Bill Text: IL HB2323 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Moves the provisions to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act from the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (rather than the Illinois State Police) shall establish a Uniform Statewide Crime Statistics Task Force within 120 days (rather than 90 days) after the effective date of the amendatory Act and provide administrative and technical (rather than other) support to the Task Force. Provides that the members of the Task Force shall be appointed by the Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (rather than the Director of the Illinois State Police), and modifies the membership of the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to meet at least quarterly (rather than monthly). Requires the Task Force to submit a report no later than 18 months after first convening (rather than one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act) to the Governor, General Assembly, and the Director of the Illinois State Police (rather than only to the Director). Modifies the requirements of the report. Further amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Provides that the Authority may exercise any other powers that are reasonable and necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the Authority under this Act and to comply with the requirements of applicable State or federal law (rather than federal law) or regulation.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-24 - Assigned to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety [HB2323 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2323-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Findings. The General Assembly finds:
(1) As data tracking is necessary to develop effective
solutions to lower crime and to prioritize limited
resources, an integrated and accurate data system will
allow law enforcement agencies to better serve victims, to
analyze responses, and to strive to eliminate racial
disparities in the local and State responses to crime.
(2) Aside from allowing local prosecutors and police
to calibrate their response to crime trends, updated data
will allow State leaders and policymakers to effectively
hone their legislative responses and to distribute
resources to successful strategies.
(3) An integrated software system would better assist
law enforcement agencies in keeping Illinois communities
safe from crime.
Section 5. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act
is amended by changing Section 7 and by adding Section 7.11 as
follows:
(20 ILCS 3930/7) (from Ch. 38, par. 210-7)

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Sec. 7. Powers and duties. The Authority shall have the
following powers, duties, and responsibilities:
(a) To develop and operate comprehensive information
systems for the improvement and coordination of all
aspects of law enforcement, prosecution, and corrections;
(b) To define, develop, evaluate, and correlate State
and local programs and projects associated with the
improvement of law enforcement and the administration of
criminal justice;
(c) To act as a central repository and clearing house
for federal, state, and local research studies, plans,
projects, proposals, and other information relating to all
aspects of criminal justice system improvement and to
encourage educational programs for citizen support of
State and local efforts to make such improvements;
(d) To undertake research studies to aid in
accomplishing its purposes;
(e) To monitor the operation of existing criminal
justice information systems in order to protect the
constitutional rights and privacy of individuals about
whom criminal history record information has been
collected;
(f) To provide an effective administrative forum for
the protection of the rights of individuals concerning
criminal history record information;
(g) To issue regulations, guidelines, and procedures

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which ensure the privacy and security of criminal history
record information consistent with State and federal laws;
(h) To act as the sole administrative appeal body in
the State of Illinois to conduct hearings and make final
determinations concerning individual challenges to the
completeness and accuracy of criminal history record
information;
(i) To act as the sole, official, criminal justice
body in the State of Illinois to conduct annual and
periodic audits of the procedures, policies, and practices
of the State central repositories for criminal history
record information to verify compliance with federal and
state laws and regulations governing such information;
(j) To advise the Authority's Statistical Analysis
Center;
(k) To apply for, receive, establish priorities for,
allocate, disburse, and spend grants of funds that are
made available by and received on or after January 1, 1983
from private sources or from the United States pursuant to
the federal Crime Control Act of 1973, as amended, and
similar federal legislation, and to enter into agreements
with the United States government to further the purposes
of this Act, or as may be required as a condition of
obtaining federal funds;
(l) To receive, expend, and account for such funds of
the State of Illinois as may be made available to further

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the purposes of this Act;
(m) To enter into contracts and to cooperate with
units of general local government or combinations of such
units, State agencies, and criminal justice system
agencies of other states for the purpose of carrying out
the duties of the Authority imposed by this Act or by the
federal Crime Control Act of 1973, as amended;
(n) To enter into contracts and cooperate with units
of general local government outside of Illinois, other
states' agencies, and private organizations outside of
Illinois to provide computer software or design that has
been developed for the Illinois criminal justice system,
or to participate in the cooperative development or design
of new software or systems to be used by the Illinois
criminal justice system;
(o) To establish general policies concerning criminal
justice information systems and to promulgate such rules,
regulations, and procedures as are necessary to the
operation of the Authority and to the uniform
consideration of appeals and audits;
(p) To advise and to make recommendations to the
Governor and the General Assembly on policies relating to
criminal justice information systems;
(q) To direct all other agencies under the
jurisdiction of the Governor to provide whatever
assistance and information the Authority may lawfully

