on |
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| 1 | | recommendations to reduce and end violence against Chicago | 2 | | women
and girls. The Task Force may
also serve as a liaison | 3 | | between the Director, the Chicago Police Superintendent, and | 4 | | agencies and nongovernmental
organizations that provide | 5 | | services to victims, victims' families, and victims' | 6 | | communities.
Task Force members shall serve without | 7 | | compensation but may, subject to appropriation, receive
| 8 | | reimbursement for their expenses as members of the Task Force. | 9 | | (b) There is created the Task Force on Missing and
| 10 | | Murdered Chicago Women, which shall consist of the following | 11 | | individuals, or their designees,
who are knowledgeable in | 12 | | crime victims' rights or violence protection and, unless | 13 | | otherwise
specified, members shall be appointed for 2-year | 14 | | terms as follows: | 15 | | (1) Two members of the Senate, one appointed by the | 16 | | President of the Senate and one appointed
by the Minority | 17 | | Leader of the Senate. | 18 | | (2) Two members of the House of Representatives, one | 19 | | appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives | 20 | | and one appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | 21 | | Representatives. | 22 | | (3) Two members from among the following appointed by | 23 | | the Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice | 24 | | Information Authority or the Executive Director's | 25 | | designee: | 26 | | (A) an association representing Illinois chiefs of |
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| 1 | | police; | 2 | | (B)
an association representing Illinois sheriffs; | 3 | | (C) an officer who is employed by the Illinois | 4 | | State Police; or | 5 | | (D) an Illinois peace officer's association. | 6 | | (4) One or more representatives from among the | 7 | | following: | 8 | | (A) an association representing State's Attorneys; | 9 | | (B) an attorney representing the United States | 10 | | Attorney's Office in Chicago; or | 11 | | (C) a circuit judge, associate judge, or attorney | 12 | | working in juvenile court; | 13 | | (D) the Cook County Medical Examiner, or his or | 14 | | her designee, or a representative from a statewide | 15 | | coroner's or medical examiner's association or a
| 16 | | representative of the Department of Public Health; | 17 | | (5) Two representatives for victims, with a focus on | 18 | | individuals who work
with victims of violence or their | 19 | | families appointed by the Executive Director of the | 20 | | Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority or the | 21 | | Executive Director's designee; and | 22 | | (6) Four or more members from among the following | 23 | | appointed by the Executive Director of the Illinois | 24 | | Criminal Justice Information Authority or the Executive | 25 | | Director's designee: | 26 | | (A) a statewide or local organization that |
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| 1 | | provides legal services to Chicago
women and girls; | 2 | | (B) a statewide or local organization that | 3 | | provides advocacy or counseling for
Chicago women and | 4 | | girls who have been victims of violence; | 5 | | (C) a statewide or local organization that | 6 | | provides healthcare services to Chicago women
and | 7 | | girls; | 8 | | (D) a statewide organization that represents women | 9 | | and girls who have been sexually assaulted; | 10 | | (E)
a women's health organization or agency; or | 11 | | (F) a Chicago woman who is a survivor of | 12 | | gender-related violence. | 13 | | (c) Vacancies in positions appointed by the Executive | 14 | | Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information | 15 | | Authority or the Executive Director's designee shall be filled | 16 | | by the
Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice | 17 | | Information Authority or the Executive Director's designee | 18 | | consistent with the qualifications of the vacating member | 19 | | required by this
Section. | 20 | | (d) Task Force members shall annually elect a chair
and | 21 | | vice-chair from among the Task Force's members, and may elect | 22 | | other officers as
necessary. The Task Force shall meet at | 23 | | least quarterly, or upon the call of its chair, and may
hold | 24 | | meetings throughout the City of Chicago. The Task Force shall | 25 | | meet frequently enough to
accomplish the tasks identified in | 26 | | this Section. Meetings of the Task Force are subject to
the |
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| 1 | | Open Meetings Act. The Task Force shall seek out and enlist the | 2 | | cooperation
and assistance of nongovernmental organizations, | 3 | | community, and advocacy organizations
working with the Chicago | 4 | | community, and academic researchers and experts,
specifically | 5 | | those specializing in violence against Chicago women and | 6 | | girls, representing
diverse communities disproportionately | 7 | | affected by violence against women and girls, or
focusing on | 8 | | issues related to gender-related violence and violence against | 9 | | Chicago women and
girls. | 10 | | (e) The Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal | 11 | | Justice Information Authority or the Executive Director's | 12 | | designee shall convene the first meeting of the Task Force no | 13 | | later than
30 days after the appointment of a majority of the | 14 | | members of the Task Force. The Illinois Criminal Justice | 15 | | Information Authority shall provide meeting space and | 16 | | administrative assistance as necessary
for the Task Force to | 17 | | conduct its work. The chair of the Task Force may call | 18 | | electronic meetings of the Task Force. A member of the Task | 19 | | Force participating electronically shall be deemed present for | 20 | | purposes of establishing a quorum and voting. | 21 | | (f) The Task Force must examine and
report on the | 22 | | following: | 23 | | (1) the systemic causes behind violence that Chicago | 24 | | women and girls experience,
including patterns and | 25 | | underlying factors that explain why disproportionately | 26 | | high levels
of violence occur against Chicago women and |
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| 1 | | girls, including underlying historical,
social, economic, | 2 | | institutional, and cultural factors that may contribute to | 3 | | the violence; | 4 | | (2) appropriate methods for tracking and collecting | 5 | | data on violence against Chicago
women and girls, | 6 | | including data on missing and murdered Chicago women and | 7 | | girls; | 8 | | (3) policies and institutions such as policing, child | 9 | | welfare, medical examiner practices, and other
| 10 | | governmental practices that impact violence against | 11 | | Chicago women and girls and the
investigation and | 12 | | prosecution of crimes of gender-related violence against | 13 | | Chicago residents; | 14 | | (4) measures necessary to address and reduce violence | 15 | | against Chicago women and
girls; and
| 16 | | (5) measures to help victims, victims' families, and | 17 | | victims' communities prevent and
heal from violence that | 18 | | occurs against Chicago women and girls. | 19 | | (g) The Task Force shall report on or before December 31 of | 20 | | 2021, and on or before December 31 of each year thereafter, to | 21 | | the General Assembly and the Governor on the work of the Task | 22 | | Force, including, but not limited to, the issues to be
| 23 | | examined in subsection (g), and shall include in the annual | 24 | | report recommendations regarding institutional policies and | 25 | | practices
or proposed institutional policies and practices | 26 | | that are effective in reducing gender-related violence
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| 1 | | increasing the safety of Chicago women and girls. The report | 2 | | shall include
recommendations to reduce and end violence | 3 | | against Chicago women and girls and help
victims and | 4 | | communities heal from gender-related violence and violence | 5 | | against Chicago women
and girls.
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