HB4754 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4754

Introduced 2/6/2024, by Rep. Kam Buckner

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

50 ILCS 709/5-12

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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Uniform Crime Reporting Act is amended by changing Section 5-12 as follows:

(50 ILCS 709/5-12)

Sec. 5-12. Monthly reporting.

(a) All law enforcement agencies shall submit to the Illinois State Police on a monthly basis the following:

(1) beginning January 1, 2016, a report on any arrest-related death that shall include information regarding the deceased, the officer, any weapon used by the officer or the deceased, and the circumstances of the incident. The Illinois State Police shall submit on a quarterly basis all information collected under this paragraph (1) to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, contingent upon updated federal guidelines regarding the Uniform Crime Reporting Program;

(2) beginning January 1, 2017, a report on any instance when a law enforcement officer discharges his or her firearm causing a non-fatal injury to a person, during the performance of his or her official duties or in the line of duty;

(3) a report of incident-based information on hate crimes including information describing the offense, location of the offense, type of victim, offender, and bias motivation. If no hate crime incidents occurred during a reporting month, the law enforcement agency must submit a no incident record, as required by the Illinois State Police;

(4) a report on any incident of an alleged commission of a domestic crime, that shall include information regarding the victim, offender, date and time of the incident, any injury inflicted, any weapons involved in the commission of the offense, and the relationship between the victim and the offender;

(5) data on an index of offenses selected by the Illinois State Police based on the seriousness of the offense, frequency of occurrence of the offense, and likelihood of being reported to law enforcement. The data shall include the number of index crime offenses committed and number of associated arrests;

(6) data on offenses and incidents reported by schools to local law enforcement. The data shall include offenses defined as an attack against school personnel, intimidation offenses, drug incidents, and incidents involving weapons;

(7) beginning on July 1, 2021, a report on incidents where a law enforcement officer was dispatched to deal with a person experiencing a mental health crisis or incident. The report shall include the number of incidents, the level of law enforcement response and the outcome of each incident. For purposes of this Section, a "mental health crisis" is when a person's behavior puts them at risk of hurting themselves or others or prevents them from being able to care for themselves;

(8) beginning on July 1, 2021, a report on use of force, including any action that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of a person or the discharge of a firearm at or in the direction of a person. The report shall include information required by the Illinois State Police, pursuant to Section 5-11 of this Act.

All law enforcement agencies shall also submit to the Illinois State Police the information required to be published under subsection (b) in a form, manner, and frequency as required by the Illinois State Police.

(b) A law enforcement agency shall publish monthly on its website 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 described in paragraph (1) had an alleged perpetrator arrested and charged; and

(3) how many homicides described in paragraph (1) are considered cleared or closed for a reason other than the arrest and charging of an alleged perpetrator.

Information required to be published under this subsection must be published on the law enforcement agency's website by the end of the month following the reporting month.

(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2025.