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require to carry out its functions;
(r) To exercise any other powers that are reasonable
and necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the
Authority under this Act and to comply with the
requirements of applicable State or federal law or
regulation;
(s) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties which
have been vested in the Authority by the Illinois Uniform
Conviction Information Act;
(t) (Blank);
(u) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested
in the Authority by the Illinois Public Safety Agency
Network Act;
(v) To provide technical assistance in the form of
training to local governmental entities within Illinois
requesting such assistance for the purposes of procuring
grants for gang intervention and gang prevention programs
or other criminal justice programs from the United States
Department of Justice;
(w) To conduct strategic planning and provide
technical assistance to implement comprehensive trauma
recovery services for violent crime victims in underserved
communities with high levels of violent crime, with the
goal of providing a safe, community-based, culturally
competent environment in which to access services
necessary to facilitate recovery from the effects of

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chronic and repeat exposure to trauma. Services may
include, but are not limited to, behavioral health
treatment, financial recovery, family support and
relocation assistance, and support in navigating the legal
system; and
(x) To coordinate statewide violence prevention
efforts and assist in the implementation of trauma
recovery centers and analyze trauma recovery services. The
Authority shall develop, publish, and facilitate the
implementation of a 4-year statewide violence prevention
plan, which shall incorporate public health, public
safety, victim services, and trauma recovery centers and
services.
The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly
shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report as required
by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, and
filing such additional copies with the State Government Report
Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required
under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-938, eff. 1-1-18; 100-373, eff. 1-1-18;
100-575, eff. 1-8-18; 100-621, eff. 7-20-18; 100-1148, eff.
12-10-18.)
(20 ILCS 3930/7.11 new)
Sec. 7.11. Uniform Statewide Crime Statistics Task Force.
(a) The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority

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shall establish a Uniform Statewide Crime Statistics Task
Force within 120 days after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
(b) The Task Force shall include the following members
appointed by the Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal
Justice Information Authority:
(1) Up to 2 individuals representing the Illinois
State Police.
(2) Up to 2 individuals from an organization
representing State's Attorneys in Illinois.
(3) Up to 2 individuals from an organization
representing Illinois chiefs of police.
(4) Up to 2 individuals from an organization
representing sworn officers of Illinois law enforcement
agencies.
(5) Up to 2 individuals representing the Office of
Firearm Violence Prevention of the Department of Human
Services.
(6) Up to 2 individuals from a membership organization
whose mission is to stop domestic or firearm violence.
(7) Up to 2 individuals from the Office of the
Secretary of State.
(8) Up to 2 individuals representing the Department of
Innovation and Technology.
(9) Up to 2 individuals from a statewide organization
exclusively representing retailers of all types and sizes.

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(10) Up to 2 individuals representing the Department
of Public Health.
(11) Up to 2 individuals representing the Illinois
Criminal Justice Information Authority.
(12) Up to 2 individuals representing Illinois
institutions of higher education working on Illinois crime
statistics research.
(13) Up to 2 individuals from an organization
representing Illinois sheriffs.
(14) Up to 2 individuals representing the Office of
the Illinois Attorney General.
(15) Up to 2 individuals from an organization
representing Illinois coroners and medical examiners.
(16) Up to 2 individuals from the Illinois Sentencing
Policy Advisory Council.
The Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice
Information Authority, or the Executive Director's designee,
shall serve as Chair of the Task Force. Members shall serve for
the entirety of the Task Force without compensation. If a
vacancy occurs in the Task Force membership, the vacancy shall
be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for
the entirety of the Task Force.
(c) The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
shall provide administrative and technical support to the Task
Force.
(d) The Task Force shall meet at least quarterly to assist

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