Full Text of HB4754 103rd General Assembly
HB4754 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB4754 Introduced 2/6/2024, by Rep. Kam Buckner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | | Amends the Uniform Crime Reporting Act. Provides that a law enforcement agency shall publish monthly on its website, and submit to the Illinois State Police in a form, manner, and frequency as required by the Illinois State Police, the following information that occurred in the law enforcement agency's jurisdiction: (1) how many homicides occurred in a month based on the time of death of a victim; (2) how many of the homicides had an alleged perpetrator arrested and charged; and (3) how many homicides are considered cleared or closed for a reason other than the arrest and charging of an alleged perpetrator. Provides that information required to be published on a law enforcement agency's website must be published on the website by the end of the month following the reporting month. Effective January 1, 2025. |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The Uniform Crime Reporting Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 5-12 as follows: | 6 | | (50 ILCS 709/5-12) | 7 | | Sec. 5-12. Monthly reporting. | 8 | | (a) All law enforcement agencies shall submit to the | 9 | | Illinois State Police on a monthly basis the following: | 10 | | (1) beginning January 1, 2016, a report on any | 11 | | arrest-related death that shall include information | 12 | | regarding the deceased, the officer, any weapon used by | 13 | | the officer or the deceased, and the circumstances of the | 14 | | incident. The Illinois State Police shall submit on a | 15 | | quarterly basis all information collected under this | 16 | | paragraph (1) to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information | 17 | | Authority, contingent upon updated federal guidelines | 18 | | regarding the Uniform Crime Reporting Program; | 19 | | (2) beginning January 1, 2017, a report on any | 20 | | instance when a law enforcement officer discharges his or | 21 | | her firearm causing a non-fatal injury to a person, during | 22 | | the performance of his or her official duties or in the | 23 | | line of duty; |
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| 1 | | (3) a report of incident-based information on hate | 2 | | crimes including information describing the offense, | 3 | | location of the offense, type of victim, offender, and | 4 | | bias motivation. If no hate crime incidents occurred | 5 | | during a reporting month, the law enforcement agency must | 6 | | submit a no incident record, as required by the Illinois | 7 | | State Police; | 8 | | (4) a report on any incident of an alleged commission | 9 | | of a domestic crime, that shall include information | 10 | | regarding the victim, offender, date and time of the | 11 | | incident, any injury inflicted, any weapons involved in | 12 | | the commission of the offense, and the relationship | 13 | | between the victim and the offender; | 14 | | (5) data on an index of offenses selected by the | 15 | | Illinois State Police based on the seriousness of the | 16 | | offense, frequency of occurrence of the offense, and | 17 | | likelihood of being reported to law enforcement. The data | 18 | | shall include the number of index crime offenses committed | 19 | | and number of associated arrests; | 20 | | (6) data on offenses and incidents reported by schools | 21 | | to local law enforcement. The data shall include offenses | 22 | | defined as an attack against school personnel, | 23 | | intimidation offenses, drug incidents, and incidents | 24 | | involving weapons; | 25 | | (7) beginning on July 1, 2021, a report on incidents | 26 | | where a law enforcement officer was dispatched to deal |
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| 1 | | with a person experiencing a mental health crisis or | 2 | | incident. The report shall include the number of | 3 | | incidents, the level of law enforcement response and the | 4 | | outcome of each incident. For purposes of this Section, a | 5 | | "mental health crisis" is when a person's behavior puts | 6 | | them at risk of hurting themselves or others or prevents | 7 | | them from being able to care for themselves; | 8 | | (8) beginning on July 1, 2021, a report on use of | 9 | | force, including any action that resulted in the death or | 10 | | serious bodily injury of a person or the discharge of a | 11 | | firearm at or in the direction of a person. The report | 12 | | shall include information required by the Illinois State | 13 | | Police, pursuant to Section 5-11 of this Act. | 14 | | All law enforcement agencies shall also submit to the | 15 | | Illinois State Police the information required to be published | 16 | | under subsection (b) in a form, manner, and frequency as | 17 | | required by the Illinois State Police. | 18 | | (b) A law enforcement agency shall publish monthly on its | 19 | | website the following information that occurred in the law | 20 | | enforcement agency's jurisdiction: | 21 | | (1) how many homicides occurred in a month based on | 22 | | the time of death of a victim; | 23 | | (2) how many of the homicides described in paragraph | 24 | | (1) had an alleged perpetrator arrested and charged; and | 25 | | (3) how many homicides described in paragraph (1) are | 26 | | considered cleared or closed for a reason other than the |
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| 1 | | arrest and charging of an alleged perpetrator. | 2 | | Information required to be published under this subsection | 3 | | must be published on the law enforcement agency's website by | 4 | | the end of the month following the reporting month. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-28, eff. 6-25-21; | 6 | | 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.) | 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 8 | | 1, 2025. |
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